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How do language models handle emotional content in video game localization? A computational linguistics approach 语言模型如何处理电子游戏本地化中的情感内容？计算语言学方法

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100294

Xiaojing Zhao, Emmanuele Chersoni, Chu-Ren Huang, Han Xu

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Research methods and generative artificial intelligence in applied linguistics 应用语言学中的研究方法与生成式人工智能

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2026.100295

Benjamin Luke Moorhouse , Sal Consoli , Samantha M. Curle

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Overcoming and reinforcing linguicism? Language, power and critical reflexivity in a large multilingual research team 克服和加强语言？一个大型多语种研究团队中的语言、权力和批判性反思

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2026.100298

Shinya Uekusa , Sally Carlton , Sylvia Nissen , Fernanda Fernandez Zimmermann , Jay Marlowe , Fareeha Ali , Wondyrad A. Asres , Ginj Chang , Rami Elsayed , Jia Geng , D.H.P.S. Gunasekara , Jean Hur , Rika Maeno , Minh Tran , Wahida Zahedi , Stephen May , Tyron Love

{"title":"Overcoming and reinforcing linguicism? Language, power and critical reflexivity in a large multilingual research team","authors":"Shinya Uekusa , Sally Carlton , Sylvia Nissen , Fernanda Fernandez Zimmermann , Jay Marlowe , Fareeha Ali , Wondyrad A. Asres , Ginj Chang , Rami Elsayed , Jia Geng , D.H.P.S. Gunasekara , Jean Hur , Rika Maeno , Minh Tran , Wahida Zahedi , Stephen May , Tyron Love","doi":"10.1016/j.rmal.2026.100298","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rmal.2026.100298","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper explores the tensions between challenging and unintentionally reinforcing linguicism in a large-scale research project on multilingual crisis communication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand. Our study involved a multilingual and multicultural research team conducting interviews in 14 different languages, with a methodological commitment to linguistic justice and inclusive research. Using collective self-reflection, we critically examined how our positionalities, language practices and research design, though intended to be counterhegemonic, sometimes reproduced dominant language ideologies. In this paper, we explore three key tensions: 1) the paradoxical privilege and power of bi-/multilingual researchers; 2) the internalisation of linguicism among participants; and 3) the challenges of translating emotional and cultural nuances. These findings reveal the complexity and paradoxes inherent in inclusive multilingual research, demonstrating how even well-intentioned practices can reproduce symbolic violence and linguicism. We argue for deeper reflexivity, methodological humility, and structurally transformative approaches that centre epistemic justice and critically challenge the institutional and ideological roots of linguicism. This paper contributes to critical language studies, disaster research and decolonising methodologies, providing both theoretical insights and practical guidance for researchers working with linguistic minorities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101075,"journal":{"name":"Research Methods in Applied Linguistics","volume":"5 1","pages":"Article 100298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146037252","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Language without borders: A step-by-step guide to analyzing webcam eye-tracking data for L2 research 语言无国界：一步一步的指导分析网络摄像头眼动追踪数据的第二语言研究

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100226

Jason Geller , Yanina Prystauka , Sarah E. Colby , Julia R. Drouin

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Identifying and explaining L2 growth spurts: A tutorial on generalized additive models for time-intensive longitudinal data in applied linguistics research 识别和解释第二语言生长突增：应用语言学研究中时间密集型纵向数据的广义加性模型教程

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100259

Mason A. Wirtz, Simone E. Pfenninger

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Developing and piloting SemiMed—A resource for semi-technical medical vocabulary 开发和试点semimed -一个半技术医学词汇资源

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100239

Chinh Ngan Nguyen Le, Julia Miller

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Genre-based fine-tuning of large language models with self-organizing maps for automated writing evaluation 基于体裁的大型语言模型微调与自动写作评估的自组织地图

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100219

Stephanie Link, Robert Redmon, Martin Hagan

{"title":"Genre-based fine-tuning of large language models with self-organizing maps for automated writing evaluation","authors":"Stephanie Link, Robert Redmon, Martin Hagan","doi":"10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100219","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100219","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Automated Writing Evaluation (AWE) systems have significantly advanced in providing feedback for academic essay writing. However, their predominant focus on sentence-level features highlights the need for a broader approach to AWE development. While genre-based AWE systems aim to address the socio-rhetorical complexities of writing for specific audiences and purposes, their availability remains limited. This scarcity is largely due to methodological constraints in developing robust feedback engines that effectively support discipline-specific writing needs. This article describes a new method for fine-tuning large-language models (LLM) and evaluating model performance, which we refer to as G-FiT Mapping (Genre-based FIne-Tuning with self-organizing maps). This method utilizes semi-automated annotation of genre-based functional-rhetorical units of text to efficiently fine-tune an LLM and then uses self-organizing maps to evaluate and improve network performance. The G-FiT Mapping method resulted in a new automated feedback engine for an intelligent tutoring system called Dissemity, for DISSeminating research with clarITY, that supports discipline-specific, scientific writers in writing for publication. We demonstrate use of G-Fit Mapping for establishing measurable improvements in network performance, offering implications for network interpretation, genre-based AWE, and AI-based learning systems development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101075,"journal":{"name":"Research Methods in Applied Linguistics","volume":"4 3","pages":"Article 100219"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144242859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Assessing lexical diversity and informativeness across the adult lifespan: A comprehensive investigation 评估成人一生的词汇多样性和信息量：一项综合调查

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100276

Francesco Petriglia , Giulia Gasparotto , Silvia D’Ortenzio , Ilaria Gabbatore , Andrea Marini

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Doing interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) in applied linguistics research: A field-specific guide 在应用语言学研究中进行解释现象学分析（IPA）：一个特定领域的指南

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100279

Rohan K. Willis , Sharon Harvey

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Applying a polytomous Rasch model to investigate Likert scale functioning and L2 writing strategy use 运用多同体Rasch模型研究李克特量表功能和二语写作策略的使用

Research Methods in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-07-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100240

Apichat Khamboonruang

{"title":"Applying a polytomous Rasch model to investigate Likert scale functioning and L2 writing strategy use","authors":"Apichat Khamboonruang","doi":"10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100240","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.rmal.2025.100240","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While Rasch models have been increasingly employed in applied linguistics research, their use remains underexplored in L2 writing strategy research, which has relied primarily on statistical methods that assume continuous data. This study aimed to address this methodological gap by applying a polytomous Rasch modelling approach to investigate Likert scale functioning in the context of L2 writing strategy use. Participants were 172 Thai EFL English-major undergraduates who completed a 26-item, 5-category Likert-type scale designed to measure five strategy domains: metacognitive, effort-regulation, cognitive, social, and affective strategies. The data were analysed using a Rasch rating scale model (RSM) implemented in Winsteps and Facets software programmes. The main results indicated that the RSM analysis provided sound evidence of appropriate item and category functioning, while revealing specific areas for refinement, such as limited item coverage, item redundancy, and category disordering. The RSM analysis also revealed systematic trends in Thai EFL students’ writing strategy use across domains and proficiency levels: metacognitive strategies were used most often and clearly differentiated higher- and lower-achieving students, while social strategies were less common and more frequently used by lower achievers. These findings highlight the value of a polytomous Rasch modelling approach in examining not only rating scale functioning but also writing strategy use. The present findings have implications for rating scale validation and L2 writing strategy instruction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":101075,"journal":{"name":"Research Methods in Applied Linguistics","volume":"4 3","pages":"Article 100240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144597529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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