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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we juxtapose two international contexts of higher education to critically examine both the situated complexity of (restrictive) ideologies of multilingualism and the ways such ideologies inform multilingual students’ choices of language use that contribute to their own epistemic exclusion in Canada and Germany.
Sílvia Melo‐Pfeifer, Vander Tavares
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Reflections on Moral Disagreement, Relativism, and Skepticism about Rules [PDF]
, 2010 Part 1 of this paper discusses some uses of arguments from radical moral disagreement—in particular, as directed against absolutist cognitivism—and surveys some semantic issues thus made salient.
Robinson, Denis
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It is well‐known that adults vary to an important extent with regard to L2 learning outcomes. One apparent reason is the degree of exposure to the target language. Furthermore, it has been suggested that adult learning is more affected by social and psychological variables than in younger learners.
Marco Bril +2 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The current study set out to contribute to the burgeoning research area of out‐of‐class L2/FL learning by examining, specifically, English learners’ extramural engagement with watching movies/videos and/or listening to songs (i.e., exposure to audiovisuals).
Art Tsang, Susanna Siu‐sze Yeung
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Dialectometric analysis of language variation in Twitter
, 2017 In the last few years, microblogging platforms such as Twitter have given rise to a deluge of textual data that can be used for the analysis of informal communication between millions of individuals.
Donoso, Gonzalo, Sanchez, David
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how Taiwanese members of parliament (MPs) deploy self‐referring expressions—specifically, the formal first‐person singular běnxí—to negotiate their institutional standing and project political power. By operationalizing access to objective power using the margin of victory (MoV) as one possible proxy, the research shows ...
Tsung‐Lun Alan Wan
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Acoustic cues for the korean stop contrast-dialectal variation [PDF]
, 2013 In this study, cross-dialectal variation in the use of the acoustic cues of VOT and F0 to mark the laryngeal contrast in Korean stops is examined with Chonnam Korean and Seoul Korean.
Choi, Hansook
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Restrictive Relative Clauses in Maltese [PDF]
, 2011 This paper provides a descriptive overview of restrictive relative clauses (henceforth RRCs) in Maltese, a construction which has received little atten- tion to date and which is poorly described in existing grammars.
Camilleri, M, Sadler, L
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Circadian patterns of Wikipedia editorial activity: A demographic analysis [PDF]
, 2011 Wikipedia (WP) as a collaborative, dynamical system of humans is an appropriate subject of social studies. Each single action of the members of this society, i.e. editors, is well recorded and accessible.
A Pozdnoukhov +27 more
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