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Direct linkAffef Ghai; Sharif Alghazo – Open Education Studies, 2024
This corpus-based study explores the expression of gratitude in the acknowledgement section of doctoral dissertations in both English and Arabic. The objective is to analyse how gratitude in academic discourse is structured in these languages and to explore any differences related to gender. The study examines 80 dissertations (40 in English and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Arabic, English
Download full textKamimura, Taeko – Journal of Pan-Pacific Association of Applied Linguistics, 2016
A study was conducted to examine the differences in narrative essays produced by skilled and unskilled EFL student writers. Twenty-six Japanese university students participated in the study. They were told to write a narrative story based on six-frame pictures. The students were classified into two groups, skilled and unskilled, according to the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Students
Antonenko, Andrei – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Current theories of binding cannot provide a uniform account for many facts associated with the distribution of anaphors, such as long-distance binding effects and the subject-orientation of monomorphemic anaphors. Further, traditional binding theory is incompatible with minimalist assumptions. In this dissertation I propose an analysis of…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Repetition, Word Frequency, Grammar
Marjanovic, Tatjana – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2011
The main idea behind this essay is to reflect on different styles of academic writing by giving an account of a single article published in an established international journal. A threefold analysis was performed measuring the distribution of personal pronouns with animate v. inanimate reference, descriptive v. classifying adjectives, and active…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Form Classes (Languages), Criticism, Language Styles
Moqimipour, Kourosh; Shahrokhi, Mohsen – International Education Studies, 2015
The present study aimed at analyzing writing errors caused by the interference of the Persian language, regarded as the first language (L1), in three writing genres, namely narration, description, and comparison/contrast by Iranian EFL students. 65 English paragraphs written by the participants, who were at the intermediate level based on their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Error Patterns, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedKeith, George H. – French Review, 1971
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), French, Grammar, Language Instruction
Peer reviewedLozano, Anthony G. – Hispania, 1970
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Instruction
Zimmermann, Rudiger – Neueren Sprachen, 1972
Descriptors: English, Form Classes (Languages), German, Intonation
Peer reviewedMoerk, Ernst L. – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Authors, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Language Styles
Peer reviewedStellmacher, Dieter – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1972
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), German, Language Styles, Morphology (Languages)
Backhouse, A. E. – 1993
This guide provides an overview of the salient features of the Japanese language from the perspective of the beginning-level English-speaking learner. Chapters address these topics: the Japanese language and its historic and cultural setting; phonology (sounds and syllables, word accentuation; loanwords; connected speech); writing (scripts,…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Discourse Analysis, Form Classes (Languages), Grammar
Frank, Marcella – 1972
This reference guide presents detailed information about current English usage with emphasis on both formal and informal written language. The practical needs of advanced learners of English as a second language are considered and there is heavy concentration on grammatical usages that continue to trouble foreign students: articles, verb forms,…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, English, English (Second Language)
