NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 5 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Affef 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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Özbay, Ali Sükrü – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2020
English contains a considerable number of lexical combinations with various forms and labels, making it an interesting field of inquiry for researchers. The significance and popularity of support verb constructions (SVC) is that they are used largely by native speakers and include some of the most common words in English but seem to be problematic…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Verbs, Native Speakers, English
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Chestnut, Eleanor K.; Markman, Ellen M. – Cognitive Science, 2018
Although "Girls are as good as boys at math" explicitly expresses equality, we predict it could nevertheless suggest that boys have more raw talent. In statements with this subject-complement structure, the item in the complement position serves as the reference point and is thus considered more typical and prominent. This explains why…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Talent, Prediction, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Noll, Jane; Lowry, Mark; Bryant, Judith – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2018
An epicene pronoun is a gender-neutral singular pronoun used in sentences when the gender of the subject is unknown or unspecified. In English, "he" and "they" are commonly-used epicene pronouns. Until recently, "he" has been widely accepted as being grammatically correct. However, many have argued that he is sexist…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Form Classes (Languages), Sentence Structure, Gender Differences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Mubaideen, Taghreed – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper aims at investigating the influence of neutral gender words on translating job titles from English language into Arabic Language. This qualitative research includes 20 postgraduate students doing their M.A in Applied Linguistics at the Department of English Language and Literature at Mu'tah University for the academic year 2015/2016.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Translation, Semitic Languages