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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Language functions"”.
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Typeface effects in written language: functions of typeface change for signalling meaning within text
… change is one of the resources of written language which, in combination with other paralinguistic signs available to that system (use of space, punctuation, syntax manipulation are examples), can facilitate the author's intended interpretation. The thirteen studies undertaken for this …
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Teaching Language Functions: An analytic approach to the teaching English as a second language
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Language attitudes in relation to language functions: An investigation of the attitudes of the Botswana Cambridge 'O' Level Senior Certificate (COSC) students
This research study attempts to assess the language attitudes among Botswana Cambridge '0' level Senior Certificate (COSC) students in relation to the official functions of Setswana and English. The study assumes that: (1) there is a general positive attitude towards English and Setswana and that …
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Speech/Language and Social Behavior Performance as Predictors of Literacy Acquisition in Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects
… were considered. They included IQ, speech/language development, and social behavior performance.</p><p>Hypotheses guiding this study were the following:</p><ol><li>Evidence of developmentally delayed speech/language functions and social behavior performance relates highly with literacy …
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A real-time control and modelling system based upon logic simulation
… available design tools are discussed and a dual language system is proposed as a solution.<br/><br/>A novel graphics based programming language and development environment is described which attempts to overcome the many restrictions of conventional high level languages. This language is …
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Exploring language practices of immigrant mathematics teachers in multilingual grade six classrooms in South Africa
… classrooms has shown that English additional language learners in the intermediate phase are mostly challenged by the fact that they have to learn mathematics in English, a language that many of them are not fluent in. To enable mathematical understanding, teachers use their own and learners' …
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Language, Culture, and Learning: Supporting Multilingual Learners
… (MLs). Central constructs such as scaffolding, language as a cultural tool, and social interaction within cultural contexts are explored to understand how they facilitate cognitive development, academic engagement, and equitable learning outcomes. The literature indicates that scaffolding …
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Arabic-learning among the Minangkabau: attitudes, motivations, and collective religious memory
… to learn Arabic and their attitude toward the language. Minangkabau is a matrilineal society whose homeland is the West Sumatra province of Indonesia. Islam connects the Minangkabau people and Arabic. While the language functions as the sacred language of Islam, the Minangkabau people make …
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Multi-Modality Assessment Of Language Function
… represents a multi-modality study of language structure and function. The primary functional modality employed is task-related electrocorticography (ECoG). This is complemented by discussion and evaluation of previously published functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. …
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The language of business interviewing:a study in cross-cultural communication
… the business interview, analysing differences in language use between English, French and West German native speakers. The approach is multi- and inter-disciplinary combining linguistic and business research methodologies. An analytical model based on pragmatic and speech act theory is developed …
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The body of letters in Proust's Albertine Disparue
… to experience at first hand how written language functions. In effect, language and how it generates meaning in Proustian terms is one of the central issues in the Albertine sequence. I study how this unique experience with a varied and substantial correspondence allows the hero to …
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Cinema's Poetic Function: Creating an Amorous Distance
… and Julia Kristeva. Jakobson’s schema of six language functions describes the poetic function as that which orients a message toward itself, highlighting its own signifying status to bring attention to the process through which it acquires meaning. Kristeva’s distinction between the Semiotic …
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Das thema 'sprache' in den werken Bachmanns, Handkes und Wieners
This study looks at the issue of language as a problematic means of portraying reality; an issue which characterized much of the work of post 1960 Austrian authors. The study concentrates on three authors, namely Ingeborg Bachmann, Peter Handke and Oswald Wiener. These three authors have been …
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Synchronous and Asynchronous Conferencing: A Comparison of Two Modes of Online ESL Peer Response and Their Effects on Student Talk and Subsequent Text Revision
… the way students talked in terms of use of language functions and conversational focuses; (b) the media did not have direct impact on students' subsequent revisions. Rather its interactional effect with task (i.e., a particular medium is more appropriate for certain types of task discussion …
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MRI at 3 T of brain functions and fibre tracts adjacent to intracranial tumors
… 94 % of subjects (Paper 1). The sensorimotor and language areas close to intracranial tumors were identified in 95 % of patients. Paradigm effectiveness ranged from 79 to 95 %. The median quality of the activation maps was high. fMRI contributed to the decision to operate, the surgical approach …
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THE LOAN OF A LOOKING GLASS: SHAKESPEARE, MYTH, AND PARADIGMATIC STRUCTURES
Shakespeare's dramatic, poetic narratives combine language functions overlooked when readers think of his texts as "plays" and become absorbed in the "story" as only a sequence of events. This study explores reader response to poetry and narrative, points out the different thought processes …
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Language Disabilities of Delinquent Adolescents
… Of that group, 39 to 63 percent show a language disorder syndrome which may negatively affect school learning over a broad range of the curriculum area (Semel and Wiig, 1980). The prevalence of learning disabilities in the juvenile delinquent population is significantly higher. It ranges …
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Bridging cognitive gaps: development of novel diagnostic criteria for MCI in Multiple Sclerosis
… domains, including memory, attention, executive functions, language, and visuospatial abilities. Self-report questionnaires assessing fatigue, mood, cognitive reserve, and cognitive self-perception were also administered. Statistical analyses were performed to validate the MS-MCI criteria and to …
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Auditory comprehension: from the voice up to the single word level
… comprehension, the ability to understand spoken language, consists of a number of different auditory processing skills. In the five studies presented in this thesis I investigated both intact and impaired auditory comprehension at different levels: voice versus phoneme perception, as well as …
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Perception and Language: Using the Rorschach with People with Aphasia
… to which the Rorschach captured aspects of language impairment not otherwise probed by traditional neurolinguistic measures. A ninth participant, with Wernicke’s aphasia, produced non-scorable responses and was therefore left out of all analyses. Of primary interest was whether the …
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