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When Asking “What” and “How” Helps You Win: Mimicry of Interrogative Terms Facilitates Successful Online Negotiations

open access: yesNegotiation and Conflict Management Research, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract Strategic word mimicry during negotiations facilitates better outcomes. We explore mimicry of specific word categories and perceptions of rapport, trust, and liking as underlying mechanisms. Dyads took part in an online negotiation exercise in which word mimicry was manipulated: Participants were instructed to mimic each other’s words (both ...
Kate Muir   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Bird's Eye View of English Grammar: Connecting the Dots in Two Dimensions

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the past few decades, discussions on grammar instruction have primarily focused on teaching methodologies, such as whether grammar should be taught explicitly or implicitly, and whether the focus should be on form or forms. This paper, however, shifts the focus to grammar itself, aiming to provide a “shape” for pedagogical grammar.
Akira Tajino, Yoshitaka Kato
wiley   +1 more source

Persian Spatial Prepositions: A Novel Logical Syntactical Approach to the Spatial Prepositions [PDF]

open access: yesStudii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, 2018
The goal of this paper is to analyze the syntax of spatial preposition in Persian language. This account is pretty novel as it analyzes the Persian prepositional phrases in a unified way, which does not restrict itself to some simple spatial ...
Rajdeep Singh
doaj  

Linguistic Variation across Instructional Segments in International Teaching Assistants' Discourse: A Corpus‐Based Analysis

open access: yesTESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates internal linguistic variation in the instructional discourse of international teaching assistants (ITAs) by segmenting their mini‐lecture performances into four discourse types: introduction, lecture, conclusion, and audience interaction.
Heesun Chang, Hector Rivera
wiley   +1 more source

L’absence et la compensation : en l’absence de, faute de, à défaut de, par manque de [PDF]

open access: yesStudii de Lingvistica
In this article, I study a group of complex prepositions linked semantically by the notion of absence of an entity or event, seen as a circumstance for another situation: en l’absence de, faute de, à défaut de, par manque de.
Thierry Ruchot
doaj  

Essai de classification des prépositions de localisation

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2012
Nous avons relevé 205 prépositions de localisation, qui sont, pour près de 90% d’entre elles, des locutions. Nous proposons d’abord une définition syntaxique des prépositions de localisation.
Le Pesant Denis
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental Entailments: The Case of Spatial Prepositions

open access: yesNJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2014
In this paper we present an experimental study on native speakers’ access to lexical relations among spatial relations. Our main focus is a still poorly understood domain: the lexical relations that hold between (pairs of) directional spatial ...
Francesco-Alessio Ursini
doaj   +1 more source

Frekwencja oraz funkcje przyimków złożonych i wtórnych w sprawozdaniach administracyjnych

open access: yesLingVaria, 2018
Frequency and Functions of Compound and Complex Prepositions in Administrative Reports This paper examines the distribution and functions of compound and complex prepositions in Polish and EU administrative reports.
Katarzyna Wasilewska
doaj   +1 more source

The Interference of Arabic Prepositions in Emirati English

open access: yesSci, 2021
The bond between England and the UAE date back to over 220 years ago. This article explored the interference of Arabic prepositions in the English used in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and their occurrences in light of gender and level of education ...
Jean Pierre Ribeiro Daquila
doaj   +1 more source

Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2025.
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
wiley   +1 more source

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