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Eye Tracking: A Guide for Applied Linguistics Research 眼动追踪:应用语言学研究指南

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2136223

Youyuan Bao, Baoquan Liu

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Source use in research articles in second language writing: A state-of-the-art review 第二语言写作研究文章的来源使用：最新综述

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2141283

Xiang Yang, Tao Zhang, Lianrui Yang, Yani Xu

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Preserving indigenous minority languages through community radio in development programmes in Malawi 在马拉维的发展方案中通过社区广播保护土著少数民族语言

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-21 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2128382

Victor Chikaipa

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Cause-effect patterns in the discussion sections of articles in language studies journals: The discourse of scientific explanation across language sub-disciplines 语言研究期刊文章讨论区的因果模式：跨语言子学科的科学解释话语

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-05 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2121292

M. Rahimi, Amin Karimnia, Hamed Barjesteh

{"title":"Cause-effect patterns in the discussion sections of articles in language studies journals: The discourse of scientific explanation across language sub-disciplines","authors":"M. Rahimi, Amin Karimnia, Hamed Barjesteh","doi":"10.2989/16073614.2022.2121292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2989/16073614.2022.2121292","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract One of the basic goals of academic research is to explain the phenomena that researchers observe through causal relations. From a discursive perspective, however, how cause-effect patterns (CEPs) are reflected in academic writing is a major question to be investigated. Meanwhile, a problem is that sub-disciplines exploring human sciences may exhibit radical variations in terms of their discursive use of cause-effect patterns. Language studies is an umbrella term that encompasses many disciplines, including literature, language teaching, translation studies and linguistics. On a surface level, because such disciplines address language, one may assume that they follow similar ways of explaining language-related phenomena. This article is based on findings obtained from a study of the cause-effect patterns in 60 discussion sections randomly selected from 12 high-impact journals in four sub-disciplines of language studies. It aims to (i) categorise the types of the cause-effect patterns into ‘cause in focus’ and ‘effect in focus’, (ii) identify the most frequently used cause-effect signals, and (iii) ascertain whether there is any significant difference between the sub-disciplines in terms of their use of cause-effect patterns. Based on Fisher’s exact test, the findings reveal that a significant difference exists between the sub-disciplines in terms of their use of cause-effect patterns, and they also suggest that language teaching papers use the highest number of cause-effect patterns and thus were remarkably explanatory in explicating the phenomena they dealt with.","PeriodicalId":54152,"journal":{"name":"Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45359753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"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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A morpho-semantic approach to social networking neologisms in ‘modern’ Tshivenḓa usage “现代”Tshiven中社交网络新词的形态语义研究ḓ用法

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2021.2015410

Lutendo Nendauni

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Gender and ethnic stereotypes in selected Nigerian sitcoms 尼日利亚情景喜剧中的性别和种族刻板印象

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2112720

Ganiu Bamgbose, O. Ladele

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Multilingual pragmatic markers in South African English 南非英语的多语语用标记

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2123366

F. Unuabonah, Noloyiso Mtembu

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Investigating vocabulary knowledge among English as a Second Language (ESL) learners 调查英语作为第二语言(ESL)学习者的词汇知识

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2117709

Jayanta Kumar Das

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Body-part terms in the grammar of Igbo 伊格博语法中的身体部位术语

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2113414

M. Amaechi, Florence C. Nwosu

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First language instruction? Eswatini teachers’ insight of the Eswatini language-in-education policy 第一语言教学？斯威士兰教师对教育政策中斯威士兰语言的见解

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Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-09 DOI: 10.2989/16073614.2022.2106256

Phindile A. Dlamini, K. Ferreira‐Meyers

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