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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Word searches"”.
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Word searches in L1 and L2 Italian conversation: re-establishing intersubjectivity
… analyzing a particular instance of repair, word search, which focuses on lexical items, both in native (NSs) and non-native speakers (NNSs). Word searches are incidental and are launched when speakers have problems in producing a lexical item during a spate of talk, either because they can’t …
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Nonnative speakers' communication strategies in word searches from a conversation analytic perspective
… use communication strategies when searching for words. Language learners employ many communication strategies when searching for words, including language switch, appeals for assistance, gestures and circumlocution. In particular, the phenomena of language switch and circumlocution, as they occur …
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Grammar and *Interaction: Syntactic Pivots in German Conversation
… sentence-level resources in the organization of word searches. Pivot constructions are used at different points in the organization of searches (during/at the end of/after a search) and their interactional functions differ with their placement. Chapter 6 focuses on pivots used to carry out …
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Stigma, perceived control and health-related quality of life for individuals experiencing Parkinson’s disease
… 2017 to identify relevant literature. Free word searches relating to stigma and the neurodegenerative conditions of Parkinson’s disease (PD), motor neuron disease/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington’s disease and multiple sclerosis were conducted. The findings indicate that stigma is …
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Smoothing the information seeking path: Removing representational obstacles in the middle-school digital library.
… for using the ADL. Users preferred to use single word searches over Boolean, phrase or natural language searches. Users tended to use a strategy of repeating the same exact search, instead of using the advanced scaffolds. A high percent of users attempted at least one search that included spelling …
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The Unconscious Influence of Mortality Salience on Younger and Older Adults
… The unconscious primes were administered through word searches, which contained 20 target words related to each prime. Defenses to the primes were assessed via suitability ratings and reaction times to a picture-caption task, which contained both neutral and emotional (positive and negative) …