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The Second-Language Essay as Cognitive Task: Complexity, Subjectivity and Emotion 作为认知任务的第二语言作文:复杂性、主观性和情感

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v13n1p43

CA DeCoursey

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Reviewer acknowledgements for International Journal of English Linguistics, Vol. 12, No. 6 《国际英语语言学杂志》第12卷第6期审稿人致谢

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v12n6p124

Diana Xu

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On the Use of the Subjunctive with English Hope 论英语希望中虚拟语气的运用

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v13n1p56

Tris Faulkner

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Gender Reconstruction in Chinese Ci When Translated into English 汉词英译中的性别重构

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v13n1p65

Ying Wang

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Troubled Images: Analysing the Republican Use of Visual Metaphors in Wall Paintings and Pictures in Northern Ireland 麻烦的图像：分析北爱尔兰壁画和图片中共和党人对视觉隐喻的使用

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-29 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v12n6p112

Antonio Piga

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Pragmatic Functions of English Borrowings in Chinese 英语借词在汉语中的语用功能

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-15 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v13n1p27

Yunhan Jia

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Subtitling Strategies of Verbal-Visual Components in The Social Dilemma 《社会困境》中言语视觉成分的字幕策略

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-07 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v13n1p1

Sarah Alohaidb, Nasrin S. Altuwairesh

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American English and Its Influence on British English 美国英语及其对英国英语的影响

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-07 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v13n1p21

Sevinj Mammadzada

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Reshaping the EFL Formative Assessment Pedagogy With Blockchain Technology 用区块链技术重塑英语形成性评估教学

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-07 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v13n1p12

Wenbo Gong

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The Past, Present and Future of Machine Translation in China: A Visualization Study Based on CNKI Literature (19592021) 中国机器翻译的过去、现在和未来——基于CNKI文献的可视化研究（1959）2021）

International journal of English linguistics Pub Date : 2022-11-02 DOI: 10.5539/ijel.v12n6p98

L. Fan, Meiqi Yun

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