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Metaphor-based calques in Croatian mass media 克罗地亚大众媒体中基于隐喻的calques

ExELL Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2017-0005

Goran Schmidt, Ivana Marinić

引用次数: 0

The assessment of Bosnian EFL learners’ knowledge by two different measures: test and writing assignment 用测试和写作作业两种不同的方法评估波斯尼亚英语学习者的知识

ExELL Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2017-0006

Ana Tankosić, V. Dubravac

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引用次数: 9

What is a compound? The main criteria for compoundhood 什么是化合物?复合体的主要标准

ExELL Pub Date : 2016-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2017-0007

A. R. Altakhaineh

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引用次数: 8

Exploration of the relationship between word-association and learners’ lexical development with a focus on American L1 and Croatian L2 speakers 以美国第一语言和克罗地亚第二语言为研究对象，探讨词汇联想与学习者词汇发展的关系

ExELL Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2017-0003

Maja Séguin

引用次数: 4

Learners’ preferences towards Corrective feedback in writing assignments in tertiary education 高等教育写作作业中学习者对纠错反馈的偏好

ExELL Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2017-0002

J. Horbačauskienė, R. Kasperaviciene

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引用次数: 11

Why is “not infrequent” not always “frequent”? Double negation in political discourse 为什么“不经常”不总是“经常”?政治话语中的双重否定

ExELL Pub Date : 2015-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2017-0001

Merima Osmankadić

引用次数: 2

Collocational competence of primary and secondary school students 中小学生的搭配能力

ExELL Pub Date : 2015-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2016-0008

Evelina Miščin

引用次数: 3

Some conceptual and grammatical properties of body part metonymies in English and Bosnian 英语和波斯尼亚语身体部位转喻的概念和语法特征

ExELL Pub Date : 2015-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2016-0009

Adisa Imamović, Anela Mulahmetović Ibrišimović

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引用次数: 0

The learner’s own language 学习者自己的语言

ExELL Pub Date : 2015-10-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2016-0007

Philip Kerr

引用次数: 5

From introduction to phonemic symbols to development of transcription skills: A case study in the English Department at University of Tuzla 从音位符号的介绍到转录技巧的发展:以图兹拉大学英语系为例

ExELL Pub Date : 2014-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/exell-2016-0006

Sanel Hadžiahmetović Jurida

引用次数: 0