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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Given the global spread of English and the recent challenges to English major education, it is essential to explore the potential benefits of implementing Global Englishes in a discipline‐specific context. This qualitative study explored the learning experiences of eight female English major graduates who previously attended Global Englishes ...
Xiaowen (Serina) Xie +3 more
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Linguistik Online, 2017 The present investigation explores the language definitions (i. e. the language ontologies) that have emerged in the field of sociolinguistics. In general, it examines three types of sociolin-guistic studies: Labovian sociolinguistics (Labov 1972), the ...
Ariel Vázquez Carranza
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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 +2 more
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TO THE SOURCES OF DIACHRONIC SOCIOLINGUISTICS: GLOBAL EXPERIENCE AND UKRAINIAN PROBLEMATICS
Записки з українського мовознавства, 2017 The subject of the suggested research is a new sphere of sociolinguistics – diachronic sociolinguistics: its sources, subject of the research and tasks.
І. Д. Фаріон
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In English medium instruction (EMI), students face cognitive and emotional demands in second language (L2) communication, which may hamper their motivation and willingness to communicate (WTC). Adopting a mixed‐methods design, this study explores how growth mindsets affected student motivation (e.g., ideal L2 self and ideal disciplinary self ...
Pengzhan Yang +2 more
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The Academic Literacy of International Postgraduate Students in Australia: A Cause for Concern?
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article discusses the academic literacy challenges faced by international postgraduate students at a South Australian university and evaluates the effectiveness of existing institutional support mechanisms. Drawing on survey data, the study highlights significant difficulties in academic reading, writing, and spoken communication, with ...
Werner Botha +6 more
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Unrealistic Feedback in Socially Prescriptive Speech Technologies
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Socially prescriptive speech technologies (SPSTs) are technologies that claim to provide feedback to speakers about how other humans perceive their speech and communication style, based on algorithms trained on a set of static, prescriptive standards.
Nicole Holliday
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Focusing on the narratives of two Japanese undergraduate students, this article examines their everyday experiences of using and learning English, situated within entangled relations of power. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of discourse, the study reveals how multiple power/knowledge systems—such as native speakerism, prescriptivism ...
Aina Tanaka, Daisuke Kimura
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Amid Japan's internationalization efforts, foreign employees are positioned as global English‐speaking talent while simultaneously facing expectations to conform to Japanese linguacultural norms. This study examines how such tensions are negotiated through the narratives of two interns—one African American and one Vietnamese American—in ...
Hae Ree Jun
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the language life of young Malaysian Chinese immigrants in Australia and their construction of multi‐membership as reflected in their daily language behaviors. It develops the concept of everyday linguistic citizenship and uses this concept as a theoretical lens to understand how the young adults build, maintain, and ...
Xiaoyi Zhang +2 more
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