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On von Stechow’s “Comparing Semantic Theories of Comparison”
The syntax and semantics of expressions used to represent comparison is a central topic in linguistic theory. Arnim von Stechow was interested in how...
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The direct and indirect effects of language and cognitive skills on Chinese reading comprehension
This study examined the direct and indirect relations of foundational language skills (vocabulary, syntactic knowledge, and orthographic knowledge),...
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Literacy instruction from afar: evidence for the effectiveness of a remotely delivered language-rich reading programme
There is good evidence that high-quality instruction targeting reading-related skills in the classroom leads to gains in reading. However,...
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TIARA 2.0: an interactive tool for annotating discourse structure and text improvement
Discourse structure annotation aims at analysing how discourse units (e.g. sentences or clauses) relate to each other and what roles they play in the...
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Lawyer Evaluation as Rational Discourse
This chapter discusses in detail how lawyers construct their rational stance in relation to the opposing lawyers and the judges. The rational...
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Connectives: Order, Causality and Beyond
It is often pointed out that different so-called causal connectives have different causal orders associated with them, for instance non-iconic...
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Key language, cognitive and higher-order skills for L2 reading comprehension of expository texts in English as foreign language students: a systematic review
This systematic review addressed the following question: Which are the relations between L1 and/or L2 foundational and upper-level language skills,...
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Scalar implicatures with discourse referents: a case study on plurality inferences
This paper explores the idea that scalar implicatures are computed with respect to discourse referents . Given the general consensus that a proper...
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Writing a synthesis versus reading: strategies involved and impact on comprehension
Little evidence is available regarding the differential impact of reading versus reading and writing on multiple source comprehension. The present...
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Understanding conversational interaction in multiparty conversations: the EVA Corpus
This paper focuses on gaining new knowledge through observation, qualitative analytics, and cross-modal fusion of rich multi-layered conversational...
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The Role of Vocabulary and Syntax in Informational Written Composition in Middle School
The current study explores the contributions of written vocabulary and syntax to informational writing quality in Grades 5 through 8. Various aspects...
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Exceptionally optional negative concord with Turkish neither...nor
This paper presents a novel account for the optionality of negative concord observed with neither...nor coordinations, in an otherwise strict...
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Climate Change Discourse/Politics in Linguistic Studies
The second chapter presents numerous linguistic studies dealing with climate change discourse/politics. It discusses various studies about climate...
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On Stalnaker’s “Indicative Conditionals”
Stalnaker’s “Indicative conditionals” is not primarily about conditionals. Its main goal is to showcase the power of a general-purpose theoretical...
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On Groenendijk and Stokhof’s “Dynamic Predicate Logic”
This paper can serve as a gentle introduction to (but not exhaustive overview of) Groenendijk and Stokhof’s classic paper “Dynamic predicate logic”....
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Like in Discourse Marker Combinations in Spoken Interaction
An often cited property of discourse markers is their ability to cluster. Precisely this property has so far received little dedicated scholarly...
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Im/politeness in Translated Academic Discourse
The chapter examines translated academic discourse with respect to the receivers’ perception of the interpersonal dynamics between text producer...
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Blending Language Learning with Translation Teaching: A New Perspective on the Teachability of Chinese Translation
Over the past fifty years or so, a gargantuan number of textbooks on English–Chinese (hereinafter “E–C”) translation has been published. There are...
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The contributions of executive functions, transcription skills and text-specific skills to text quality in narratives
To ensure adequate writing support for children, a profound understanding of the subskills of text quality is essential. Writing theories have...
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The structure of communicative acts
Utterances of natural language sentences can be used to communicate not just contents, but also forces. This paper examines this topic from a...