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Showing 1 to 20 of 147 for “"Idioms"”.
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Essential Korean 4 - Character Idioms
TTMIK (Talk to me in Korean) es un equipo joven y dinámico que en 2009 crearon una web con materiales para ayudar a los extranjeros a aprender coreano. El equipo se encarga de crear todo los materiales y recursos para el estudio del idioma. Crean los libros de textos, libros de trabajo, lectura, …
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(E)merging idioms: integrating jazz and classical ensembles.
The study centers on a folio of compositions in the jazz idiom that calls for the combination of one or two classical chamber groups with a small jazz ensemble. The scores incorporate a musical aesthetic that retains what will be shown to be jazz sensibilities, but which is accessible to performers …
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The emergent patterns of Italian idioms : a dynamic-systems approach
… and corpus-linguistic studies have shown that idioms can often undergo structural modification and display different variation patterns, according to their specific formal and semantic properties. In virtue of these findings, the present study aims to investigate the levels of stability and …
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Understanding Common Scratch Programming Idioms and Their Impact on Project Remixing
… languages, understanding its common programming idioms can benefit both computing educators and learners. This understanding can fine-tune the curricular development to help learners master the fundamentals of writing idiomatic code in their programming pursuits. Unfortunately, the research …
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The processing of two types of Chinese idioms by L1 and L2 speakers
Chinese idioms originated from the pre-Qin dynasty (~ 221 A.D.) and are the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Chinese civilization. However, only 2.47% of the still-in-use idioms have a regular structure that follows the modern language rules (Wang & Wang, 2010). How are the irregular forms …
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Popular idioms in select organ works of Naji Hakim, Jon Laukvik, and Wolf-Günter Leidel
… interpretation of the sometimes-foreign idioms of popular musical styles.
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Convergence of European, indigenous and popular idioms in the works of Peruvian composer Enrique Iturriaga
This document deals with the life and works of Peruvian composer Enrique Iturriaga (1918-) and provides an introduction to his solo piano works: Tres Piezas para Piano (1945) and Preg6n y Danza (1952). The piano works under study are from an early period in the composer's life, a time when he was …
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Aspects of the collocational analysis of meaning with special reference to some Biblical Hebrew anatomical idioms
Although the biblical data presented can be properly assessed only by a Hebraist/Old Testament exegete, I have attempted to make the work a little more accessible to linguistic scientists without specialization in Hebrew through provision of English glosses of Hebrew passages (rarely of more than a …
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The Dividual Self: Ethno-Psychology, Idioms of Distress and Explanatory Models of Mental Illness in Karachi, Pakistan
… of distress, by examining ethno-psychology, idioms of distress and explanatory models of mental illness in indigenous populations, is essential to develop culturally sensitive mental health screening tools and interventions. This exploratory study used qualitative methods to understand the …
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Immersive Ideals / Critical Distances: A Study of the Affinity Between Artistic Ideologies Based in Virtual Reality and Previous Immersive Idioms
My research into Virtual Reality technology and its central property of immersion has indicated that immersion in Virtual Reality (VR) electronic systems is a significant key to the understanding of contemporary culture as well as considerable aspects of previous culture as detected in the …
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Hemisphere differences in idiom comprehension: The influence of ambiguity, transparancy, and familiarity
Idioms are verb phrases that must be interpreted figuratively, such as "to bury the hatchet" (Gibbs, 1999). Recent finding suggest that the right hemisphere may have an advantage when readers comprehend language that must be understood figuratively (McDonald, 200). However, it is currently unclear …
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Grade 3 learners’ metaphorical proficiency in isiXhosa literacy: Exploring the use of idioms in the teaching and learning of creative writing
Many South African Foundation Phase learners perform poorly in literacy, especially in reading and writing. The Annual National Assessment (ANA) results show that many Grade 3 learners experience difficulties in reading and in writing sentences from pictures (Howie, Venter, Van Staden, Zimmerman, …
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Procesamiento modismos: Un enfoque psicopragmático
… analysis of the most common terms used to define idioms. This analysis highlights the vagueness with which the different terms are used. Thus, the definition and the typology proposed for idioms at the end of the chapter are only based on pragmatic criteria. Chapter 2 reviews the psycholinguistic …
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The Development of a Violinistic Idiom in Early Violin Music: Violin Music and its Composers in the Early 17th Century in Italy
… emergence, development, and use of violinistic idioms within written violin music in Italy from the end of the 16th century to the mid-17th century. The aim of this study is to render a concise and integrated narrative of how the Italian violinist composers in early and middle 17th century …
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Assessing pragmatic language in children through a brief assessment of idiom comprehension: a pilot study
… children) by using a newly formed Test of Idioms. The total number of participants who participated in the study was 36 with 18 participants in each group (i.e., clinical and nonclinical). Each participant in the study was given a series of 25 idiom phrases and was asked to identify what …
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Addressing idiom avoidance in culturally and linguistically diverse students through biography-driven instruction
… to minimize language learners’ discomfort with idioms. Raising awareness of idiom avoidance strategy in language learners was one of the main purposes of this study. This research and its experiment were meant to create a precedent study that would be followed by researchers and teaching …
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The effect of idiomatic language in passages on the reading comprehension of deaf and hearing subjects
… of idiomatic language in passages.The Test Of Idioms was constructed to determine the effect of idiomatic language on reading comprehension. It consisted of twelve passages. The four forms differed in the presence or absence of idiomatic language. The Test Of Idioms was evaluated by three …
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Reclaiming the Projects: Reinterpreting Social Housing Through the Revitalization of the Robert F. Wagner Houses
… term Social Housing with the affiliation to such idioms as low-income dwellings, the projects, affordable living, and public housing. A question is raised about the appropriateness of these terms and, in fact, the possibilities they hold. The objective of this thesis is to remove the stigmas …
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