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Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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Ontologies for Sustainability: Theoretical Challenges
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The lack of sustainable practices in key sectors of human societies is a global concern, posing threats for the whole planet. This paper provides the first review of ontologies for sustainability efforts, outlining their roles in assessing and advancing such efforts. Section 2 outlines three major challenges associated with sustainability: (1)
Giorgio A. Ubbiali +2 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT European urban climate change research lacks integration across scales, geography, and climate challenges, despite Europe's coordinated policy frameworks. Through a hybrid bibliometric and systematic review of 1528 studies (2010–2025) using Cortext Manager and PRISMA 2020 guidelines, this study maps the conceptual patterns, knowledge gaps, and
Isabela Pichardo‐Velázquez +2 more
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Interpretative Potential of Abstract and Concrete Common Nouns
The article describes the interpretative potential of abstract and concrete common nouns. In interpretational linguistics, any word may become part of dialogue, which means that its semantics is not static.
N. N. Shpilnaya, E Yu. Pozdnyakova
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This classroom study explored the effects of vocabulary support on collocation learning and affective responses in task‐based language teaching (TBLT) among English‐as‐a‐foreign‐language (EFL) learners at a Japanese university. For this purpose, 68 EFL learners completed two interactive information‐gap tasks under either vocabulary‐support or ...
Yuichi Suzuki, Sachiko Nakamura
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Abstract nouns in Kipchak Turkish
, 2004 Kıpçak Türkçesi eserlerinden ve bu alanda yapılagelmiş araştırmalardan yola çıkılarak, Türkçenin fazla dokunulmamış bir konusu olan soyut isimler, Türkçenin bu alanı üzerinde araştırılmaya çalışıldı.Sınırları ancak sözcükler tek tek ele alınıp ...
Efendiyev, Ahmediyye
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A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
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Semantic and syntactic functions of deverbal abstract nouns
, 2005 The present paper is an attempt to examine the functional potential of deverbal abstract nouns in the clause. The verbal to nominal transfer has long been recognized as an important phenomenon in English.
Šatienė, Salomėja
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This study examined the effects of repeated viewing and reading fluency on incidental second language vocabulary acquisition through captioned video exposure. A total of 149 Japanese EFL learners watched a short animation with or without captions, varying in the number of repetitions (once, twice, or three times).
Satsuki Kurokawa, Takumi Uchihara
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Commenting parameterization of abstract nouns
, 2012 The article characterized the urgency and the general principles of commenting parameterization of abstract nouns in dictionaries explanatory type for example «New and of updated words and meanings (dictionary materials)» (R, 2010).
Тименко, Л.
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