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Polarization in the Spanish press: A study of political sectarianism during the COVID-19 pandemic 西班牙新闻界的两极分化：新冠肺炎大流行期间政治宗派主义的研究

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i20.4358

Roberto A. Valdeón

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How complex is professional academic writing? A corpus-based analysis of research articles in 'hard' and 'soft' disciplines 专业学术写作有多复杂?基于语料库的“硬”和“软”学科研究文章分析

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i20.4357

J. Pérez-Guerra, Elizaveta A. Smirnova

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Collaborative writing and patterns of interaction in young learners: The interplay between pair dynamics and pairing method in LRE production 青年学习者的合作写作与互动模式:LRE生产中配对动态与配对方法的相互作用

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i20.4354

María Basterrechea, Francisco Gallardo-del-Puerto

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An analysis of language anxiety in English and Basque-Medium Instruction: A study with primary school students 英语和巴斯克语教学中的语言焦虑分析——一项针对小学生的研究

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i20.4353

Irene Alonso Arruabarrena, David Lasagabaster Herrarte

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Metaphors set in motion in the context of L2 academic spoken discourse 隐喻在二语学术口语语篇中的运用

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i20.4355

Irene Castellano-Risco, Marta Martín-Gilete, Alberto Hijazo-Gascón, I. Ibarretxe-Antuñano

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Computational analysis of adjuncts in ASD-STE100 for the NLP parser ARTEMIS NLP解析器ARTEMIS辅助词的ASD-STE100计算分析

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-01-20 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i20.4356

F. J. Cortés-Rodríguez, C. Rodríguez-Juárez

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Dead or To Death? On Translating into Spanish the Semantico-Pragmatic Implications Derived from the English Resultative Construction 死了还是要死了?论英语结果结构的语义语用含义的西班牙语翻译

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i0.3870

Beatriz Rodríguez Arrizabalaga

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Computer learner corpora, or how can we turn our students' interlanguage into a resource for EFL research and teaching? 计算机学习者语料库，或者我们如何将学生的中介语转化为外语研究和教学的资源？

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i0.3869

María Teresa Prat Zagrebelsky

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Input in the EFT Setting: focus on the teachers' awareness and use of requests, suggestions and advice acts EFT环境中的输入:关注教师对请求、建议和建议行为的意识和使用

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i0.3868

Alicia Martínez Flor

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Estudios inter e intralingüísticos de las alteraciones del lenguaje: la validez de los planteamientos 语言障碍的语言间和语言内研究：方法的有效性

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Vial-Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-03-17 DOI: 10.35869/vial.v0i0.3866

Elena Garayzábal Heinze

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