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Vittoria Marino; Letizia Lo Presti – International Journal of Educational Management, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the construct of online public engagement by identifying the modalities universities use to give visibility to their approach on institutional websites. Design/methodology/approach: An exploratory factor analysis outlined the principle dimensions that explain online public engagement starting…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Universities, Web Sites, Institutional Characteristics
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Pintzuk, Susan; Kroch, Anthony S. – Language Variation and Change, 1989
Analyzes the rightward movement of noun and prepositional phrases in the Early Old English poem "Beowulf." Evidence is provided for heavy noun phrase shift, with a characteristic major intonational boundary between the main verb and the postponed noun phrase, and preposition phrase extraposition, where the intonational boundary was much…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Nouns
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McCully, C. B.; Hogg, R. M. – Journal of Linguistics, 1990
An analysis of stress patterns in Old English, from the perspective of a framework based on lexicalist metrical phonology, indicates that there was a central Old English stress rule that operated from left-to-right, in contrast to to the central rule for present day English. (46 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Planning, Old English, Stress (Phonology)
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Danet, Brenda; Bogoch, Bryna – Language and Communication, 1992
Presents theoretical discussion of the emergence of linguistic features of documents that indicate society is moving toward a view of writing as a form of constitutive social action and of written documents as autonomous material objects having a life of their own. Linguistic features of Anglo-Saxon wills are shown to differ from those of modern…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Old English, Oral Language
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Adams, Marilyn Jager; Henry, Marcia K. – School Psychology Review, 1997
Examines and refutes six myths about beginning and developing reading instruction. Discusses importance of teaching phonological awareness and decoding in beginning reading and of teaching syllable patterns and morpheme patterns from Anglo-Saxon, Greek, and Latin roots and affixes in developing reading. (Author/JDM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classical Languages, Greek, Latin
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Allen, Cynthia L. – Journal of Linguistics, 1986
Traces the historical changes of the verb "like" and shows how the verb's role in Modern English has a greater influence in syntax as opposed to semantics. This change in the verb's function has led to the formation of a new lexical subcategorization frame, or redefinition of the verb. (TR)
Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Diachronic Linguistics, English, Form Classes (Languages)
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Alcaraz, Alejandro – International Journal of English Studies, 2002
Provides a survey of computer assisted instruction as applied to the Old English language from the work of the late 1980's pioneers to December 2001. Each instructional item--whether a website, java exercise, or an online course--is reviewed and URLs are provided in footnotes. Reviews are accompanied by pertinent background and practical advice.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Course Descriptions, Diachronic Linguistics, Grammar