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Reima Al-Jarf – Online Submission, 2023
Time metaphorical expressions are common in all languages and in general as well as specialized contexts. This study explores the similarities and differences between English and Arabic time metaphorical expressions containing , and the difficulties that student-translators have in translating them; the translation strategies they use and the…
Descriptors: Time, Figurative Language, Arabic, English (Second Language)
Granado, Elvalicia – Online Submission, 2007
The study investigated the ability of 10-month-old infants, from monolingual English speaking environments, to categorize comforting and approving infant-directed speech (IDS) utterances across languages. Infants participated in an infant-controlled habituation procedure, in which they heard up to 12 different exemplars, in 12 different languages,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Infants, Monolingualism, Habituation