International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 6(4)


Book Description

Papers in this issue: Aziyana Bayyr-ool & Vitaly Voinov (pp. 1 - 24); Ellen Thompson, Maria Omana, Javier Collado-Isasi & Amanda Yousuf (pp. 25 - 40); Nancy Sullivan, Robert T. Schatz & Carol Ming-hung Lam (pp. 41 - 70); Brian G. Rubrecht & Kayoko Ishikawa (pp. 71 - 96); Thuy Nga Nguyen & Ghil'ad Zuckermann (pp. 97 - 118); Mohammad Ali Salmani Nodoushan (pp. 119 - 140); Judith Runnels (pp. 141 - 153); Peter Kosta & Diego Gabriel Krivochen (pp. 154 - 182)




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 8(4)


Book Description

1) Speech acts or language micro- and macro-games? by Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN; (2) Rituals of death in Odisha: Hindu religious beliefs and socio-cultural practices by Kalyanamalini SAHOO; (3) Analysis of authentic legal negotiation: Implications for teaching contract negotiation to undergraduate law students by Anthony TOWNLEY & Mehdi RIAZI; (4) Politeness in the Yoruba and French Languages by Temitope Michael AJAYI & Kudrat Olayinka BALOGUN; (5) Conversation proficiency assessment: A comparative study of two-party peer interaction and interview interaction implemented with Thai EFL learners by Ratchawan USSAMA & Kemtong SINWONGSUWAT; (6) Prosodic Analysis: An Italian case study by Alessia D'ANDREA, Fernando FERRI & Patrizia GRIFONI; (7) The final goodbye: The linguistic features of gravestone epitaphs from the nineteenth century to the present by Manel HEART; (9) Teacher- and peer-enhanced scaffolding: Self-regulated learning of collocations in CALL by Abbas Ali REZAEE et al.




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 8(2)


Book Description

This volume contains: Multilingual transfer: L1 morphosyntax in L3 English by Abdelkader HERMAS; Instant messaging in office hours: Use of ellipsis dots at work and Hong Kong culture by Bernie Chun Nam MAK; Royal sport and social distance: Television interviews with Prince Andrew and Princess Anne by Douglas Mark PONTON; Code-mixing and its impact on language competence by Dan LU; Engagement as perception-in-action in process drama for teaching and learning Italian as a second language by Erika C. PIAZZOLI; Assessment of critical thinking skills through reading comprehension by Kassim A. SHAABAN; Book Review: Doerr, N. M., & Lee, K. (2013). Constructing the heritage language learner: Knowledge, power and new subjectivities. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. [xiii ] 188 pp; ISBN: 978-1-61451-283-7] by Hsiang-Hua CHANG.




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) - Volume 13(2)


Book Description

Papers in this special issue: (1-32) The meaning of 'because' on a Gricean view, by Valandis BARDZOKAS; (33-50) A jurilinguistic analysis of selected libel cases in Nigeria, by Wasiu Ademola OYEDOKUN-ALLI & Joel Kehinde BABATOPE; (51-68) Mass generics in L3 English: Acquisition route and transfer recovery, by Abdelkader HERMAS; (69-90) The variations and changes of Portuguese in postcolonial Timor-Leste, by Nuno Carlos de ALMEIDA & Davi Borges de ALBUQUERQUE (91-108) The web as corpus in ESL classes: A case study, by Patrizia GIAMPIERI; (109-120) Clearing the mist: The border between linguistic politeness and social etiquette, by Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN; (121-128) Book Review, by Stuart FOSTER; (129-134) Book Review, by Azizeh CHALAK




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 13(1)


Book Description

Papers in this special issue: (1) Andrew DEMIL: Vocalising motherhood: Effectiveness of grammar activities in Portuguese teaching: An exemplar (pp. 1-18); (2) Scott KISSAU, et al.: The motivational profile of adolescent foreign language learners: An international comparison (pp. 19-40); (3) Abdulloh WAEDAOH & Kemtong SINWONGSUWAT: Enhancing English language learners' conversation abilities via CA-informed sitcom lessons: A case study of Thai high school students (pp. 41-56); (4) Fateme EMRANI & Mozhgan HOOSHMAND: A conversation analysis of self-initiated self-repair structures in advanced Iranian EFL learners (pp. 57-76); (5) Yunisrina Qismullah YUSUF, Chairina NASIR & Nurzaleni ANDIB: Power and solidarity: The pronoun of address ke [ke] used in Indonesian by Acehnese speakers (pp. 77-98); (6) John Odo ONU & Patience Obiageri SOLOMON-ETEFIA: A functional-semiotic investigation of traditional funeral rites and rituals in Elugwu Ezike in Igboland (pp. 99-128).




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 7(1)


Book Description

Papers in this issue by: James Dean BROWN (1-32); Peter MASTER (33-58); Glenn S. HADIKIN (59-78); Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN (79-102); Noparat TANANURAKSAKUL (103-116); Jonathan Rante CARREON & Richard WATSON TODD (117-138); Eliza C. ANDERSON, Aaron M. VANDERHOFF & Peter J. DONOVICK (139-150); Stephen Pax LEONARD (151-174); Azizeh CHALAK & Hossein HEIDARI TABRIZI (175-184)




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 7(2)


Book Description

Papers in this issue by: Louise CUMMINGS (1-30); Theresa CATALANO & Linda R. WAUGH (31-60); Zhi LI (61-82);Wen Hsien YANG (83-108); D. Catalina MÉNDEZ VALLEJO (109-142); Fereshteh AHANGARI & Nafiseh MORADI (143-153); Şakire ERBAY (154-156)




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) - Volume 13(3)


Book Description

CONTENTS: Manual and automatic corpus compilation: A case study for legal translations by Patrizia GIAMPIERI (1-16); Teaching purposefully: Considering the perspectives of foreign language learners in language skill development by William K. BIMPONG (17-36); A conversation analytic study of virtual vs. CALL language classes: With reference to adjacency pairs by Ali KAZEMI & Farshad AZIMIFAR (37-60); "I deeply regret that some perceive my being here as political": Rhetorical analysis of Netanyahu's speech on the Iran nuclear deal as a securitizing move by Forough AMIN & Alessandra GAGARIDIS (61-86); Dovetailing focus on form instruction with cognitive styles: A constructive endeavor by Farzin KHALILI & Zhila MOHAMMADNIA (87-108); An etymological exploration and dissection of Sogdian loanwords in Modern Persian by Farrokh HAJIANI (109-134); English for Specific Purposes (ESP): The state of the art (An online interview with Mohammad Hassan Tahririan) by Mohammad Hassan TAHRIRIAN & Azizeh CHALAK (135-141)







International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 7(4)


Book Description

Papers in this issue by: Milica VUKOVIĆ, PP. 1-24; Jeremy Ray GEVARA, PP.25-44; Michael V. PREGOT, PP. 45-56; Richard WATSON TODD, PP. 57-76; Jane CHINELO OBASI & Inyang UDOFOT, PP. 77-100; Azizeh CHALAK & Zahra NOROUZI, PP. 101-110; Mohammad RASEKH MAHAND, PP. 111-118 (Book Review)