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Developing L2 semantic knowledge of English modality through concept‐based language instruction: Do cognitive linguistics materials have an advantage?

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
wiley   +1 more source

Grammar constructions and metaphor

Gragoatá, 2009
The central aim of the present study is to stress and explore the role of metaphor in the constitu­tion of grammatical constructions. The theoretical discussion here developed has as its basis the constructionist paradigm (use-based models of ...
Neusa Salim Miranda
doaj  

Mentoring for well‐being in (un)caring institutions: Possibilities and limitations for language teacher education

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how language teacher well‐being, as an ecological phenomenon that includes layered (un)caring practices, is shaped through institutional discourses and mentoring relationships across three distinct contexts. Using a participatory multiple case study design, we analyze narrative and textual data from three mentoring pairs in
D. Philip Montgomery, Luqing Zang, Carlo Cinaglia, Peter I. De Costa   +3 more
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Positive institutions for language learning

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Positive psychology has been flourishing within applied linguistics, providing new insights into the role of concepts such as positive emotion, grit, and well‐being. The founders of positive psychology envisioned three pillars on which it stood, positive emotions, character traits, and positive institutions.
Peter D. MacIntyre
wiley   +1 more source

How pre‐service L2 English teachers use accounts to mitigate turn allocation to unwilling participants in microteaching

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates how pre‐service L2 English teachers manage turn allocation when student willingness to participate is uncertain or absent during microteaching sessions. Drawing on conversation analysis (CA), we examine video‐recorded teaching demonstrations conducted by undergraduate L2 English education majors in South Korea.
Eunseok Ro, Hyunwoo Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Material Semiotic Narratives of Finnishness Through a Mundane Object: The Case of the Plastic Bucket

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how Finnishness is constructed in media texts with and through plastic buckets. By so doing, the article contributes to research on materiality and nationalism through examining the role of a mundane object instead of official national symbols.
Alma Onali
wiley   +1 more source

The polysemy of body part terms in Hausa within the frame of Image Schemas

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2013
Body part-terms have been identified as a productive source of figurative lexical meanings as well as grammatical meanings (Heine, et al. 1991). The paper adopts descriptive lexical semantics as a model of approach.
Tijjani Shehu Almajir
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Homo Nationalis and the Moralisation of Belonging: Rethinking National Identity in Austria

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how national identity and belonging in contemporary Austria are articulated through moral rather than ideological vocabularies. Analysing presidential, party, media and social media discourse surrounding the 2025 National Day, it conceptualises the homo nationalis as the moral citizen who embodies the nation's virtues of ...
Markus Rheindorf
wiley   +1 more source

Theory of Sense‐Data

Analytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT I develop and defend a sense‐datum theory of perception. My theory follows the spirit of classic sense‐datum theories: I argue that what it is to have a perceptual experience is to be acquainted with some sense‐data, where sense‐data are private particulars that have all the properties they appear to have, that are common to both perception ...
Andrew Y. Lee
wiley   +1 more source

“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change

Political Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
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