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Peer reviewedKatriel, Tamar – Research on Language and Social Interaction, 1993
Reflects upon the contextual issues associated with the adoption and spread of the term "lefargen" as part of Israeli social semantics. The data consist of reports of linguistic usage encountered in natural settings, press reports, or the more formal setting of interviews. Findings are compared with similar cultural idioms in other…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Cultural Influences, Foreign Countries, Idioms
Download full textElinor, Siaegh-Haddad – 1997
A study investigated the effect of test item type (multiple-choice or open-ended) on performance reading comprehension tests given in both the student's native language and a second language. Subjects were 24 native Arabic-speaking and 38 native Hebrew-speaking students at Haifa University (Israel), all enrolled in a course in English as a second…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics
