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Introduction: The Dialects of British English in Fictional Texts: Style, Translation and Ideology

open access: yes, 2021
The representation of nonstandard voices in fictional texts, be they literary, dramatic or audiovisual, their linguistic construction as fictional artefacts, as well as their translation in any given language, are evolving into an increasingly rich and
Donatella Montini, Irene Ranzato
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Modeling the Paths from L2 Use and Socio‐Affective Variables to Communication Skills: A Mixed‐Methods Approach

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Previous research demonstrated that communication anxiety reduces L2 learners' willingness to communicate and communication frequency, but left unexplored its impact on performance. The current mixed‐methods study investigated factors impacting L2 communication skills.
Debra M. Hardison
wiley   +1 more source

Greek dialects in Southern Italy: nominal syntax between Greek and Romance?

open access: yes, 2014
The present work expands the empirical base of Guardiano & Stavrou 2014 (henceforth G&S) and discusses the problems that arise Yet, up to our current knowledge, no significant dissimilarity has emerged2 so far with respect to the properties explored ...
GUARDIANO, Cristina, Stavrou, Melita
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Metalinguistic Awareness in the EFL Classroom and Beyond: Exploring the Potential of Translation Tasks

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Current trends encouraging a move away from monolingual teaching have sparked a renewed interest in the role of translation in language instruction. Yet, there are few theoretically and empirically grounded proposals regarding specific uses of translation in the language classroom.
Monika Bader   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proclitic vs enclitic pronouns in northern Italian dialects and the null-subiect parameter

open access: yes, 2010
The unstressed subject pronouns of northern Italian dialects (NIDs) are usually considered (clitic) heads different from, for example, their French preverbal counterparts, which are considered maximal projections.
L. Repetti   +2 more
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“Your English Sounds Almost British”: Everyday Linguicism and Racialized Subjectivity of an International Student in Hong Kong

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how everyday linguicism and racism shape the academic and social experiences of international students in Hong Kong, focusing on the racialized subjectivity of a South Asian graduate student. Although research on international students has mainly focused on Western higher education, little attention has been paid to the ...
Pramod K. Sah
wiley   +1 more source

The Dialect of Kuhpaya

open access: yesStudia Iranica, 2011
Kuhpāyi is a Central Dialect spoken in Kupā township and its piedmont villages, east of Isfahan. While it shares many traits with other Northwestern Iranian dialects of the central Iranian Plateau, Kuhpāyi has many characteristics of its own. In historical phonology, it shows some remarkable Southwestern Iranian features, as in hass 'eight'.
openaire   +2 more sources

Incidental Acquisition of Multiword Expressions Through Repeated Viewing: Sequential Use of L1 and L2 Captions

open access: yesTESOL 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
wiley   +1 more source

厦门话、马来语互借词汇探索 (The reciprocatory influences between Malay and Hokkien in Singapore)

open access: yes, 1993
This paper was presented at the 3rd Conference on MIN Dialects, held in Hong Kong from 11 - 12 Jan 1993Published ...
Teo, Choo How
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East Anglian English Dialects of English ;, v. 21./ Peter Trudgill.

open access: yes, 2021
In English.This book is the first full-scale scientific study of East Anglian English. The author is a native East Anglian sociolinguist and dialectologist who has devoted decades to the study of the speechways of Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and ...
Trudgill Peter
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