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Ukrainian historical terminology designating social and military status in Old Rus’: Examining their counterparts in English 表示古罗斯社会和军事地位的乌克兰历史术语：研究英语中的对应术语

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v6i1.1989

M. Vozna, L. Slavova, Natalia Antonyuk

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‘I whisper a prayer to this beauty...’: Representation of the national concept ‘ЗЕМЛЯ’/‘LAND’ in Lina Kostenko’s literary universe 我向这美景低声祈祷......"：民族概念 "ЗЕМЛЯ"/"土地 "在琳娜-科斯坚科文学作品中的体现

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2024-01-30 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v6i1.2005

Olha Krupko, Olena Pidhrushna

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The role of bell work assignments in expanding EFL learners’ vocabulary breadth 铃声作业在扩大英语学习者词汇量方面的作用

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v6i1.2074

Saban Kara

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A comparison of the effects of web-based vocabulary instruction vs. the conventional method on EFL learners’ level of L2 lexical knowledge 基于网络的词汇教学与传统教学法对 EFL 学习者 L2 词汇知识水平的影响比较

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-25 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v6i1.1947

Sara Kashefian-Naeeini, Seyyed Ali Hosseini, Asma Dabiri, Sholeh Rezaei, Martin Kustati

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Editorial review on Vol. 5 No. 3 第 5 卷第 3 期的编辑评论

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.2100

Zhonggen Yu

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Realia vs irrealia in non-fiction vs fiction texts: A case study of translation 非虚构与虚构文本中的真实与虚构：翻译案例研究

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v6i1.1946

Karyna Razumna, Maryna Movchan

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Lexical representation of the notion coffee in present-day English (on the material of lexicographical sources) 咖啡这一概念在当今英语中的词汇表述（以词典资料为基础）

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-20 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v6i1.1985

Oleksii Oleksandrovych Borysov, Olena Hryhorivna Vasylieva, Iryna Oleksandrivna Kovalova, Luiza Hryhorovna Ohanesian

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Current state of knowledge and theories on second language reading 第二语言阅读的知识和理论现状

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-07 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.1795

H. Alshammari

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What do we know about L2 teachers’ emotion regulation? A bibliometric analysis of the pertinent literature 我们对 L2 教师的情绪调节了解多少？相关文献的文献计量分析

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i3.2012

Hanwei Wu, Yongliang Wang, Yunsong Wang

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Developing Vietnamese writing skills for first grade students 培养一年级学生的越南文写作技巧

Forum for Linguistic Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.59400/fls.v5i2.1790

Tran Thi Kim Tuyen

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