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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Applied language studies"”.
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Language and dementia in bilingual settings : evidence from two case studies
… linguistic consequences of cognitive decline on language in English-Afrikaans co-ordinate bilinguals with AD by monitoring the changes in these linguistic outcomes after three months, and to see whether the two languaes are affected by AD in a comparable way. The impact of conversational …
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Translation and interpreting as instruments of language planning in South Africa : focus on court interpreting
… Apart from English and Afrikaans, ten other languages, including South African Sign Language, have acquired official status. This linguistic dispensation should allow every citizen access to fair justice and a fuller participation in the democratisation process at all levels. It is obvious …
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A critique of emojis in isiXhosa language and expression with a focus on virtual modes of communication
… to investigate the impact of the internet on language use. The focus is on the use of emojis in the isiXhosa language and expression on virtual modes of communication. The challenges and adoption of emojis in the context of the isiXhosa language during virtual communication formed the central …
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The land of the telenovela in the age of social media : a study of the Brazilian prime-time soap opera and its online mediations from a social semiotic perspective for the purposes of informing communication theory and critical literacy practices
… called Orkut. Selected social theories of language and communication were used to investigate the primary text genre (i.e. the prime-time Brazilian telenovela) and the context where it originates, in relation the secondary communicational genres (i.e. selected Orkut communities about …
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A Comparative of Subtitling Strategies: Culture Specific Items in the Series Friends
The dissertation is based on the analysis of thirty episodes of the American television series Friends with the focus on the CSIs (Culture Specific Items) and how these differences have been handled by Chinese translators who produced the subtitles for the English-Chinese translation. The analysis …
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The Perceptions and Experiences of Immigrant Teachers With Regard to the Literacy Requirements of the New Zealand Secondary School Curriculum
… needs of students who speak English as a second language; dealing with the challenges of teaching literacy across the curriculum and subject specific language; finding and developing relevant resources and sourcing professional development relating to literacy teaching. Findings revealed there …