Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Reviews2013 /
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Boekbespreking: Ellert, Miriam, Ambiguous pronoun resolution in L1 and L2 German and Dutch2014 / Jenny Audring
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Portuguese Settlement Community's Awareness and Response to Papia Kristang Language Shift
This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy). This article has been retracted at the request of the Guest Editor. The authors have...
2014 / Marlyna Maros, Nurul Alia Abdul Halim, Norfarhana Fadila Mohd Zaki, Anis Nadiah Che Abdul Rahman, Siti Shazlin Razak, et al. -
Intercultural Interaction Experiences in a Tertiary Level Institution in Malaysia
Abstract This paper aims to investigate intercultural interaction experiences of international students and local instructors in an institution of higher learning in Malaysia, namely, Universiti Utara Malaysia. The interaction experiences focus on...
2014 / Hariharan N. Krishnasamy, Mohd Hafidz Hussein, Syarizan Dalib -
Language Learning Methodology for Adults: A Study of Linguistic Transfer
Abstract The purpose of the present research is to bring together the evidence on transfer in adult L2 and L3 language acquisition and investigate the use and the relationship between languages in contact. The role of linguistic transfer (Odlin,...
2014 / Anna Devís Arbona, Silvia-Maria Chireac -
Phonaesthemes and sound symbolism in Swedish brand names
Abstract This study examines the prevalence of sound symbolism in Swedish brand names. A general principle of brand name design is that effective names should be distinctive, recognizable, easy to pronounce and meaningful. Much money is invested in...
2015 / Åsa Abelin -
Fashion and Dress Culture2014 / Sarah Parker
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Serious Gamification: On the Redesign of a Popular Paradox2015 / S. Roth
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Teaching poetry in the relationship of phonetics and semantics
Abstract Having the students do the studies related to phonetics and semantics on the couplets of the poems is significant to diagnose their emotions. If the sudents can comprehend the phoneme and semantic relations truly, they will perceive the...
2010 / Nilgün Açık Önkaş -
Ironic imperialism: how Russian patriots are reclaiming postmodernism2011 / Boris Noordenbos
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Mainland China undergraduate learners’ experiences in the Malaysian tertiary context
Abstract This paper explores how mainland China undergraduates navigate the academic literacy experiences they encounter in the Malaysian classroom. Data was collected using background and literacy experience interviews, literacy logs and analytical ...
2011 / Radha M.K. Nambiar, Noraini Ibrahim -
Developing a Critical Response, Avoiding Plagiarism among Undergraduate Students
Abstract Writing critical essays is an integral part of the undergraduates’ learning experience especially within the Literature in English programme at the School of Language Studies and Linguistics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Every literature ...
2011 / Raihanah M.M, Ruzy Suliza Hashim, Arezou Zalipour, Muhamad Azri Mustaffa -
The power of language and ELT textbooks
Abstract This study investigates how language is employed in EFL textbooks to represent a society and its members. The idea that textbooks are neutral and they just serve to transmit knowledge is no longer accepted (Hodge and kress, 1993; van Dijk,...
2011 / Ehya Amalsaleh, Fatemeh Javid, Ali Rahimi -
The effect of explicit teaching of story structure on EFL learners’ use of communication strategy
Abstract This study examined the effect of explicit teaching of narrative macrostructures (narrative, descriptive, evaluative) on the use of communication strategies. Results indicated that the explicit instruction of narrative story structure...
2012 / Zahra Yazdanpanah -
Exploring Meaning of a Short Story through Envisionment Building
Abstract In developing meaning of literary texts, many classrooms usually adopt the Initiation, Response and Evaluation (IRE) discourse structure that limits the participation and exploration of meaning among learners. Through the Envisionment...
2013 / Tina Abdullah, Zaidah Zainal -
Language and Gender: A Prosodic Study of Iranian Speakers’ Talks
Abstract The current study is an attempt to explore the influence of gender on the prosodic behavior of Iranian male and female speakers in same-sex and cross-sex situations. In this research, it is hypothesized that the gender of the speakers is an ...
2013 / Laya Heidari Darani, Hourieh Heidari Darani -
Acquisition of Third Person Singular -s: A Primary State School (Sixth Graders) Case in Turkey
Abstract Second language learners have the most difficulty in acquiring the third person –s morpheme. Ironically, however, this morpheme continued to occupy the beginning stages of language learning until very recently. Our interest in studying the...
2013 / Serkan Ulgu, Sinan Nisanci, Suleyman Unal -
Explaining Change in Language: A Cybersemiotic Perspective2009 / Marcel Danesi
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Locating haunting: a ghost-hunter's guide2008 / J. Holloway, J. Kneale
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Imperfect(ive) variation: The case of Bulgarian
Abstract This paper explores the connection between morphological and semantic imperfectivity in Bulgarian from a comparative perspective set against the framework of situation semantics. Stressing the characteristics of Bulgarian, we juxtapose the...
2014 / María Luisa Rivero, Nikolay Slavkov