What are particularistic pejoratives?
Mind &Language, EarlyView.Particularistic pejoratives (PPs) mock individuals based on their personal attributes yet lack a precise definition. This paper seeks to refine our understanding of PPs by examining their derogatory profiles across three dimensions: descriptiveness, intensity, and slurring potential.
Víctor Carranza‐Pinedo
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Different Approaches to the Concept of Collocation in English: Why Learn Collocations?
Baltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences, 2018 Research background. A collocation is a combination of two or more words that are commonly used together in English. Collocation is an indispensable element of any English text and no piece of natural spoken or written language is totally free of ...
Lina Danilevičienė, Roma Vaznonienė
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Exploratory Practice: Researching the Impact of Songs on EFL Learners' Verbal Memory [PDF]
, 2014 Traditionally popular songs have been used as a way of enhancing listening and auditory perception skills and teaching vocabulary, but not necessarily for memory recall.
Coleman, Rebecca
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Reading versus listening: Which one is more effective for incidental vocabulary learning?
The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The article examines incidental vocabulary acquisition, focusing on the differential impacts of input modalities—reading versus listening—on learning of single words and multi‐word expressions. Eighty‐eight university students of L2 Italian were assigned to one of the three groups: (a) reading half of an authentic Italian novel, (b) listening ...
Mahnaz Aliyar +2 more
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English Verbs of Directional Vision:Compatibility with Designations of a Qualitative Attribute
Научный диалогThis article addresses the challenges of constructing a semantic model of verbs related to the concept of ‘directed vision process and its qualitative attribute’ based on English collocations. The authors examine the structure of meaning of these lexical
N. A. Antonova, T. S. Ignatyeva
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The Development of ESL Collocational Knowledge [PDF]
, 1996 This study examines the development of collocational knowledge in learners of ESL. A number of previous studies have underscored the importance of collocations for L2 acquisition, and the problems that learners face with learning and using collocations ...
Gitsaki, Christina
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Two Nationalisms, One City: Official and Diasporic Framings of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyses the contested collective memories of the 2019 Anti‐Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti‐ELAB) movement, investigating how the Hong Kong government and diaspora construct divergent narratives to shape national identity and nationalism.
Isaac Iu
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Method for Automatic Collocation Extraction from Ukrainian Corpora [PDF]
, 2018 The article deals with the methods for automatic collocation extraction from Ukrainian corpora. The task of collocation extraction is considered in terms of a corpus-oriented approach [1], based on statistical measures.
Kuzmina, M., Petrasova, S. V.
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
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Causatives and inchoatives in English and their treatment in recent lexicographic practice [PDF]
, 1982 1Studia Anglica ...
Lipka, Leonhard
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