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"So easy to look at, so hard to define”: tough movement in the minimalist framework

, 2003
This dissertation addresses the syntactic analysis of the (English) tough construction (TC), a syntactic construction in which (typically) adjectival predicates in the semantic class of 'tough' and 'easy' may participate:(i) John is tough/easy/impossible/
Hicks, Glyn
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The Development and Validation of the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to the increasing need for effective Chinese vocabulary assessments, this study developed the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test (CVLT), a test designed for intermediate‐level Chinese as a second or foreign language (CSL/FL) learners, based on the vocabulary lists (levels 4–6) from the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for ...
Shiwei Qi, Ailan Fu
wiley   +1 more source

Nominalization – lexical and syntactic aspects

, 2009
The main tenet of the present paper is the thesis that nominalization – like other cases of derivational morphology – is an essentially lexical phenomenon with well defined syntactic (and semantic) conditions and consequences.
Bierwisch, Manfred
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Pre‐Task Explicit Instruction, Input Modality, and Working Memory in L2 Oral Self‐Repair

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the central role of tasks in language education and ensuing research documenting how task‐related variables might affect language performance and learning, it remains unclear whether pre‐task explicit instruction, input modality, and working memory (WM) influence how learners monitor and repair grammatical structures in real‐time ...
Reza Yadollahpour, Mostafa Pourhaji, Michael Sadeghi   +2 more
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DCU 250 Arabic dependency bank: an LFG gold standard resource for the Arabic Penn treebank [PDF]

, 2006
This paper describes the construction of a dependency bank gold standard for Arabic, DCU 250 Arabic Dependency Bank (DCU 250), based on the Arabic Penn Treebank Corpus (ATB) (Bies and Maamouri, 2003; Maamouri and Bies, 2004) within the theoretical ...
Dichy, J., Al-Raheb, Yafa, Akrout, Amine, van Genabith, Josef   +3 more
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Comparing the Effects of Collaborative and Independent Writing on EFL Learners’ Individual Writing Performance: An Intervention Study

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborative writing has attracted increasing attention in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction due to its potential to enhance learners’ writing competence. However, few studies have examined the comparative effects of collaborative versus independent writing on EFL learners’ individual performance, especially in higher‐order ...
Ting Huang, Chenze Wu, Wenkang Zhang
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Assessing Argument Quality in L2 Argumentative Writing: Integrating Argument Elements and Intellectual Standards

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many existing rubrics for L2 argumentative writing prioritize form‐based linguistic accuracy and complexity while insufficiently addressing substantive argumentative rigor and effectiveness. This limitation is further complicated by cross‐cultural variation in rhetorical conventions and educational practices, which challenge the direct ...
Zihan Xu, Peiyun Liu
wiley   +1 more source

Automatic annotation of the Penn-treebank with LFG f-structure information [PDF]

, 2002
Lexical-Functional Grammar f-structures are abstract syntactic representations approximating basic predicate-argument structure. Treebanks annotated with f-structure information are required as training resources for stochastic versions of unification ...
Cahill, Aoife, Way, Andy, van Genabith, Josef, McCarthy, Mairéad   +3 more
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The Pen is Mightier Than the Algorithm? A Multilevel Linguistic Comparison of LLM‐ and Human‐Translated Research Article Abstracts

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Translating local research into English as a lingua franca (ELF) connects local scholarship with global readership, but this process remains constrained by language barriers. Large language models (LLMs) offer advanced accessible solutions, but their responsible integration into academic translation requires a deeper understanding of the ...
Yueyue Huang, Yao Yao, Dechao Li
wiley   +1 more source

Doing Item Reviewing in and Through Interaction: What It Takes to Problematize and Revise a Language Test Item

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study brings an interactional perspective to item reviewing (IR) as one of the critical language test construction stages by using conversation analysis. Drawing on video recordings of IR sessions in an English preparatory school at the tertiary level, it examines how EFL teachers problematize and revise syllabus‐based language test items
Hümeyra Can, Çiler Hatipoğlu
wiley   +1 more source