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Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture the broadest patterns of lexical variation.
Taehyeong Kim +4 more
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One mechanism of Russian poetic language
Journal of Applied Linguistics and Lexicography, 2019 Traditionally, the phenomenon of the semantic aura of the verse metre was regarded exclusively as historically determined; the question of a potential synaesthesia (the imitative potential possessed by the rhythmic structure of a poetic text) was ...
Сергей Игоревич Монахов
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This study focuses on 17 in‐service language teachers who graduated from a social justice‐oriented MA program in Teaching Languages to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Teaching Foreign Languages (TFL) at a US higher education institution. Drawing on multiple data sources that connect participants' pre‐service and in‐service experiences,
Deniz Ortactepe Hart
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The Hidden Hallyu Emerged: Exploring the Key Motives of Reading Adapted K‐Webtoons of South Korea
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate why global fans read Korean webtoons (K‐webtoons) and how their motivations vary across different genres. Previous studies have approached the Korean Wave (Hallyu) from a national perspective, emphasizing its influence and primarily discussing K‐pop and K‐drama.
Hoseok Gwak +3 more
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Linguistic Markers of Destructive Leadership: An Exploratory Cross‐domain Study
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how destructive leadership in politics and business is reflected in distinctive patterns of language use. Drawing on Pennebaker's psycholinguistic theory and his Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) analytical framework, we report two studies.
Eugene Sadler‐Smith +4 more
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On the plural marker “men” in Chinese
Catalan Journal of LinguisticsThis paper tackles the syntactic properties of the plural marker men in Mandarin Chinese. We argue that men is a modifier (non-inflectional plural marker in the sense of Wiltschko 2008) adjoined to the n head, where men is interpreted as an additive ...
Chenghao Hu, Victor Junnan Pan
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The morphology of first-person object forms of directional verbs in ASL
Glossa, 2018 There is an ongoing debate about whether there exists a grammatical distinction between first-person and non-first person in signed languages, namely American Sign Language (ASL).
Lynn Hou, Richard Meier
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British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.Abstract This study was conducted as a rapid response to the UK government's announcement of a ‘national conversation’ on England's special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) reforms, prior to the publication of the English Schools White Paper in early 2026.
Jill Pluquailec +2 more
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Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1
Transactions 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
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