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Culture as Reflected in Somatic Idioms [PDF]
Filolog, 2019 The aims of this paper are threefold: first, to analyse the ways in which culture is reflected in idioms; second, to discuss the role of body-part words in idioms; third, to determine the differences and similarities between the English and Georgian ...
Irine Goshkheteliani
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Afghan EFL students’ difficulties and strategies in learning and understanding English idioms
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2020 The study investigated the attitude of Afghan undergraduate EFL students towards the importance of learning English idioms, sources of difficulties in learning and understanding them, and strategies used to learn and understand idioms.
Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan
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Idioms with the Lexemes mouth in English and usta in Serbian: A Cognitive Approach [PDF]
Filolog, 2018 This paper explores the idioms in the English and Serbian language, which contain the lexemes mouth and usta. The idioms are analysed from the perspective of cognitive linguistics, with the main aim of finding the cognitive mechanisms that underlie these
Jelena Lj. Biljetina
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Acta Fabula, 2016 Cet article est un compte-rendu du livre : Jacob Rogozinski, Cryptes de Derrida, Fécamp : Lignes, coll. « Fins de la philosophie », 2015, 210 p., EAN 9782355261350.
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LLM‐Integrated Human–Robot Interaction System for Microrobots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This paper proposes an LLM‐based control framework for guiding microrobots using human natural language. This framework can convert the natural human speech into safe and executable command sets for reliable navigation in complex environments. The experimental results show high accuracy and robustness in task performance, demonstrating the potential of
Bairong Zhu, Amar Salehi, Tingting Yu
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Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak +2 more
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Comparative analysis of idiom selection and sequencing 5 in Estonian basic school EFL coursebooks
Eesti Rakenduslingvistika Ühingu Aastaraamat, 2017 The article investigates the selection and sequencing of the idioms encountered in two locally-produced and international coursebook series currently employed in Estonian basic schools.
Rita Anita Forssten +2 more
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The development of idiom comprehension: an investigation of semantic and contextual processing skills. [PDF]
, 2009 Two experiments compared 7- to 8- and 9- to 10-year-olds’ ability to use semantic analysis and inference from context to understand idioms. We used a multiple-choice task and manipulated whether the idioms were transparent or opaque, familiar or novel ...
Cain, Kate +2 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor +3 more
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To get hold of the wrong end of the stick : reasons for poor idiom understanding in children with reading comprehension difficulties. [PDF]
, 2008 Purpose: The aim was to identify the source of idiom understanding difficulties in children with specific reading comprehension failure. Method: Two groups (Ns=15) of 9- to 10-year-olds participated. One group had age-appropriate word reading and reading
Cain, Kate, Towse, Andrea S.
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