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Jeongsoo Lim – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
As globalisation advances, an influx of loanwords has been seen in many languages in recent years. Japanese and Korean have similar grammatical features and many English-based loanwords. This study aims to clarify the difference in loanwords in Japanese and Korean adaptation, focusing on substituting alternative native lexicons through COVID-19.…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Japanese, Korean, Native Language
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Xiaoqing Hu; Ilangko Subramaniam; Alla Baksh Bin Mohamed Ayub Khan – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
A context is realized by language registers, which are regarded as functional and semantic variants of a language. The context is studied as a part of discourse analysis and pragmatics, and along with register, it defines the Systemic Functional Linguistics theory (Halliday, 1994). This study aimed at providing a critical analysis of the…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Language Styles, Semantics, Cultural Context
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Raksangob Wijitsopon – rEFLections, 2025
In the age when environmental sustainability is among the chief concerns and goals of communities around the world, a number of linguistic studies have been conducted to illuminate the roles of language in protection and destruction of ecological systems. Most of the studies, however, focus on written and/or formal discourses. The present study…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Language Variation, Computational Linguistics, Conservation (Environment)
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Tom Morton – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
This article examines theoretical and methodological issues raised when Legitimation Code Theory (LCT) is used to investigate knowledge-building practices in online and face-to-face teaching environments where English is the medium of instruction (EMI) in non-Anglophone higher education (HE) contexts. The article introduces two dimensions of LCT,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Semantics, Teaching Methods
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Palayon, Raymund T.; Todd, Richard Watson; Vungthong, Sompatu – rEFLections, 2022
The language of religious leaders expressed in their sermons characterizes the social characteristics of their groups. Over the past decades, most studies into cults specifically destructive cults and mainstream religion have mainly focused on their social-psychological characteristics with limited applicability to other religious groups. In this…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Religious Cultural Groups, Religious Factors, Computational Linguistics
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Ilchenko, Olga; Kramar, Natalie – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2022
No research article is imaginable without reporting verbs. They help the writer voice his/her own views against the backdrop of other community voices, while also serving to project his/her authority and expertise in the field. The vast variety of reporting verbs in academic discourse and their disciplinary specificity account for a huge challenge…
Descriptors: Verbs, Research Reports, Language Usage, Computational Linguistics
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Beth Malory – Applied Linguistics, 2024
Amidst ongoing global debate about reproductive rights, questions have emerged about the role of language in reinforcing stigma around termination. Amongst some 'pro-choice' groups, the use of "pro-life" is discouraged, and "anti-abortion" is recommended. In UK official documents, "termination of pregnancy" is…
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Social Bias, Language Usage, Foreign Countries
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Chen, Lang; Hu, Guangwei – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Taking a cognitive approach to genre-specific language, this corpus-based study investigated the disciplinary and paradigmatic effect on the use of a specific type of attitude markers--surprise markers--with an analytical framework informed by frame semantics. A Surprise frame was generated and then used to analyze the use of surprise markers in a…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Computational Linguistics, Guidelines, Discourse Analysis
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Aneta Duda – Educational Media International, 2025
This paper undertakes an analysis of two divergent strategies aimed at driving culture towards the extremes: one involving stark minimalism and the other, gaudy maximalism. The former approach is predominantly embraced by the avant-garde, who possess the means to surround themselves with an array of commodities, thereby creating a distinguishing…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Consumer Economics, Social Influences
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Thomas, Jenelle – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2020
The concept of sincerity has links to honesty, openness, and authenticity, including of feelings. As expressions of sincerity become formalized in epistolary practice, however, a tension arises between sincerity and the articulation of it. An examination of a corpus of private family letters in French and Spanish from the eighteenth and nineteenth…
Descriptors: Letters (Correspondence), Family Relationship, French, Spanish
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Blumenthal-Dramé, Alice – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
This article presents a self-paced reading study comparing the online processing of interclausal discourse relations in native speakers of English and German. The study aims to contribute to two overarching questions: First, it puts to the test the so-called causality-by-default hypothesis, which states that causality is a default assumption,…
Descriptors: Language Processing, German, Reading Processes, Comparative Analysis
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Fatima Saif Aldahmani; Anas Al Huneety; Mariam Alzaidi; Saeed Alketbi; Abdulmaeen Almansoori – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
Friday sermons portray patterns of lexical cohesion which can demonstrate how effective communication is achieved. This study proposes a model of lexical cohesion that fits the spoken discourse of Friday sermons in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). To that end, a corpus of 25 sermons was analyzed to identify patterns of cohesion and show the impact…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Connected Discourse, Computational Linguistics, Intonation
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Tamošiunaite, Aurelija – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2020
This paper investigates the lexical representation of sincerity in Lithuanian epistolarity throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on data from the corpus of Lithuanian letters and employing the techniques of corpus, statistical and philological analysis, this paper explores the use, frequency and context of occurrence of the four sets of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Indo European Languages, Computational Linguistics, Letters (Correspondence)
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Wua, Lina; Fakhruddin, Wan Farah Wani Binti Wan – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
A correlation between media, gender identity and society is central in this information era. Gender and sexuality has seen a paradigm shift in recent decades, making female representation a subject of several cultural studies. International media contributed to shaping women's identity and impacting social construction. The aim of this study was…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Gender Differences, Programming (Broadcast), Corporations
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Kazem Lotfipoursaedi – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2025
Study of language, like any other discipline, has naturally been developing ever since its inception. But it assumed an accelerated pace from the early twentieth century onwards with two or more paradigm-shifting outlooks, among which the 'socio-contextual surge onto the consideration of language functioning' led to the emergence of an approach…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Social Influences
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