Sociolinguistic variation in the rhythm of Nigerian English speech
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract There is a dearth of research on speech rhythm in Nigerian English, and scholars have differing views on its nature, ranging from being syllable‐timed to tone‐timed. Apart from the fact that the majority of few available studies were conducted more than a decade ago, the exact nature of speech rhythm in Nigerian English remains contentious ...
Folajimi Oyebola, Osemudiamhe Ilekura
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A comparative study of doctor's meaning construction in diagnostic discourse with different degrees of patient satisfaction: A review. [PDF]
Medicine (Baltimore)Liang H, Wang C.
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Discursive construction of the 'scholar' identity: a critical genre analysis of chinese and english academic biographies. [PDF]
Front PsycholLiu S.
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New speakers: Challenges and opportunities for variationist sociolinguistics
Language and Linguistics Compass, 2017 Jonathan Kasstan
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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie +2 more
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Communicating international politics narratives of security, democracy and human rights in contemporary society: indexing and analysis using online monitoring data. [PDF]
Front SociolOlimid AP, Georgescu CM, Gherghe CL.
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Sweet as – The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
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Discussion of Emotions Among Newly Diagnosed Non-Hispanic White and Chinese American Patients With Breast Cancer and Their Oncologists. [PDF]
Asian Am J PsycholKuo CC +5 more
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