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Sounds Of Chinese Korean: A Variationist Approach
(Linguistics, 2008-08-08)
This study approaches the understudied Chinese Korean from a variationist perspective, with an aim to capture the variation patterns and potential changes in the sounds of Chinese Korean. More specifically, three variables ...
Kangri In Context: An Areal Perspective
(Linguistics, 2008-08-08)
This study is a grammatical description and analysis of the dialect of Pahari known as Kangri, spoken in and around Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India. It presents data for Phonology, Tone, Stress, Morphology, and Syntax ...
Questions In American Sign Language: A Quantitative Analysis Of Raised And Lowered Eyebrows
(Linguistics, 2008-08-08)
Although much of linguistic information in American Sign Language (ASL) is conveyed through nonmanual signals, the majority of more than 40 years of research focuses on manual signs. As a result, we are just beginning to ...
The Acoustic Correlates Of ATR Harmony In Seven- And Nine-vowel African Languages: A Phonetic Inquiry Into Phonological Structure
(Linguistics, 2008-09-17)
This study compares eleven Niger-Congo languages with [ATR] harmony and seeks to determine especially whether the acoustic properties of the "voice quality" differences associated with [ATR] in nine-vowel languages, such ...
The Textual Construction Of Femininity In Women's Fitness Magazines
(Linguistics, 2008-04-22)
Women in the first decade of the 21st century encounter competing ideologies of traditional femininity and empowered femininity. Language, in particular Discourse Analysis, provides a means for investigating what these ...
An Examination Of The Tone System Of Fur And Its Function In Grammar
(Linguistics, 2008-09-17)
This research into the tonal system of Fur and its grammatical functions began with several basic assumptions. These assumptions were based on the excellent prior research by Jakobi (1989), and Kutsch Lojenga and Waag(2000). ...
The Language Of The University: A Systemic Functional Analysis
(Linguistics, 2008-08-08)
This study examines the negotiation of interpersonal meaning in the language of university administrators in their communications with students. The three texts in this study were written by the president of a large ...
Students' Noticing And Incorporation Of Written Feedback: A Snapshot Of ESOL Writing Instructors' Commentary On Adult ESOL Students' Essays
(Linguistics, 2008-04-22)
Combining descriptive text analysis with qualitative interviews, the current study addresses the student-teacher written feedback interaction. Reflecting upon the existing debate within second language acquisition research, ...
"Does Your Throat Hurt More In The Morning Or Throughout The Day?" "Yes.": Intercultural Medical Discourse
(Linguistics, 2008-04-22)
An increasing number of immigrants to the United States do not use English as their first, or even second, language. Members of the medical community who treats such patients often do not speak the range of home languages ...