Tag: Linguistics,
Content Analysis of English Itineraries About Iran Translated Into Persian, Existing in the Libraries
A travel log has nice and sad stories inside by narrator to show historical facts. So this study investigates English …
A Comparative Corpus Study on the Use of Academic Hedges and Boosters in Applied Linguistics
Hedges and boosters are two types of linguistically important strategies employed in academic writing. While hedges and boosters have been …
Syntactic Variety and Writing Quality: An Investigation on EFL Students’ Argumentative Writing
The variety of syntactic structure of sentences has regarded as an important indicator of sentence fluency and writing proficiency. However, …
The Problem of Dualism: ‘Self’ as Cultural Exaptation
The concept of “Self” is strongly rooted in an ontological (mind/body) and epistemological (reality/fiction) dualism. This idea appears as the …
The Identity & Personality of Female Gamblers as Portrayed in Chinese Gambling Movies
The current study is a qualitative investigation on the identity and the personality of female gamblers portrayed in Chinese gambling …
“Everyone Has a Story to Tell: Learning English Through Narratives”
The present study is about the use of Narratives in the classroom of English especially where English is taught and …
Meaning in Terms: A Monosemic Approach to the Lexical Semantics of English and Japanese Terms Taken from Narrative Contexts
This presentation aims to look at a possible monosemy of English and Japanese terms taken from narratives by Natsume Soseki …
Profiling the Academic Wordlist in Research Project of EFL University Students
The current study is a corpus-based lexical study that purposes to question the use of words in Coxhead’s (2000) Academic …
High Frequency Key Words in Tourism English in Newspapers: A Corpus-Based Approach
Tourism English is a new approach in the field of English for Specific (ESP) and it has its own linguistics …
The Syntax and Semantics of the Benefactive Applicative in Temne
The benefactive applicative in Temne is typologically unusual for an applicative in that it has a variable, but regular syntactic …
Effects of EFL Instruction Utilizing International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) on Intelligibility of Japanese Students
This study focuses on intelligibility of Japanese students pronunciation. Japanese students are handicapped in acquiring EFL, because Japanese differs from …
The Effect of Cluster Simplification in Thai on the English Language Learners
This research is aimed at studying the effect of the change in progress of spoken standard Thai in terms of …
A Corpus Informed Study of Thai News Agencies’ Evaluation of Two Key Participants Found in Political Conflicts in Thailand
Appraisal has been employed in previous foreign studies focusing on corpus-informed analysis and comparison of news reports. However, the previous …
Analysis of Linguistic Features and Functions in News Editorial Discourse Related to Social Issues in the ASEAN Community
News editorials are embedded with editors' critical views on current issues or events. Within their critical views, language attitudes, ideologies, …
A Cultural Reflection: The Auspicious Sign in Miscellaneous Notes of the Tang Dynasty (618-907)
The belief in auspicious sign from the scientific point of view may probably be regarded as a kind of superstition, …
Is a Paternal Nephew’s Right to Inherit His Uncle’s Estate Indisputable: The Enlightening Case of Tsang Yuet Mui
The British Law has been enforced in Hong Kong since 1842, but the cases involving Chinese traditional practices were still …
Standard Chinese Characters and Their Role in Cultural Heritage
Hanzi is a system of ideograms that encodes the Chinese language built on the integrated representation of form, sound and …
A Corpus Stylistics Study of the Mental Clauses and Speech and Thought Presentation of Gilbert’s (2006) ‘Eat Pray Love’
Elizabeth Gilbert's (2006) memoir Eat Pray Love depicts her journey of self-discovery in her trips to Italy, India and Indonesia …
A Semantic Study on Verbs of Human Senses in English under Cognitive Linguistics (Versus Vietnamese)
Cognitive Linguistics is a recontextualizing approach. In contrast with formal semantics, the conception of meaning that lies at the basis …
Pali-Sanskrit Word and Expression Used in the Royal Tutelage of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Through an analysis of Pali-Sanskrit (PL-SKT) word and expression employed in the royal tutelage of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej as …
Role of Televisual Literacy in Second Language Teaching
In non-native English speaking countries like Asian countries, where English is learnt as second language, teachers explore innovative practices for …
The Effect of Explicit Grammar Instruction on Language Learning
Explicit grammar instruction in the second language (L2) classroom is an increasingly important area that requires more research. Second language …
Embedding of Buddhism Reflected through the Language of Thai People
Language and religion are regarded as the human's culture. Human succeeds to religion through the language usage. Meanwhile, religion influences …
Schematic Figures As Foregrounding Elements in John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Speech
A writer's style of persuasion is worth analysing, especially when this style can serve as a powerful tool to convey …
The Role of Visual Attention in Preference Formation for Food
Evaluative decision-making is the decision-making based on personal preferences among different choice options. Previous studies have suggested that people tend …
The Effectiveness of the Application of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning in Chinese Learning
Computer supported learning has become a major trend in language learning and teaching in the 21st century. However, there are …
The Effect of Varying Short Message Service (SMS) Intervention for Promoting Safe Sex Among Army Conscripts in Lopburi Army Area
At present, sexual risk behavior is threatening the health status of the Thai population and undermining quality of life of …
English Loanword Modifiers as a Means for Native vs. Foreign Differentiation in Contemporary Japanese
English has had an extensive influence on numerous languages, one of them being Japanese. Historical contact between Japan and Western …
An Appraisal and Corpus Study of Thai News Agencies’ Evaluation of Suthep Thaugsuban Found in Political Conflicts in Thailand
Appraisal has been employed in previous foreign studies focusing on corpus-based analysis and comparison of news reports. However, the previous …
The Ultimate Test: Suffix-Conditioned Stress Shift in English L2 Learners
The present study examines the prosodic proficiency of English L2 learners by using derived words with stress-shifting suffixes. Stress-shifting suffixes …