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The Challenge of Collecting and Using Environmental Monitoring Data
Ecology and Society, 2013 The monitoring of ambient environmental conditions is essential to environmental management and regulation. However, effective monitoring is subject to a range of institutional, political, and legal constraints, constraints that are a product of the need
Eric Biber
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Integration of a Mindfulness Meditation Lab for University Students
Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal, 2020 Background: Mindfulness meditation can effectively enhance every dimension of holistic wellness and learning, including cognition, attention, self-regulatory resources, and first-year academic success.
Duke D. Biber
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Small, EarlyView.Horan et al. demonstrate that RGD peptide‐functionalized poly(ethylene glycol) brush films synthesized in polydimethylsiloxane microfluidic channels by surface‐initiated atom transfer radical polymerization enable label‐free separation of melanoma and ovarian cancer cells based on differential integrin expression.
Stephen Horan +6 more
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Exploring Within-Discipline Variation of Lexical Bundle Use: An Example from Medical Research Articles and Medical Case Reports [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada: Studies that focus on the use of formulaic language in academic writing primarily investigated the use of different types of formulaic sequences in academic research articles in various disciplines. These studies revealed dramatic variations in the use
Ndeye Bineta Mbodj, Viviana Cortes
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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates internal linguistic variation in the instructional discourse of international teaching assistants (ITAs) by segmenting their mini‐lecture performances into four discourse types: introduction, lecture, conclusion, and audience interaction.
Heesun Chang, Hector Rivera
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Adverbial stance marking in the introduction and conclusion sections of legal research articles
Revista de Lingüística y Lenguas Aplicadas, 2013 Although scientific research articles have traditionally been taken as examples of an objective style of writing that aims to minimise researchers’ voices in their texts (Gilbert and Mulkay, 1984:42), authors inevitably adopt stances towards the ...
Heather Adams, Elena Quintana-Toledo
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Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture the broadest patterns of lexical variation.
Taehyeong Kim +4 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Repeated viewing is reportedly a common learning and pedagogical strategy among autonomous second language (L2) learners and language teachers. This experimental study examined the extent to which sequential captioning use facilitates the acquisition of multiword expressions (MWEs) through repeated viewing under incidental learning conditions.
Kenneth W. Y. Li, Yaxin Ni
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Domínios de Lingu@gem, 2018 Este trabalho foca suas atenções no ensino de Português como Língua Adicional (PLA) aos alunos em intercâmbio acadêmico no Brasil. Vê-se, nos estudos dos gêneros do discurso, possíveis contribuições para tornar o processo de ensino-aprendizagem de língua
Lucas Zambrano Rollsing +1 more
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