Languages and literature topic list of research papers
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Learning Language Through Wireless Technology: An Impact Study
Abstract Through quantitative analysis, this study examined the influence of wireless technology on language learning among 40 English language undergraduates. Results have revealed substantial influence of wireless technology on reading and...
2013 / Mohd Muzhafar Idrus, Izaham Shah Ismail -
Denoting Offence2014 / Carl Vogel
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Diagnostic assessment of reading and listening in a second or foreign language: Elaborating on diagnostic principles2015 / L. Harding, J. C. Alderson, T. Brunfaut
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Study of Archetypal Narrative Pattern in The Forsyte Saga
Abstract The paper deals with the archetypal narrative pattern and illustrates the development of U-shaped plot in The Forsyte Saga and inverted U-shaped plot in the Iliad, which is supported by the displacement ideas of Northrop Frye. By analyzing...
2011 / SUO Juanjuan -
BEITRÄGE ZUR GENETIK VON PHASEOLUS VULGARIS2010 / HERBERT LAMPRECHT
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A new method of teaching drama: The pragmatic approach
Abstract Pragmatics is defined in Jack Richards, et al., Longman Dictionary of Applied Linguistics (London, Longman, 1985) as follows: The study of the use of language in communication, particularly the relationship between sentences and the...
2011 / Fatima Hussain Felemban -
Enviromental education in Macedonian literature for children and juvenils as a way of humanization of children's personality
Abstract Children's literature can contribute to the creation and nurturing of humanistic feelings at children and young people. This feeling can be developed and nurtured by creating a sense of caring and ethical treatment of animals and the entire ...
2011 / Jovanka Denkova -
The changing concept of animal sentience
Abstract A brief history of the concept of sentience is given. It is pointed out that the idea of sentience, at least in the mammals and birds, was accepted by lay people by the time of the Renaissance and before it was acknowledged by philosophers. ...
2006 / Ian J.H. Duncan -
Constraining Inherent Inflection: Number and Nominal Aspect2009 / Paolo Acquaviva
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Distributed language theory, with or without dialogue
Abstract This review article is a discussion of Stephen Cowley’s (2011) anthology entitled Distributed Language. The review takes up some important concepts and discussions that have acquired renewed interest within the language sciences, in and...
2013 / Per Linell -
‘Cinderella’ or ‘Beauty’: English Phonetics Teaching/Reception in an Algerian Setting
Abstract The field of Phonetics has witnessed an avalanche of research conducted towards an enhancement of Second Language Teaching/Learning (henceforth, SLT/L) and many postulates have been advanced as far as ‘pronunciation lacunas’ and/or ‘feats’...
2013 / Souâd Hamerlain -
Global Language: Will the Sun Ever Set on the Empire of the English Language?
Abstract This research paper studies the phenomenon of the Global Language. The English language is commonly considered to be the only challenger for this status though some shift in the language hierarchy can currently be observed. In this article...
2015 / Veronica S. Nesterenko, Elena V. Vychuzhanina, Olga I. Milovanova -
A Comparative Study of the Influence of the Mother Tongue in LSP and CLIL
Abstract In this paper we analyse the motivation of students when they are taught a foreign language using different methodologies. We took into account that motivation may be defined as the various purposes that are part of the goals to learn a...
2015 / María Luisa Carrió-Pastor, Inmaculada Tamarit Vallés -
Gender and Language: Communication Apprehension in Second Language Learning
Abstract For over the decades, researchers all around the world have found that language learning comes with some difficulties and disabilities which can usually manifest into a more severe problem (Dembo, 1991). It is proven that second language...
2014 / Mahfuzah Binti Rafek, Nur Hani Laily Bt Ramli, Halimatussaadiah Bt Iksan, Nurhazlin Mohd Harith, Athirah Izzah Bt Che Abas -
Both on and under the Surface of Discourse: Tagged Corpora for the Functional Description of Conjunctive Language
Abstract This paper reports an eight-stage procedure for tagging small specialised corpora with logical relations, grounded in the coding of two corpora of argumentative writing – one learner corpus, and one expert corpus. The tagset was developed...
2013 / Andy Cresswell -
A massively parallel corpus: the Bible in 100 languages2014 / Christos Christodouloupoulos, Mark Steedman
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Learning to Think in a Second Language: Effects of Proficiency and Length of Exposure in English Learners of German2015 / Panos Athanasopoulos, Ljubica Damjanovic, Julie Burnand, Emanuel Bylund
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The Effect of Six Different Corrective Feedback Strategies on Iranian English Language Learners' IELTS Writing Task 22014 / R. V. Sanavi, M. Nemati
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Metaphoric Competence and Language Proficiency in the Same Boat
Abstract This paper aimed to investigate the possible relationship between Iranian EFL learners’ metaphoric competence (MC) and their language proficiency. MC here is generally defined as the ability to comprehend and use metaphors in a given...
2014 / Maryam Teymouri Aleshtar, Hamidreza Dowlatabadi -
Bell States and Negative Sentences in the Distributed Model of Meaning
Abstract We use Bell states to provide compositional distributed meaning for negative sentences of English. The lexical meaning of each word of the sentence is a context vector obtained within the distributed model of meaning. The meaning of the...
2011 / Anne Preller, Mehrnoosh Sadrzadeh