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Raising Teachers’ Awareness of the Significance of Formulaic Sequences in Writing Proficiency
Revue des Sciences Humaines, 2017 In recent years, the academic arena witnessed a renewed interest in the role of vocabulary and with it the phenomenon of formulaic sequences (these are multi-word units which are stored and retrieved as whole from memory) came to the fore. Much research
Safa Khoualdi
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Contemporary Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines private meetings between company managers and institutional investors as part of the broader financial reporting environment. Using direct observations of 39 such meetings across four large, listed companies—complemented with the study of preparatory work and internal documents—the paper investigates how these meetings help
Per Ahblom +2 more
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Interlanguage refusals : a cross-sectional study of Thai EFL learners' refusals in English [PDF]
, 2006 Using the speech act of refusals and formulaic language as focuses of analysis, this thesis aims to explore whether or not grammatical proficiency and development is distinct from pragmatic proficiency.
Kasemsin, Chirasiri
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2009 While knowledge of what constitutes fluent speech has developed over the past several decades, it is still unclear how language teachers can facilitate its acquisition by second language learners.
David Wood
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Unchained r-sequences and a Generalized Cassini Formula
Integers, 2015 See the abstract in the attached pdf.
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Difference and the Liberation of Sufficient Reason
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract The Principle of Sufficient Reason (PSR) holds that every event and entity can be explained by a sufficient reason or cause. Philosophers have long struggled with the question of the PSR's compatibility with freedom, for if what occurs or exists follows necessarily from its sufficient reason then it seems it could not have been otherwise ...
Louis Matheou
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The relationship between formulaic sequences and EFL reading comprehension [PDF]
The main focus of this study was to investigate the relationship between recognition and understanding of formulaic sequences (FSs) and L2 reading comprehension.
Babaee Khou, Moloud
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An Empirical Study on the Effects of Computer-Corpus-based Formulaic Sequences on College Students’ Oral English Learning [PDF]
, 2017 As a kind of stylized language expression, formulaic sequences are widely used in different spoken language contexts, but the study of English formulaic sequences has always been a difficulty in college students’ oral English learning in China.
Liang, Hui, Hui Liang
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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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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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