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Showing 1 to 20 of 140 for “"P Philology. Linguistics"”.
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A semantic contribution to verbal short-term memory: a test of operational definitions of ‘semantic similarity’ and input versus output processes
Baddeley and Hitch (1974; Baddeley, 1986, 2000) propose that coding in verbal short-term memory is phonological and that semantic codes are employed in long-term memory. Semantic coding in short-term memory has been investigated to a far lesser degree than phonological codes and the findings have …
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Measuring primary, secondary and cumulative effects of processing instruction in the acquisition of French
This thesis presents the results of a classroom experiment designed to investigate the possible transfer-of-training effects of two types of instruction on the acquisition of the past imperfective aspect, subjunctive mood, and causative constructions in French. An input-based practice, Processing …
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The suitability of the EFL reading texts at the secondary and preparatory levels as a preparation for academic reading at first year university level in Saudi Arabia
The study investigates the suitability of the English reading texts at lower education level(s) (secondary school, and preparatory level) in helping to prepare students to meet the reading demands placed on them at the next education level(s) (preparatory and first year university level) which may …
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A Sociolinguistic Study of T-glottalling in Young RP: Accent, Class and Education
Received Pronunciation (RP) has been widely described linguistically (Wells 1982, 1991, 1997), although little sociolinguistic research has been carried out on it (Fabricius 2000). Over the last few years, a new trend has been observed in young RP speakers to incorporate non-standard features in …
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Written corrective feedback at a Saudi University : English language teachers’ beliefs, students’ preferences, and teachers’ practices
This study investigates the beliefs and practices of writing tutors regarding written corrective feedback (WCF) in a Saudi Arabian university. The central focus of this work is threefold: (a) the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and practices regarding the provision of WCF on students’ L2 …
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The Acquisition of Morphosyntactic Properties of English Compounding and Transitivity Alternations by L1 Speakers of Libyan Arabic
Three central topics that have been at the heart of research into second language (L2) acquisition over the past 30 years are the extent to which properties of a speaker’s first language (L1) transfer into their L2 mental grammars, the extent to which L2 learners’ mental grammars are constrained by …
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The Influence of Linguistic Structure on Memory Span: Repetition Tasks as a Measure of Language Ability
This thesis evaluated the extent to which long-term memory linguistic representations (syntactic, semantic, prosodic and lexical) affect immediate verbal repetition performance. The effects of these linguistic factors on short-term memory span were explored through an experiment with 140 English- …
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Deconstructing narrative identity in English language teaching: an analysis of teacher interviews in Japanese and English
This thesis is the third of three modules, and explores narrative identity in interviews with English language teachers. It offers an analysis of how speakers used linguistic resources to construct identities for themselves during life story interviews. Both interviewer (the author) and …
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Restoring the history of the subaltern: a corpus-informed study of ‘The History of Mary Prince, A West Indian Slave’
Drawing from Halliday’s (2004) account of Systemic Functional Grammar and Hoey’s (2005) theory of Lexical Priming the aim of this thesis is to propose a critical method of examining the language used by the subaltern to talk about their experiences. First, I discuss how the linguistic theories …
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Models of conversation and narrative: towards a pedagogical description
This is the first of three modules concerned with narrative and identity in English language teaching in Japan. This module makes the case for developing a pedagogical model of spoken discourse, particularly spoken narrative, to aid the teaching of English in foreign language contexts such as …
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Paper 1: The myth of the native speaker and Paper 2: Linguistic imperialist or cultural ambassador? The native English teacher in Japan
This is the second of three modules concerned with narrative and identity in English language teaching. In Module 1, I introduced conversational narrative and examined ways in which descriptions of conversational narrative might be applicable to the development of pedagogic models for teaching …
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A sociolinguistic analysis of communication patterns between midwives and mothers in antenatal clinics in Great Britain and Germany
Building on the success of previous investigations, the doctoral thesis offers a contribution to the study of communication between health professionals and their clients. Since the overall aim of the investigation was to analyse both the verbal and non-verbal communication strategies used by both …
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The acquisition of alternation in a second language
This study examines the acquisition of alternation in a second language (L2) by focusing on the acquisition of the copular verbs in Spanish, ser and estar, by native speakers of English, who have only one copula, be, in their first language (L1). Specifically, this thesis focuses on the acquisition …
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Thinking outside the box: processing instruction and individual differences in working memory capacity
Processing Instruction is a pedagogic intervention that manipulates the L2 input learners are exposed to in the classroom. Proponents of this intervention claim that it poses a minimal strain on learners’ processing resources. While there has been extensive research on the benefits of Processing …
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Description and contrastive analysis of tense and time in English and Arabic
Summary available; p. xxxi - xxxiii
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Studies in the dialect and palaeographical materials of the medieval West Country
The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive phonological and morphosyntactic overview of the dialect materials found in Devon, Dorset and Somerset during the Middle Ages. Building on methodology developed during the creation of the Linguistic Atlas of Late Mediaeval English, the present …
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Quality and efficiency factors in translation
It is the objective of this research to carry out the following: (a) Establish working definitions and terminology of translation, quality and efficiency. (b) Propose a means of evaluating quality and efficiency in translation. (c) Review the process used in the private sector as revealed by …
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Towards an Understanding of the Appropriate Cultural Content of EFL Textbooks for a Specific Teaching Context: The Case of EFL Textbooks for Saudi Secondary State Schools
The purpose of this study is to understand the appropriate cultural content of EFL textbooks for Saudi state secondary schools according to the students’ and their teachers’ opinions. The design of this study is a sequential explanatory mixed-method design, and each stage is informed by the results …
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Intonation in Luo
This thesis investigates the intonation of Luo. It shows how intonation distinguishes sentences. It also investigates how information structure (i.e. focus, dislocations and topics) is intonationally cued in a sentence. The aim is to establish the phonological and phonetic representation of Luo …
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