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The Influence of Game-Enhanced Communication on EFL Learners’ Pragmatic Competence in Compliment Responses 游戏强化交际对英语学习者称赞语语用能力的影响

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-02 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad082

Ying Zhang

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Manner and Quality of Negotiation During L2 Collaborative Writing 第二语言协作写作中谈判的方式和质量

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad081

Zhenhao Cao, Rachael Ruegg, Stephen Skalicky

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Correction to: Reflexivity in Applied Linguistics: Opportunities, Challenges, and Suggestions 修正:应用语言学中的反身性:机遇、挑战和建议

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad074

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Are Textbooks Authentic From a Developmental Perspective? A Corpus Analysis of Word Use in Chinese Textbooks in US Universities 从发展的角度看教科书是真实的吗?美国大学汉语教材词汇使用的语料库分析

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-11-11 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad073

Xun Yan, Yuyun Lei, Chilin Shih

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Emotional, Attitudinal, and Sociobiographical Sources of Flow in Online and In-Person EFL Classrooms 在线和面对面英语课堂中心流的情感、态度和社会传记来源

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad071

Jean-Marc Dewaele, Peter Macintyre, Iman Kamal Ahmed, Alfaf Albakistani

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The Impact of Filipina Domestic Workers on Hong Kong Primary School Children’s L2 English Spoken CAF and Reading Accuracy and Fluency 菲律宾家庭佣工对香港小学儿童第二语言英语口语CAF及阅读准确性和流畅性的影响

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad072

Jacobus Francois Wolfaardt, Alex Ho-Cheong Leung

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Interpreting Swearwords in Police Interviews and Perceived Offensiveness of Insults in the UK and Spain 解读英国和西班牙警方采访中的脏话与侮辱的冒犯性

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad060

Alberto Hijazo-Gascón, María Gómez-Bedoya, Luna Filipović

{"title":"Interpreting Swearwords in Police Interviews and Perceived Offensiveness of Insults in the UK and Spain","authors":"Alberto Hijazo-Gascón, María Gómez-Bedoya, Luna Filipović","doi":"10.1093/applin/amad060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/applin/amad060","url":null,"abstract":"Despite how damaging the consequences of an inadequate translation of swearwords might be, little attention has been paid to insults, in both academic research and interpreting training. The mistranslation of an insult can affect how the police officer perceives the severity of the punishable offence and makes a judgment about what kind of action is appropriate. This study includes two experiments. First, an interpreting experiment was carried out with English–Spanish interpreting students (N = 36), including the translation of 30 insults in three different contexts. The second task aimed to find how each of the insults was comparable across both languages, according to native speakers’ perceptions. We elicited native speakers’ ratings for offensiveness of each of these lexical items (British N = 204 and Spanish N = 178). The results show variation in the degree of offensiveness by Spanish and British English speakers. We argue that learning insults needs to become part of interpreting training in legal contexts. This study aims to contribute to this interdisciplinary area, with one of the practical goals being the application of our results in professional training.","PeriodicalId":48234,"journal":{"name":"Applied Linguistics","volume":"8 38","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71435350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times 动荡时期学术英语教与学的国际视野

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-10-16 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad070

Faith Nightingale

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Correction to: Trends in the Expression of Epistemic Stance in NIH Research Funding Applications: 1985–2020 修正:在NIH研究经费申请中表达认知立场的趋势:1985-2020

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Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1093/applin/amad068

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Reflexivity in Applied Linguistics: Opportunuties, Challenges, and Suggestions 应用语言学中的反身性:机遇、挑战与建议

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