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Supporting collocation learning with a digital library [PDF]
, 2010 Extensive knowledge of collocations is a key factor that distinguishes learners from fluent native speakers. Such knowledge is difficult to acquire simply because there is so much of it.
Franken, Margaret +2 more
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When does assonance make L2 lexical phrases memorable? [PDF]
, 2014 Among the challenges that second language learners face is that of acquiring a large num-ber of lexical phrases such as collocations and idiomatic expressions (e.g. Pawley & Syder, 1983; Willis, 1990; Nattinger & DeCarrico, 1992; Lewis, 1993).
Boers, Frank +2 more
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May I pick your brain? Local minds as living cadastres in a Portuguese eleventh‐century lawsuit
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.In the context of a dispute with the monastery of Lorvão, in the late eleventh century, the monks of Vacariça, near Coimbra (modern Portugal), carried out a field enquiry in the village of Recardães. This was part of a failed attempt to repossess a number of land plots that they claimed were theirs, but had lost control of.
Julio Escalona
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Uporaba strategij odzivanja na pohvale iranskih ucencev anglescine: raziskovanje sogovornikove relativne moci polozaja in spola [PDF]
, 2015 This article reports on a study that set out to investigate how Iranian EFL learners respond to compliments in English. The data were collected using a discourse completion task (DCT) consisting of a variety of situations that required the participants ...
Tamimi Sa\u27d, Seyyed Hatam
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we address the hitherto neglected question of how sentencers and other professional actors in the criminal courts think about the legitimacy of probation services. We deploy a framework from the organisational studies literature, which suggests three dimensions of legitimacy that organisations seek from their stakeholders ...
Gwen Robinson +4 more
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Formulaic language in cortical and subcortical disease: Evidence of the dual process model.
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 Introduction: It is known that an intact cortical left hemisphere is crucial for language production. Recently, more credit is given to the right hemisphere and subcortical areas in the production of non-novel language, including formulaic language ...
Kelly Bridges +2 more
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Discourse functions of formulaic sequences in academic speech across two disciplines [PDF]
, 2014 Formulaic sequences play a crucial role in building academic discourse. From among the variety of formulaic expressions, lexical bundles have been shown to serve particular facilitative functions in academic discourse.
Chan, Swee Heng, Hadi Kashiha,
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As a rapidly evolving sub‐field of computer‐assisted language learning, informal digital learning of English (IDLE) has become a significant catalyst for linguistic, affective, and pedagogical development among English as a second language (L2) learners.
Yue Zhang
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On using corpus frequency, dispersion, and chronological data to help identify useful collocations
Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2015 This study analyzed corpus data to determine the extent to which frequency, dispersion, and chronological data can help identify useful collocations for second language learners who aim to master general English.
James Rogers +9 more
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Memory, learning and language in autism spectrum disorder [PDF]
, 2018 Background and aims: The ‘dual-systems’ model of language acquisition has been used by Ullman and colleagues to explain patterns of strength and weakness in the language of higher-functioning people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Bodison S. +9 more
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