International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) Ð volume 13(4)


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Special issue on ESP: Reflections and perspectives; includes and editorial, an introduction, and nine papers on English for Specific Purposes and CLIL.




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


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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 13(2)


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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) Ð volume 12(4)


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Papers in this special issue on Figurative Language: (1) Cecilia BJÖRKÉN-NYBERG: Vocalising motherhood: The metaphorical conceptualisation of voice in listener responses to The girl on the train by Paula Hawkins (pp. 1-28); (2) Danielle CUDMORE: Prophet, poet, seer, skald: Poetic diction in Merlínusspá (pp. 29-60); (3) Kristina HILDEBRAND: "As fayre an handid man" Malory's figurative language (pp. 61-74); (4) Birgitta SVENSSON: The development of figurative competence in narrative writing: A longitudinal case study (pp. 75-102); (5) Monica KARLSSON: Book Review (pp. 103-106); (6) Keith ALLAN: Book Review (pp. 107-113).




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


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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 7(4)


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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)




International Journal of Language Studies (IJLS) – volume 9(4)


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The effect of storytelling format (dialogic vs. narrative) on linguistic recall and comprehension (1-28) by Alfonso Abad MANCHENO; practicing what they preach? A comparison of teacher candidate beliefs and practices (29-54) by Scott KISSAU, Marion RODGERS & Helga HAUDECK; Teaching the Dutch how to pronounce English (55-80) by Frans HERMANS & Peter SLOEP; Superstition in the works of Nizami Ganjavi: A phenomeno-semiotic analysis (81-90) by Fereshteh AHANGARI; An optimality-based account of diachronic lenition in Persian (91-108) by Mozhgan HOOSHMAND; On demystifying L2 learner goal differences in task-based production (109-132) by Mohamed Ridha BEN MAAD; Language testing: The state of the art (An online interview with James Dean Brown) (133-143) by James Dean BROWN & Mohammad Ali SALMANI NODOUSHAN.




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


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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 7(3)


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Papers in this issue by: Louise CUMMINGS (1-32); Finex NDHLOVU (33-58); Justin P. WHITE & Andrew J. DEMIL (59-88); Richard BALTUS & Hassan BELHIAH 89-118 (); Lan-fen HUANG (119-136); Gibreel Sadeq ALAGHBARY (137-140)