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The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 3, Page 738-752, Autumn (Fall) 2026.ABSTRACT It has been suggested that informing language learners about the original, literal meaning of idioms helps them to remember these expressions, but the empirical evidence is limited. A new study was conducted with three groups of learners of English (53 Chinese students at a university in Canada, 56 students at a university in China, and 77 ...
Xiaofei Wang +3 more
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Which Sustainability? EU Multilevel Governance
Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 26, Issue 3, August 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines how sustainability is framed, coordinated, and operationalised across the three levels of European Union (EU) multilevel governance (MLG) by analysing 3466 non‐legislative documents produced between 2011 and 2021 by the European Parliament (EP), the Council of the European Union (Council), and the Committee of the Regions ...
P. Blížkovský +3 more
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 113, Issue 1, Page 208-221, July 2026.ABSTRACT Evaluative adjectives are gradable. The standard for falling under a gradable adjective “F” is either context‐relative or absolute. Some philosophers have recently used general linguistic tests to argue that “rational” and (moral) “good” are maximum‐degree absolute gradable adjectives: Only what's perfectly morally good strictly counts as ...
Pekka Väyrynen
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Text Mining in Bibliometrics and Science Mapping: A Methodological Review
WIREs Computational Statistics, Volume 18, Issue 2, June 2026.Text mining has become a foundational component of contemporary bibliometrics and science mapping, enabling systematic analysis of the semantic structure, thematic evolution, and cognitive organization of scientific fields. Integrating textual evidence with relational indicators enriches knowledge maps and supports more comprehensive, content‐sensitive
Michelangelo Misuraca
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British Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 875-895, June 2026.Abstract Background Many words have multiple meanings, which present challenges to learning, yet research has yet to identify effective interventions for homonyms. Lexical inference may be a promising strategy. Aim To evaluate a brief, novel lexical inference intervention for homonyms. Samples Children aged 7–8 years (Study 1: N = 180, Study 2: N = 76).
Sophie A. Booton +4 more
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The Modern Language Journal, Volume 110, Issue 2, Page 540-567, Summer 2026.Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
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World Englishes, applied linguistics, and air traffic control communication
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 292-308, June 2026.Abstract Air traffic control (ATC) communication in international aviation is conducted in a variety often referred to as Aviation English. Based on an analysis of the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), two specialized sub‐registers of Aviation English are identified in previous ...
Markus Bieswanger
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Collocations of Basic Color Terms and Emotion Terms in Spanish Versus Chinese
Color Research &Application, Volume 51, Issue 3, May/June 2026.A corpus‐based analysis suggests that emotions are associated to colors differently in Spanish and Chinese, although differences are more quantitative than qualitative in nature. These results parallel findings in human participants and Large Language Models. ABSTRACT Emotions are internal states that can be difficult to describe verbally.
Mingshan Xu, Antonio Benítez‐Burraco
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Human tests for machine models: What lies “Beyond the Imitation Game”?
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine ...
Noya Kohavi, Anna Weichselbraun
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 64-76, April 2026.Abstract Ethnographers observe and engage the field. They live with, play with, eat with, dance with, feel with, and, increasingly, write or film with their interlocutors. But most of all, they listen and converse. As they enter the lingual ecology of their hosts through a range of practices of communication, ethnographers begin a multi‐faceted journey
Borut Telban, Ute Eickelkamp
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