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Exploring Pitch Accent as an Element of Fluency in L2 English Academic Presentations – a Proficiency-based Sampling Report 探索作为第二语言英语学术演讲流畅性要素的音调重音--基于能力的抽样报告

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.21.1.04

Agata Klimczak-Pawlak, Ewa Waniek-Klimczak

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Liquid Fear: Bauman’s Metaphorical Insights in Relation to Covid-19 Fear Metaphors 液体恐惧：鲍曼关于 Covid-19 恐惧隐喻的隐喻学见解

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.21.1.01

Izabela Dixon

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The interface of real world, lexicalization and conceptualization on the example of the Contact Sense of the German preposition an (on, at) and its Polish Spanish and English counterparts 以德语介词 an（on，at）及其波兰语西班牙语和英语对应词的接触感为例，探讨现实世界、词汇化和概念化之间的联系

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.21.1.06

Jolanta Mazurkiewicz-Sokołowska

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Julian of Norwich’s a Revelation of Love: A Grounded Cognition Approach to a Late Medieval Text 诺威奇的朱利安的《爱的启示》：中世纪晚期文本的基础认知方法

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-12-21 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.21.1.02

Katarzyna Stadnik

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Editorial to Research in Language (RiL) Vol.30, issue 《语言研究》第30卷第1期

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.20.3.01

Przemysław Krakowian

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What every EFL Instructor Needs to Know: Effective Implementation of Needs Analysis 每位英语教师需要知道的：需求分析的有效实施

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.20.3.05

Olga Trendak-Suślik

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Investigating Rater Perceptions in the Assessment of Speaking 口语评估中的评价者认知调查

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.20.3.04

Przemysław Krakowian

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Gendered Neologisms Beyond Social Media: the Current Use of Mansplaining 超越社交媒体的流派新语：男人说教的当前使用

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.20.3.03

M. Szymańska

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Language and Music: Designing a Course at an Academic Level 语言与音乐：设计一门学术水平的课程

Research in Language Pub Date : 2023-02-09 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.20.3.02

Anna Gralińska-Brawata

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From Crystal-clear to Limpide: Translating English [Noun+adj] Compound Adjectives with a Figurative-intensifying Noun into French 从清澈到清澈:将英语[名词+形容词]复合形容词与比喻强化名词翻译成法语

Research in Language Pub Date : 2022-12-30 DOI: 10.18778/1731-7533.20.4.01

T. Prinzie, F. Suñer, Kristel Van Goethem

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