Research in Language: Ostatnio dodane
Wyświetlanie pozycji 141-160 z 370
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Google Books Ngram Viewer in Socio-Cultural Research
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-11-16)The objective of this paper is to verify if Google Books Ngram Viewer, a new tool working on a database of 361 billion words in English, and enabling quick recovery of data on word frequency in a diachronic perspective, ... -
Expert-Like Use of Hedges and Boosters in Research Articles Written by Polish and English Native-Speaker Writers
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-11-16)The present study compares the use of main interpersonal metadiscourse markers - hedges and boosters - in a corpus of 40 research articles from the area of applied linguistics, written in English by native speakers and ... -
Which phonetic features should pronunciation Instructions focus on? An evaluation on the accentedness of segmental/syllable errors in L2 speech
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-08-22)Many English language instructors are reluctant to incorporate pronunciation instruction into their teaching curriculum (Thomson 2014). One reason for such reluctance is that L2 pronunciation errors are numerous, and there ... -
The semantics of the Spanish adjective positions: a matter of focus
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-08-22)This paper presents a hypothesis about Spanish adjective position that accounts for different occurrences in language use. The hypothesis is based on the idea that the modifier position itself is a meaningful sign and that ... -
The Challenge of Terminographic Gaps in Translation: A Text-based Approach Put to Practice
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2019-01-22)The issue of terminographic gaps in specialized discourses has always concerned the researchers and readers alike. However, due to the interlingual nature of such a technical issue, the need for interdisciplinary collaboration ... -
Production accuracy of L2 vowels: Phonological parsimony and phonetic flexibility
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-08-22)Ultimate attainment in foreign-language sound learning is addressed via vowel production accuracy in English spoken by advanced Czech EFL learners. English FLEECE–KIT, DRESS–TRAP, and GOOSE–FOOT contrasts are examined in ... -
Degree of grammaticalisation of behind, beneath, between and betwixt in Middle English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-08-22)The analysis shows that while behind and beneath are still frequently used as adverbs in the whole Middle English period, between and betwixt are predominantly used as prepositions already in Early Middle English. This ... -
Singing accent Americanisation in the light of frequency effects: LOT unrounding and PRICE monophthongisation in focus
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-08-22)The paper investigates – within the framework of usage-based phonology – the significance of lexical frequency effects in singing accent Americanisation. The accent of Joe Elliott of a British band, Def Leppard is analysed ... -
Exploring into Graduate Research Term Papers: A Quest for Generic Disciplinary Tendencies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-06-07)The purpose of this exploratory analysis was to capture students’ generic tendencies in the organization of original research term papers written by graduate within the same linguistic, cultural, and disciplinary territory. ... -
The Past Perfect in Corpora and EFL/ESL Materials
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-06-07)Corpora provide teachers and materials developers with the ability to ensure that the instructions they use in class and in teaching materials correctly reflect natural use. This paper examines the ways in which grammar ... -
Acquiring Epistemic Modal Auxiliaries: The Role of Theory of Mind
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-06-07)This study considers the acquisition of epistemic modal auxiliaries (EMA) in typically developing (TD) and autistic children and the role that Theory of Mind (ToM) plays in this development. Nineteen Dutch-speaking TD ... -
A More Explicit Framework for Evaluating Objectivity and (Inter)Subjectivity in Modality Domain
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-06-07)In this paper we propose a more explicit framework for definition and evaluation of objectivity and (inter)subjectivity in the modality domain. In the proposed operational framework, we make a basic distinction between the ... -
Comparative Genre Analysis of Research Article Abstracts in More and Less Prestigious Journals: Linguistics Journals in Focus
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-06-07)The current study compares the rhetorical structure and metadiscourse of research article abstracts in more and less prestigious journals in Linguistics. To this end, 200 abstracts from peer-reviewed Linguistics journals ... -
From Coordination to Verbal Serialization – The PÓJŚĆ (Serial Verb) Construction in Polish
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-06-07)The present paper studies the PÓJŚĆ gram in Polish – a construction composed of the verb pójść ‘walk’ and another inflected verb. The author demonstrates that the PÓJŚĆ can be represented as a set of stages on the path ... -
Foreign language learners acquire L2 phonetic detail: Goose and Foot fronting in non-native English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-02-06)Whether late learners discern fine phonetic detail in second-language (L2) input, form new phonetic categories, and realize them accurately remains a relevant question in L2 phonology, especially for foreign-language (FL) ... -
On the brink of-Noun Vs. On the verge of-noun: a distinctive-collexeme analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-02-06)This paper uses the terminology of Construction Grammar (Goldberg 1996; 2006) and a corpus-based method to investigate a pair of semantically similar constructions and the lexemes that occur in both of them. The method, ... -
The effect of incidental learning on the comprehension of English affixes by Arabic-speaking EFL learners: acquisition and application
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-02-06)This study aims to examine the effect of incidental learning on the comprehension of 30 English affixes by 50 Arabic-speaking EFL learners in an attempt to determine which affixes are more easily comprehended. We adopt the ... -
Developing a Pronunciation Computer Program for the Acquisition of English Phonemes and Word Stress
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-02-06)This study devised a pronunciation computer program to examine whether mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) could facilitate college students’ acquisition of English phonemes and word stress. Thirty-eight participants ... -
Accents of English at Czech schools: Students’ attitudes and recognition skills
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-02-06)The study investigates the attitudes of 254 Czech students towards English as the main language taught at secondary schools. The questionnaire enquired about their perspectives on learning English in general, British and ... -
Overshooting Americanisation. Accent stylisation in pop singing – acoustic properties of the bath and trap vowels in focus
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2018-02-06)The paper addresses the problem of overshoot involved in singing accent stylisation. Selected phonetic features indexed as “American” and “Cockney” are analysed in the singing and speaking styles of a British vocalist, ...