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An investigation of Japanese university students' attitudes towards English

open access: yes, 2011
As a global language, English has spread to the extent that non-native speakers now outnumber native speakers. In the last few decades, a body of research literature has emerged demonstrating the decreasing global relevance of native English speakers ...
Galloway, Nicola
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Segmental Features of Hong Kong English: A Contrastive Approach Study

open access: yes, 2021
The current study employs a contrastive approach to analyze five consonantal features (TH stopping/ fronting, L vocalization, [n, l]/[s, ʃ] conflation, /r/, /v/, /w/ substitution and consonant cluster modification [CCM]) of Hong Kong English (HKE) from ...
Chan, Nok Chin Lydia, Chan, Ka Long Roy
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Early Effects of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act on Occupational Health Outcomes in Korea: A Nationwide Difference‐in‐Differences Study (2017–2023)

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Work‐related injury and occupational disease remain major public health challenges worldwide; South Korea continues to report comparatively high industrial accident rates among OECD countries. To strengthen managerial accountability for worker safety, the Korean government enacted the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA) in 2021,
Hyewon Park, Misong Woo, Wanhyung Lee
wiley   +1 more source

Old paradigm gap, new tools: A collostructional analysis of phrasal verbs in World and Learner Englishes

open access: yes, 2011
A quarter of a century ago, Sridhar & Sridhar (1986) underlined the “absence of dialogue” between second language acquisition (SLA) and what they called indigenized varieties of English (IVEs, nowadays often referred to as “World Englishes”).
Gilquin, Gaëtanelle   +1 more
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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Corpus linguistics to bridge the gap between World Englishes and Learner Englishes

open access: yes, 2011
This paper aims to bridge the paradigm gap that exists between World Englishes (new, indigenised varieties of English spoken in countries like India or Singapore) and Learner Englishes (foreign varieties of English spoken in, e.g., France or Spain), by ...
Gilquin, Gaëtanelle   +1 more
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