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Narrative Storyline Marking In Safaliba: Determining The Meaning And Discourse Function Of A Typologically-suspect Pronoun Set
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
This study examines the meaning and discourse functions of a typologically unusual set of pronouns (the "N-pronoun" set) in Safaliba, a little-studied Gur language of western Ghana. The phonological structure of the ...
The Verbs Of Esther: A Discourse Analysis Of A Post-exilic Text
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
The Verbs of Esther: A Discourse Analysis of a Post-Exilic Text seeks to describe the narrative main clause verbs, the quotation formula verbs, and the verbs in quotations found in the text of Esther. These verbs provide ...
A Longitudinal Analysis Of The Vocalic Nucleus In Modern Russian
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
This instrumental acoustic study investigates coarticulation as the source of palatalization in Modern Standard Russian. This study posits that the nucleus is bifurcated, with nodes for a pre-kernel and a kernel. At the ...
Phonological Processes In Contemporary Spoken Bulgarian
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
This study investigates a number of phonological processes observed in the speech of 24 educated Bulgarian speakers. The speech of all subjects was recorded during 30 minute interviews conducted in 2004. Three speech styles ...
Practical Understandings: Teachers' Beliefs And Practices In Pronunciation Teaching
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
Recent discussion regarding pronunciation teaching and the global expansion of English use have encouraged formal English education in the EFL/expanding circle countries.The present study involved three native English ...
The Emergence Of Pragmatic Softeners In Spanish By Instructed Learners Of Spanish In The Study Abroad And Immersion Contexts
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
This dissertation explores and expands the term pragmatic softening as produced and perceived by L2 learners of Spanish. The learners included 36 intermediate-level learners studying in a U.S.-based immersion academy and ...
The Acquisition Of Chinese Nominal Classifier Systems By L2 Adult Learners
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
The present study explores how L2 adult learners of Chinese acquire Chinese classifiers and provides pedagogical suggestions for more effective teaching of Chinese. 29 native speakers of Korean, 29 native speakers of English ...
Are We Speaking The Same Language? The Use Of The Mother Tongue By Native English Speaking Teachers In English As A Foreign Language Classrooms
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
The question of whether or not to use students' first language in second language acquisition is not a new one (Harbord, 1992; Duff and Polio, 1990). However, the way this question is addressed by the students themselves ...
(im)politeness In Casual Conversations Among Female Mandarin Speakers: A Practice-based Perspective
(Linguistics, 2009-09-16)
The fact that people have the choice to use different words and attitudes to convey messages of various significance has been attributed to politeness concerns. However, what constitutes politeness varies from culture to ...