Linguistic Studies
of Human Language
Edited by Georgeta Rata
ISBN: 978-960-9549-45-5, 648 pages
First published in
2013 by ATINER
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Table
of Contents
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1. |
Linguistic Studies of Human Language: An
Introduction Georgeta Rata |
1 |
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Part I: Theoretical Linguistics |
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General Linguistics |
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2. |
Saussure on the Origin of Language: Essential and
Theoretical Impossibilities Thomas Robert |
9 |
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Generative Linguistics |
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3. |
Language Modelling: Linguistic Analysis of Language
Patterns and Linguistic Models Victoria Logacheva |
23 |
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4. |
Negation of Adjuncts in Sesotho Elias Nyefolo
Malete |
35 |
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Functional Linguistics |
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5. |
Seeing-through Utterances in the Work of Franz
Kafka: A Functional Analysis of Three Novels Yoshinori Nishijima |
55 |
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Lexis |
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6. |
Synthetic/Verbal Noun Compounds Ending in Suffix -i in
Persian Saghar Sharifi |
69 |
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Pragmatics |
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7. |
Pragmatically-Motivated Modification in Argument
Structure Constructions Casilda Garcia de La Maza |
85 |
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8. |
Obligatory Presuppositions and Exhaustive
Interpretation Nadine Bade |
97 |
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9. |
Mechanisms of Persuasion in Politicians’
Autobiographies Evgeniya Kovanova |
109 |
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Semiotics |
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10. |
Heracles Alexikakos and Heracles Opsophagos:
Multiple Symbolism of an Aristophanic Image Rosanna Lauriola |
117 |
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11. |
Soul Mate or Macho Man? Naming Analysis of
the Representation of Men in Two Popular Flemish Women’s Magazines Maaike Van de Voorde and Martina Temmerman |
129 |
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12. |
Explicit and Implicit
Affirmation of Animal Characteristics in Children’s Literature Ella Wehrmeyer |
145 |
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Part II: Descriptive Linguistics |
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Comparative
Linguistics |
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13. |
PP and CP Domains: Phases in Comparative and Other Complex
Constructions: An English-Romanian Case Study Melania Duma |
165 |
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14. |
Transformation in the Lexical Field of Beauty in the Russian Language
because of the Westernization of Russian Culture Irina Belyakova |
179 |
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15. |
Verb Aspect in Greek and Bulgarian: Derivation, Meaning and
Functioning Ekaterina Tarpomanova |
189 |
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Phonetics |
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16. |
Analysis of Greek Prosody Structure: An Approach to Annotating
Diverse Spoken Corpora Dimitrios Kotsifas |
203 |
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17. |
Brazilian Portuguese Lateral /l/ Vocalization: Social and Structural
Constraints Dermeval Da
Hora |
225 |
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Sociolinguistics |
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18. |
Parenthesis in Ancient Greek Dialogue Gita Berzina |
241 |
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19. |
Opposition-Type Stories Maria Christodoulidou |
253 |
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20. |
Compliments and Compliment Responses in Italian Giovanna Alfonzetti |
275 |
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21. |
Wizard of Oz Experiments in Estonian Language: Communication Problems and Patterns of
Communication in Web Siiri Pärkson |
289 |
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22. |
Linguistic Aspects in Web Counselling Marianna Zummo |
303 |
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23. |
Universal and Idioethnic Ethical Concepts
in English and Russian Moral Consciousness Elena Poliakova |
315 |
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24. |
Personalized Fuzzy Search in Historical Texts with Non Standard
Spelling Christoph Buck, Thomas Pilz
and Wolfram Luther |
325 |
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25. |
An Examination of the Relationships between Emergent Social Media Use
and Formal Written Discourse Jacob S. Turner |
337 |
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26. |
Use of SMS by Egyptian Educated Youth Dalia Hammoud |
349 |
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27. |
Linguistic Accommodation towards Greek Morphology Maria Christodoulidou |
361 |
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28. |
Language Attitudes towards the Greek Cypriot Variety and Standard
Modern Greek of Three Different Age Groups in Cyprus Dimitris Evripidou |
375 |
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29. |
IsraEnglish in Food Features: The
Sociolinguistic Perspective Cristiana Chiarini |
389 |
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Part III: Applied Linguistics |
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Translation |
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30. |
The Changing Idea of Woman: Some Remarks on the English Translation
of the Sixth Satire of Juvenal Agnieszka Franczyk |
407 |
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31. |
The End of Translation as we know it. Disturbing Translatability in
the Work of Vicente Huidobro Gys-Walt Van Egdom |
417 |
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32. |
Louis Paul Boon in French: Describing Cultural Specificity in
Translation through Otherness Sara Verbeeck |
429 |
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33. |
The Effects of Intertextuality Awareness on
Literary Text Translation: A Case Study Moussa Ahmadian |
441 |
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34. |
The Styles of Three Chinese Translators of Hemingway’s The Old Man
and the Sea (1987) Elaine Y. L. NG |
451 |
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35. |
Idiom Translation in Financial Discourse: English
vs. Greek Press Despoina Panou |
469 |
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36. |
How to Romance the Masses
– Problems of Translating Light Romantic Fiction in Poland Katarzyna Nowicka |
483 |
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37. |
The Creative Nature of Translating Children’s
Literature Gabriela Stoica |
495 |
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38. |
The Bible for Children: Translation Analysis Agnieszka Kałużna |
507 |
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Language Acquisition |
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39. |
Role of Prior Knowledge in Language Learning: A Cognitive Load Perspective Slava Kalyuga |
519 |
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40. |
Teaching of Foreign Languages Using Etymology Marika Kalyuga |
529 |
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41. |
Perception of European Portuguese Minimal Pairs by
Chinese Speakers: First Approaches Ana Nunes and Custódio Martins |
537 |
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42. |
Contextual Inferencing as
a Strategy for Vocabulary Acquisition in L2 Reading: Focus on
Students’ Behaviours Ming-Yueh Shen |
549 |
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43. |
The Impact of Awareness of Vocabulary Learning
Strategies on Reading Comprehension among Pre-intermediate EFL Learners Bahman Gorjian, Abdolmajid
Hayati and Farokh Lagha Heydari |
565 |
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44. |
Constructing the Self in the Second Language Context Charoula Gkioka |
575 |
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45. |
Developing Performance-based Instruction for Foreign
Language Education Ronald L. Brown |
587 |
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46. |
Virtual Campus: ICTs Involved in the
Teaching-Learning Process of Foreign Language María Muñoz Ramos |
599 |
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47. |
It’s in the News! A Study on the Use of Electronic
News and Language Competence Ambigapathy Pandian, Debbita
Ai Lin Tan and Bee Choo Lee |
613 |
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48. |
Investigating EFL Students’ Attitude towards “An
Ideal Teacher” Mahdi Dehghan, Kaveh Jalilzadeh and Fatemeh Zare Zadeh |
623 |
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49. |
Translator, Interpreter, Educator Jeannette Dickens-Hale |
635 |