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From simple predicators to clausal functors : The english modals through time and the primitives of modality

open access: yes, 2013
The ultimate goal of this paper is to find a representation of modality compatible with some basic conditions on the syntax-semantic interface. Such conditions are anchored, for instance, in Chomsky's (1995) principle of full interpretation (FI ...
Gergel, Remus
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Managing Competency‐Based Resistance in Video‐Mediated L2 Peer Feedback Sessions

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Though there is growing empirical evidence on managing advice resistance as an institutional work of higher status party with superior epistemic knowledge domain (e.g., trainer) across diverse settings (e.g., supervision meetings), there is still a lack of research on how second language (L2) learners handle peer resistance in real time once ...
Kübra Ekşi
wiley   +1 more source

“Why Can't They Just Stay?” A Critical Conversation and Membership Categorization Analysis of Racial Neoliberalism in English Language Education

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article, I analyze the co‐constitution of race and neoliberalism within the discourse of an English language classroom. Appealing to modernist/colonial histories of race and capital, I first examine how racial neoliberalism produces a normalized, unmarked subject‐position through the conflation of moral responsibility with human ...
Justin Lance Pannell
wiley   +1 more source

WEAK EPISTEMIC MODALITY IN THE UK PARLIAMENTARY DISCOURSE [PDF]

open access: yesLogos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text, 2014
Discourse strategies of boosting and downtoning seem to play a paramount role in political discourse – persuading the electorate and defending one own’s position when ‘attacked’ liken the political battle to an actual war battle, whereby going on ...
Milica Vukovic
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Pode e podia: uma proposta semântico-pragmática [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Linguística, Florianópolis, 2011Este trabalho investiga a semântica de 'pode' e 'podia' no Português Brasileiro (PB) em ...
Pessotto, Ana Lúcia
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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

Longitudinal Tracking of Persistence in Other‐Repair Practices in an Audio‐Mediated English Private Tutoring Setting

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
wiley   +1 more source

Il congiuntivo nell’italiano scritto e parlato [PDF]

open access: yesEcho des Etudes Romanes, 2015
The article deals with the usage of the subjunctive in contemporary Italian against the background of the grammatical rules that determine its usage in standard Italian.
Klímová Eva
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If-conditionals, modality, and Schrödinger’s cat. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This talk addresses the modal nature of if-conditionals. If-conditionals are seen as bipartite constructions (Fillmore 1986: 196, 1998: 36) which (a) attract modality statistically significantly above average, and (b) show a markedly higher degree of ...
Gabrielatos, Costas   +1 more
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Implementing Argument‐Based Validity in Second Language Research on Individual Differences

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Quantitative meta‐syntheses focusing on the psychometric properties of measurement tools in second and foreign language (L2) individual differences (ID) research have drawn scholars' attention to the quality of data collection instruments (Plonsky & Derrick, 2016; Sudina, 2023).
Katalin Piniel, Ekaterina Sudina
wiley   +1 more source

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