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The Dynamics of Reading Genre Fiction: Researching and Teaching Interpretive Practices
Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.Conceptual model positioning genre fiction as a site for studying how narrative form organizes reader interpretation, identifying four dynamics—iterability, narrative interest, serialization, and spectacle—to guide empirical research on reading processes.
Robert Jean LeBlanc, Amy Stornaiuolo
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Are Drivers\u27 Manuals Understandable? [PDF]
, 1995 In 1984, researchers determined that the readability of state drivers\u27 manuals exceeded the average literacy levels in the United States. Because text complexity threatened the ability of license applicants and practicing drivers to understand the ...
Eilers, Ulinda +2 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 393-408, February 2026.ABSTRACT Acknowledging the limitations of existing measurement instruments in adequately capturing the distinct cognitive processes (e.g., form‐focused vs. meaning‐focused) involved in informal digital learning of English (IDLE), this paper asserts a pressing need to develop and validate robust instruments that measure form‐focused and meaning‐focused ...
Minlin Zou +3 more
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An empirical approach to the signalling of enumerative structures [PDF]
, 2012 International audienceThis paper presents a data-intensive study of the signalling of enumerative structures. In contrast with semasiological studies of specific markers, the approach described here takes as its starting point annotated structures and ...
Fabre, Cécile +4 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 522-539, February 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines the features of metadiscourse across different teacher moves in university linguistics classroom discourse and the teaching strategies reflected in its use. The results reveal that teachers employ diverse metadiscourse during classroom interactions to support student reasoning.
Jingjie Li, Wenjie Hu
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The Presence and Image of the Translator in Narrative Discourse: towards a Definition of the Translator's Ethos [PDF]
, 2017 This paper aims at exploring the configuration of the discursive image or ethos attached to the enunciative subject assuming the responsibility for the enunciation of translated narrative (Ducrot 1984; Amossy 1999, 2009, 2012).
Spoturno, Maria Laura
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An Integrative Framework for Navigating Uncertainty in Science Education
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Volume 62, Issue 10, Page 2216-2237, December 2025.ABSTRACT Uncertainty is central to science and is increasingly recognized in science education, but the literature lacks a clear definition of the types of uncertainty and the competencies for navigating them, which vary by context. Therefore, a cross‐disciplinary integrative understanding of uncertainty is necessary to navigate complex ...
Simon Blauza +2 more
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L2 Learners’ Use of Metadiscourse Markers in Online Discussion Forums [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2012 This study aimed to investigate the use of interactional metadiscourse markers in 168 comments made by 28 university students of engineering via an educational forum held as part of a general English course.
zis tajeddin, minoo alemi
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1003-1022, December 2025.Politics requires collective deliberation, but what happens when people cannot agree on how to deliberate? Anthropologists and other social scientists have urged us to look beyond the hegemonic liberal ideal of public reason, in order to recognize a plurality of publics, each held together by distinctive forms of reason.
Farhan Samanani
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Metadiscourse in Chinese and American graduate dissertation introductions
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2021 The current study aims to look at differences in the use of metadiscourse in the introductory sections of English and Chinese university students. The corpus of the study comprises 20 “introductions” of university students’ MA theses.
Muhammad afzaal +3 more
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