International Journal of Language and Linguistics

Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014

  • An Ethnographic Insight into the Causal Factors of Degrading English Education in Ethiopia, Libya, and India

    Sanjay Kumar Jha

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 44-55
    Received: 11 February 2014
    Published: 28 February 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.11
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    Abstract: This paper is a holistic account of seven-year long ethnographic observations of EFL learners in Ethiopia, Libya, and India (E-L-I) where I found that the learners, despite acquiring linguistic competence for several years, are unable to convert their competence into performance. Given this, the study aimed at exploring the causes of learners’ fail... Show More
  • Pre-emptive and Reactive FF on Intermediate Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Learning

    Zohreh Seifoori, Jafar Zamanian

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 56-61
    Received: 4 February 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.12
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    Abstract: This quasi-experimental study investigated the effect of pre-emptive focus on form (PFF) and reactive focus on form (RFF) on vocabulary learning of Iranian English language learners. Ninety female language learners in three intact classes participated in the study at Iran Language Institute (ILI) in Qazvin, Iran. The groups were randomly assigned a... Show More
  • Does Peripheral Learning Improve EFL Learners’ Spelling

    Seyed Jalal Abdolmanafi Rokni

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 62-67
    Received: 9 February 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.13
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    Abstract: The aim of this mixed-method study was to explore the effect of peripheral learning on spelling skill of EFL learners. Two pre-intermediate classes were selected and randomly divided into two groups, namely experimental and control groups. They were studying English at Simin Language Institute in Qaemshahr, north of Iran. Before starting the treatm... Show More
  • Code-switching and Learning General Knowledge of Vocabulary in the Iranian University Context

    Zahra Bakhtiari

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 68-73
    Received: 25 February 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.14
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    Abstract: This study focused on the issue of code-switching(CS) (brief switches to the first language of the learners) in the classroom and provided insight into the functions and the roles of the first language (L1) in the foreign language (FL) class for the purpose of facilitating vocabulary learning .The question this study tried to answer was whether o... Show More
  • Language Complexity: An Insight from Complex-System Theory

    Alexander Andrason

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 74-89
    Received: 28 January 2014
    Published: 20 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.15
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    Abstract: This paper aims to establish a more direct relation between the studies of complexity in the field of typological-evolutionary linguistics and complex-system theory. The article explains what complex-system theory can tell us about language complexity and how insights from the science of complex systems can be important to the analysis of linguisti... Show More
  • On Cyber-language Style from Philosophy of Mind: Taking A Bite of X (X on the Tip of Tongue) as an Example

    Yurong Wang, Li Lin

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 90-94
    Received: 4 March 2014
    Published: 30 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.16
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    Abstract: With the rapid development of Internet and global media, cyber-language style becomes popular immediately. Based on the popularity of the documentary A Bite of China in China Central Television, the catchphrase A Bite of X (X on the Tip of Tongue) comes into being and finally becomes a format frame filling. On its way of popularity, China is replac... Show More
  • The Reflection of Markedness in Prototype Category Theory on Semantic Level and Its Implications for Second Language Acquisition

    Zhang Qiang

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 95-101
    Received: 4 March 2014
    Published: 30 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.17
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    Abstract: Markedness is one of the analytical principles of linguistics; it indicates the existence of asymmetric relationship inside the language category, and this concept is widely used in phonology, semantics, syntax analysis, sentence structures, pragmatics and applied linguistics. Therefore, the markedness is quite valuable to the analysis of languages... Show More
  • Contributions to the Ontology of Language – Opening, Logos, Limit, Being and the Conditions for Co-Authoring and Possibilities of Meaning

    Wellington Amâncio Da Silva

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 102-114
    Received: 22 February 2014
    Published: 30 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.18
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    Abstract: The objective of this paper is to discuss the possibilities of language through a phenomenological approach, the existential perspective situated determining the presence / meaning of the world, among the subjects. The concept of limit and opening will be observed-as well as the possibilities of the logos while a "college" ontological, shared in th... Show More
  • The Role of Input Enhancement on Using Conjunctions in Iranian EFL Learners' Written Performance

    Farnaz Sahebkheir, Hanieh Davatgari Asl

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 115-120
    Received: 6 March 2014
    Published: 30 March 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.19
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    Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine the impact of the input enhancement of three types of conjunctions on Iranian EFL learners to produce coherent and well-organized texts. Experimental group received an enhanced version of a model essay in which three kinds of conjunctions were bolded and underlined. Students were supposed to read these e... Show More
  • The Role of Explicit Instruction on Using Conjunctions in Iranian EFL Learners' Written Performance

    Farnaz Sahebkheir, Nader Asadi Aidinlou

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 121-126
    Received: 6 March 2014
    Accepted: 8 April 2014
    Published: 10 April 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.20
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    Abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the effects of a process oriented program focused on the teaching of three types of conjunctions on Iranian EFL learners’ ability to produce coherent and well –organized texts. The researcher as the teacher explained about the different usage of conjunctions for the experimental group. Furthermore, this group re... Show More
  • Context: from Static to Dynamic

    Xueyan Hu

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2014
    Pages: 127-133
    Received: 4 March 2014
    Accepted: 16 April 2014
    Published: 20 April 2014
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijll.20140202.21
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    Abstract: Context plays an important role in verbal communication. In recent years, more and more scholars have devoted themselves to the dynamic research of utterances. They hold that both communication and the generation of meaning are dynamic processes which involve contexts. This paper depicts the study of static context and point out its deficiency, and... Show More