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L’emploi du concept de propiedad dans la polémique gongorine

E-Spania, 2018
This paper provides a lexicometric analysis of the uses of the word propiedad in the XVIIth century polemic surrounding Góngora’s poetry. After a clarification of the different meanings of the word from the Antiquity to the XVIIth century, I study the co-
Marie-Églantine Lescasse
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Language attitudes of Vietnamese undergraduates towards English: an investigation at school of advanced studies of Ho Chi Minh City Open University

Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences, 2016
The investigation reported in this paper is carried out with 444 undergraduates enrolled in the first semester of academic year 2014-2015, which seeks to examine language attitudes towards English language achievement and formation of ethnic identity of ...
Trinh Thai Van Phuc
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Positive Student Outcomes in Community Schools [PDF]

, 2012
Analyzes links between participation in community school supplemental programs in extended learning, family engagement, and support, and student outcomes such as English language development scores and attitudes about school.
Rebecca A. London, Sebastian Castrechini
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How Neighbours Communicate: The Role of Language in Border Relations [PDF]

, 2014
This paper reports on a study of the linguistic situation in the border region where Norway meets Russia in the north. The aim of the study was to investigate language use when contact is revitalised after a long period with closed borders. The Norwegian
Olsen, Sonni
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English and mother-tongue-based multilingual education: Language attitudes in the Philippines [PDF]

Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS), 2013
In this paper, we will problematize the proposed use of mother-tongue-based instruction in the Philippines. As a country that has, for almost a century, supported the use of English in schools, this proposal marks a drastic shift in Philippine languages ...
Ahmar Mahboob, Priscilla Cruz
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Information-Seeking Question Intonation in Basque Spanish and Its Correlation with Degree of Contact and Language Attitudes

Languages, 2020
The present study analyzes the prosodic characteristics of the variety of Spanish in contact with Basque (in the Basque Country, Spain). We focus on information-seeking yes/no questions, which present different intonation contours in Spanish and Basque ...
Magdalena Romera, Gorka Elordieta
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Language Patterns and Attitudes of Kinamiging Manobo Speakers

JPAIR, 2016
Language diversity reflects a society's richness in culture. Kinamiging Manobo, a language spoken in the southern Philippines, faces a threat of extinction posed by a more dominant language.
John Brian Alamillo, Ismael Talili
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The Role of English Language in Nigerian Development [PDF]

, 2019
:The language policy in Nigeria granted the English language the status of being the sole official language, and the language of instruction in the country.
Iskandar, Iskandar, Mishina, Ushuple Lucy   +1 more
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Age and Gender Effects on Motivation and Attitudes in German Learning: The Polish Context

Psychology of Language and Communication, 2014
The research investigates the German language learning motivations of Polish secondary school students and university students. Questionnaire data were collected from 247 students (126 from secondary school and 121 from university).
Okuniewski Jan E.
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Bilingual education and L3 learning: metalinguistic advantage or not? [PDF]

, 2015
Metalinguistic skills are highlighted in the literature as providing bilinguals with an advantage in additional language (L3) learning. The extent to which this may apply to bilingual education and content-and-language-integrated-learning settings ...

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