NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Beknazarova, Ulzhan U.; Almautova, Assiya B.; Yelemessova, Shynar M.; Abadildayeva, Shyrynkul K. – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
The theory of metaphor has gone through its development, starting with the works of Aristotle, in which it was begun, to the present state, when the linguistic paradigm became anthropocentric, and all linguistic phenomena are considered in direct connection with a person, his thinking, with society. The metaphor, which manifests the principle of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Educational Philosophy, Cognitive Processes, Semantics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Uludag, Onur – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
The study aims to investigate whether second language learners perform sentence processing based on syntactic or structure-based parsing strategies during real-time comprehension of constructions with syntactic ambiguities. To this end, the recordings of eye movements from Turkish learners of English and native English speakers as a control group…
Descriptors: Syntax, Comparative Analysis, Language Processing, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Akal, Taylan – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
In Turkish, Relative Clause (RC) attachment ambiguity arises when two noun phrases (NPs) in a genitive construction follow the (RC). The present paper studies Turkish RC attachment preferences of Turkish native speakers in two experiments through off-line comprehension tasks. While in the first experiment the main verb immediately follows the NP…
Descriptors: Turkish, Phrase Structure, Ambiguity (Semantics), Preferences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Poroçani, Natasha; Deda, Albana – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
In this paper, we have reviewed and analyzed literature textbooks at the pre-university level, respectively in the high school. In this research, we have examined the way these texts are analyzed (the pedagogical apparatus as it is otherwise called). Such work is done considering the requirements of the latter to fulfill certain competencies…
Descriptors: High School Students, Teaching Methods, Textbooks, Publishing Industry
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Hu, H. C. Marcella – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2015
Over the past two decades the concept of semantic prosody has attracted considerable research interest since Sinclair (1991) observed that "many uses of words and phrases show a tendency to occur in a certain semantic environment" (p. 112). Sinclair (2003) also noted that semantic prosody conveys its pragmatic meaning and attitudinal…
Descriptors: Semantics, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Form Classes (Languages)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Çetinavci, Ugur Recep – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
This study aims to investigate how Turkish Teacher Trainees of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) interpret implied meanings, which is an integral but lesser-studied component of pragmatic competence. The conduct of the study began with the development of an online multiple-choice discourse completion test (MDCT) through two piloting phases.…
Descriptors: Accuracy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction