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The transportation of embedded inversion in world Englishes

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The present study uses private correspondence to investigate the use of embedded inversion on both sides of the Atlantic as an illustration of the spread of spoken/conversational features through writing. The paper discusses the use of embedded inversion in Irish English (IrE) and briefly compares its occurrence in other varieties of English ...
Carolina P. Amador‐Moreno
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Learning Lexical Collocations with Concordancing and Scaffolding [PDF]

, 2010
The study was designed to examine the effect of concordancing and scaffolding in developing learners’ knowledge of lexical collocations. Four tests were administered on two groups of Vietnamese learners of English to assess their ability in three aspects:
Le, T.H,
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TYPES OF TERMINOLOGICAL COLLOCATIONS IN MEDICAL ENGLISH DISCOURSE

Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem
Background. The problem of word compatibility has been actively studied by Western and Russian researchers since the middle of the XX century. Any language is known to be a living and constantly developing system, within which certain speech patterns are
Oksana O. Lyamova
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Modal verbs in South Asian online Englishes: must, (have) got to, have to and need to

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
wiley   +1 more source

A CORPUS-BASED DESCRIPTION OF PERSIAN LEXICAL COLLOCATIONS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS [PDF]

, 2019
Collocation is an important level of lexis and its significance in the pedagogy of a language is an established phenomenon. There is also a considerable shift in foreign language teaching from single lexical items to multiword items.
1. Abrar Hussain Qureshi 2. Mehmood Ul Hassan 3. Shamim Akhter
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Superlative Objoid Constructions in British and American English

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates regional variation in Superlative Objoid constructions (SOCs) and their prepositional variant (at‐SOCs). SOCs combine a possessive pronoun with a superlative adjective. These function as manner‐degree modifiers in a context where the possessive is in postverbal position and correlative with the subject, as in they tried
Tamara Bouso, Marianne Hundt
wiley   +1 more source

Collocations in Teaching German as a Foreign Language: Theoretical Framework and Learning Strategies

Filolog
Collocations represent a segment of the lexicon that poses a significant challenge for all learners of a foreign language. However, this aspect does not receive attention in teaching practice proportional to its importance.
Marija B. Nijemčević Perović
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Translating Lexical Collocations in Elemental Movie Subtitles

Langkawi: Journal of The Association for Arabic and English
Despite the extensive research on collocation translation, studies examining the influence of translation techniques on translation quality—specifically accuracy, acceptability, and readability—are scarce. This study provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of translation techniques on three aspects of lexical collocation translation quality and ...
Anshori, Sakut, Arbain, Arbain, Kendenan, Esriaty Sega, Zain, Abd. Rahman, Khoshimov, Mukhriddin   +4 more
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English address terms in Australian, British and North American English on Twitter/X

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses address terms on Twitter/X across three English‐speaking regions: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a random sample, we examine the frequency and regional distribution of address forms, including @‐mentions, vocatives, titles, kinship terms and greetings.
Martin Schweinberger, Amir Sheikhan
wiley   +1 more source

Twin lexical collocations in legal late Middle English [PDF]

, 2007
The aim of this study is an attempt to examine the occurrence and expansion of lexical clusters (collocations) in legal late Middle English and to determine whether or not these multi-word items are recurrent, cohesive, arbitrary and domain-dependent ...
Iglesias-Rábade, Luis
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