Research in Language: Ostatnio dodane
Wyświetlanie pozycji 181-200 z 370
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The Treatment of Geographical Dialect in Literary Translation from the Perspective of Relevance Theory
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-05-17)This paper discusses problems involved in the translation of literary works that apply linguistic varieties, especially geographical dialects. It surveys selected approaches to the functions of dialects in literature and ... -
Principles of ‘Newspeak’ in Polish Translations of British and American Press Articles under Communist Rule
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-05-17)The paper analyses selected Polish translations of British and American press articles published in the magazine Forum in the years 1965 - 1989. In communist Poland, all such texts were censored before publication, which ... -
The Pragmatics of Arabic Religious Posts on Facebook: A Relevance-Theoretic Account
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-05-17)Despite growing interest in the impact of computer-mediated communication on our lives, linguistic studies on such communication conducted in the Arabic language are scarce. Grounded in Relevance Theory, this paper seeks ... -
Effects of two teaching methods of connected speech in a Polish EFL classroom
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-23)The results demonstrate that in general, NF proved more effective than NNF. With regard to individual processes of connected speech, NF was more effective in production, whereas no such effect was found for perception. -
Typing after syntax. An argument from quotation and ellipsis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-23)The paper, assuming the general framework of Chomsky’s (2013a, 2015b) current version of the Minimalist syntax, investigates the syntax of quotation in light of ellipsis. I show that certain unexpected effects arising for ... -
A real interlocutor in elicitation techniques: does it matter?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-23)This study investigates whether adding a real interlocutor to elicitation techniques would result in requests that are different from those gathered through versions with a hypothetical interlocutor. For this purpose, a ... -
The study of conceptual metaphors in ESAP L2 writing: range and variability
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-23)The article presents the study of the influence of professional competence of EFL learners on their academic writing. The task was approached through analyzing learners’ competence in specific knowledge domains - knowledge ... -
Teaching the pronunciation of sentence final and word boundary stops to French learners of English: distracted imitation versus audio-visual explanations.
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-23)Studies on stop unrelease in second language acquisition have hitherto focused on the productions of Slavic learners of English (Šimáčková & Podlipský, 2015) and experiments on Polish learners of English; the latter show ... -
Profiling a set of personality traits of text author: what our words reveal about us
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2017-02-23)Authorship profiling, i.e. revealing information about an unknown author by analyzing their text, is a task of growing importance. One of the most urgent problems of authorship profiling (AP) is selecting text parameters ... -
Phonological Development in the Early Speech of an Indonesian-German Bilingual Child
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-10-26)Current research in bilingual children’s language development with one language dominant has shown that one linguistic system can affect the other. This is called Crosslinguistic Influence (CLI). This paper explores whether ... -
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The Role of Inter- and Intralingual Factors and Compendiums in Acquisition of Swedish as a Foreign Language: The Case of Finns Learning Definiteness and the Use of Articles
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-10-26)The informants produce complex NPs already in their first narratives. The form of NPs poses significantly more problems than the choice of a correct form of definiteness. Hence, it is possible that previous knowledge in ... -
Neutralization in Aztec Phonology – the Case of Classical Nahuatl Nasals
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-10-26)This article investigates nasal assimilation in Classical Nahuatl. The distribution of nasal consonants is shown to be the result of coda neutralization. It is argued that generalizations made for root and word level are ... -
The Use of Lexical Cohesion Elements in the Writing of ESL Learners
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-10-26)This study investigated the use of lexical elements of cohesion in the essay writing of students of English as a Second Language. Two hundred essays of final year students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka were collated ... -
Cognitive Processing of Verbal Quantifiers in the Context of Affirmative and Negative Sentences: a Croatian Study
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-10-26)Studies from English and German have found differences in the processing of affirmative and negative sentences. However, little attention has been given to quantifiers that form negations. A picture-sentence verification ... -
Coalescent Assimilation Across Wordboundaries in American English and in Polish English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-10-26)Coalescent assimilation (CA), where alveolar obstruents /t, d, s, z/ in word-final position merge with word-initial /j/ to produce postalveolar /tʃ, dʒ, ʃ, ʒ/, is one of the most wellknown connected speech processes in ... -
Dynamic Targets in the Acquisition of L2 English Vowels
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-06-24)This paper presents acoustic data on the dynamic properties of the FLEECE and TRAP vowels in the speech of two groups of Polish users of English. Results reveal that the more proficient group users, made up of teachers and ... -
Refining the Methodology for Investigating the Relationship Between Fluency and the Use of Formulaic Language in Learner Speech
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-06-24)This study is a cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between productive fluency and the use of formulaic sequences in the speech of highly proficient L2 learners. Two samples of learner speech were randomly drawn ... -
English Pronunciation Teaching at Different Educational Levels: Insights Into Teachers’ Perceptions and Actions
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-06-24)The aim of the present paper is to reflect upon the place of pronunciation in English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching at different educational levels in Poland. To collect the data, an on-line survey was conducted ... -
Global Foreign Accent Rating of Code-Switched and L2-Only Sentences
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-06-24)Recent studies of short-term phonetic interference suggest that code-switching can lead to momentary increases in L1 influence on L2. In an earlier study using a single acoustic measure (VOT), we found that Czech EFL ...