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Wang, Yan; Bai, Yongquan – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2007
English titles of medical research articles (RAs) are of great importance, the quality of which can, to a certain degree, affect impact factors of the articles, because many readers will make a decision as to whether to read on after reading titles. However, the special genre has not been extensively studied to date. This paper is designed to…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Medical Research, Form Classes (Languages), Foreign Countries
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Cain, K.; Oakhill, J.; Lemmon, K. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2005
We report an investigation of 9-year-olds' ability to interpret idioms in relation to their reading comprehension level. We manipulated whether the idioms were transparent or opaque, whether they were real or novel, whether they were presented in isolation or in a supportive narrative context. As predicted, children were better able to explain the…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Reading Comprehension, Language Patterns, Language Processing