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Language change for the worse [PDF]
Many theories hold that language change, at least on a local level, is driven by a need for improvement. The present volume explores to what extent this assumption holds true, and whether there is a particular type of language change that we dub language
Schaden, Gerhard +16 more
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Changing with the Times: The Evolution of Plain Language in the Legal Sphere
Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 2015 As is well known, the Plain language movement has been influential in a number of areas of public life over the last few decades. Within the legal sphere it has raised general awareness concerning the need to make legal matters and legal documents more ...
Williams, Christopher
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, 2005 This article reviews the communicative style Spain inherited from the dictatorship, Spain’s conception of plain language, the goals it set for the four most widely used languages, and the results achieved.
Cassany, Daniel
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Easy Language – Plain Language – Easy Language Plus [PDF]
, 2020 This book shows how accessible communication, and especially easy-to-understand languages, should be designed in order to become instruments of inclusion.
Maaß, Christiane
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Grammatical systems without language borders: Lessons from free-range language
, 2023 Current research in grammatical analysis and sociolinguistics points to two core characteristics of language that seem incommensurable at first sight: (1) research on linguistic structure indicates internal organisation and coherence, and the workings ...
Wiese, Heike
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Third language acquisition: Age, proficiency and multilingualism [PDF]
, 2020 This book deals with the phenomenon of third language (L3) acquisition. As a research field, L3 acquisition is established as a branch of multilingualism that is concerned with how multilinguals learn additional languages and the role that their ...
Gudmundson, Anna +9 more
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Skilur almenningur íslenskt lagamál?
Orð og Tunga, 2022 Text comprehension of Icelandic legislative texts was studied qualitatively by interviewing 46 Icelandic speakers individually. The participants read parts of the Icelandic Inheritance Act no. 8/1962 and of the Icelandic Children’s Act no.
Ari Páll Kristinsson +3 more
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HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders
South African Journal of Psychiatry, 2011 HIV infection is associated with disturbances in brain function referred to as HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND). This literature review outlines the recently revised diagnostic criteria for the range of HAND from the earliest to the more ...
Zahir Vally
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Interpreting language-learning data [PDF]
, 2020 This book provides a forum for methodological discussions emanating from researchers engaged in studying how individuals acquire an additional language.
Gudmestad, Aarnes; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University +18 more
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Defining 'plain language' in contemporary South Africa
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2015 Defining the concept ‘plain language’ has been hugely problematic since the origins of the so-called Plain Language Movement in the 1970s in the United States and elsewhere in the world.
Eleanor Cornelius
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