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Prepositions in the Ekavian Čakavian Dialect in relation to prepositions in other language systems: Theoretical aspects and descriptive methodology

Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2012
The paper firstly presents the theoretical basis for an analysis of prepositions as a type of word in terms of general linguisticics and standard language. A review of papers dealing with prepositions within general linguistics, the Croatian language and
Irena Miloš
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Impressions that matter: How Italian SOEs construct a digital image through persuasive language strategies

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rooted in the theoretical perspective of impression management, and drawing on the critical discourse analysis (CDA) approach, this study analyzes whether and how the Italian state‐owned enterprises (SOEs) in the energy sector over the period 2020–2023 use persuasive language strategies in their annual reports to portray the image of a ...
Fiorenza Meucci, Raffaela Casciello, Flavio Spagnuolo, Belén Gill‐de‐Albornoz   +3 more
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Prepositions in Modern Greek: Accusative or genitive case? [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini
Prepositions are indeclinable words with limited lexical meaning that cannot stand alone but can govern one or more cases. In Modern Greek, which has four cases (nominative, genitive, accusative, and vocative), prepositions are commonly used to express a
Baćić-Ćosić Maja G., Rađenović Anka M.   +1 more
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English language prepositions: An Albatross for English Language learners In Nigeria

, 2015
The acquisition and learning of a language involve understanding and mastery of what constitutes its grammar. This paper assessed the performance of second language undergraduate students in the use of English prepositions and determined the likely ...
B. Sotiloye, H. Bodunde, O. Olayemi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Linguistic Analyses of Written Corrective Feedback for Chinese as a Second Language: ChatGPT Versus Human Teachers

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study conducted linguistic analyses of the written corrective feedback (WCF) for Chinese as a second language (CSL) provided by chat generative pre‐trained transformer (ChatGPT) and human teachers (including preservice teachers and senior teachers).
Ling Zhang, Jingjing XU, Hoang Anh Nguyen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Word Associations in a Minoritised Language: The Case of Cymraeg (Welsh)

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As with many research strands in linguistics, word association (WA) literature is dominated by English language data. This paper (i) explores the extent to which methodologies developed to date are applicable to other languages—specifically, Welsh (Cymraeg)—and (ii) investigates what WA analysis can reveal about lexical organisation and ...
Tess Fitzpatrick, Steve Morris, Theodore Mills   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From locative to de directional preposition phrases in Romanian

Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2007
The paper discusses the (syntactic and semantic) conditions under which Romanian simple spatial prepositions render locative or directional reading of an event.
Iulia Zegrean
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Investigating the Efficacy of Focused and Unfocused Corrective Feedback on the Accurate Use of Prepositions in Written Work

, 2014
This paper discusses findings from a study investigating feedback efficacy on the accurate use of prepositions by ESL learners in written work over a period of 12 weeks.
A. Kassim, L. Ng
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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

Modeling Semantic Relations Expressed by Prepositions

Transactions of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2013
This paper introduces the problem of predicting semantic relations expressed by prepositions and develops statistical learning models for predicting the relations, their arguments and the semantic types of the arguments.
Vivek Srikumar, Dan Roth
semanticscholar   +1 more source