International Journal of Language and Linguistics

Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014

  • The Expressive Force of Primitive Masculine Sounds in Schwitters’ Sonata/Poem Ursonate

    Cynthia Whissell

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 343-347
    Received: 24 September 2014
    Accepted: 10 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: This paper examines the ways in which language sounds with a masculine or feminine emotional character convey meaning and structure in Kurt Schwitters’ expressive non-verbal poem the Ursonate. Schwitters emphasized the importance of sounds and the Merz (multi-modal) nature of art. The emotional character of sounds is associated with their physical ... Show More
  • The English Adverbial of Time vs. the Vietnamese Range Topic of Time

    Thanh Minh To

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 348-355
    Received: 1 October 2014
    Accepted: 22 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: Differences between the function of the adverbial of Time and that of the range topic of Time may lead Vietnamese language users to the risk of mistakenly translating the English clause with the adverbial of Time. The recommended translation of the English commercial note “Have you had a Coke today?” is “Hôm nay bạn đã uống Coca-Cola chưa?”, in whi... Show More
  • Lexico-Grammatical Peculiarities of Adverb as a Part of Speech in Turkic Languages

    Yerbolat Saurykov

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 356-360
    Received: 17 October 2014
    Accepted: 27 October 2014
    Published: 30 October 2014
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    Abstract: The article deals with the problems of etymology, development and formation of the adverb as a part of speech in a system of the Turkic languages. The paper presents a detailed analysis of lexico-semantic properties and morphological peculiarities of adverbs in some separate Turkic languages. The author carried out a thorough exploration of researc... Show More
  • Grammatical Cohesion Devices on the Indonesian Translation of English Bidding Document

    Widhiya Ninsiana

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 361-367
    Received: 15 October 2014
    Accepted: 29 October 2014
    Published: 10 November 2014
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    Abstract: This research studies the grammatical-cohesion devices employed in the Indonesian translation of English bidding documents, ‘Dokumen Tender’. This research aims at (1) Finding and describing in details about grammatical-cohesion-marking translation focused on Bidding Document translated as Dokumen Tender. This also describes grammatical cohesion-ma... Show More
  • On the Culturology Language of Human Body Parts in Vietnamese and English

    Nguyen Van Hai

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 368-373
    Received: 17 November 2014
    Accepted: 28 November 2014
    Published: 5 December 2014
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    Abstract: The study on the words related to body parts has been an interesting topic for research in linguistics. This is also the case in Vietnamese language. The case is even becoming more interesting when we compare two languages with different cultures. In this paper, we analyze the words related to body parts in Vietnamese and in English. The words anal... Show More
  • Are the Forms Targeted in the Enriched Input Noticed by Learners

    Mansoureh sajjadi, Farzaneh khabazi, Firooz sadighi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 374-378
    Received: 9 July 2014
    Accepted: 28 July 2014
    Published: 16 December 2014
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    Abstract: This work is an attempt in order to clarify whether the forms targeted in the enriched input are noticed by learners or not. Whiles taking Schmidt’s Noticing Hypothesis and the frequency Hypothesis into consideration all through the study. It also describes how enriched input works for the acquisition provided that learners actually focus on the ta... Show More
  • Improving EFL Classroom Interaction by Understanding Students’ Learning Styles

    Bui Phu Hung

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 379-386
    Received: 28 November 2014
    Accepted: 4 December 2014
    Published: 16 December 2014
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    Abstract: Multiple Intelligences (Gardner, 1993) postulates a standpoint that people may prefer to learn in different ways as a result of their predominance of different lobes. In particular, some deal well with sounds, but others appear to have a good sense of syntactic areas. It is important for the teacher to understand students’ learning styles in order ... Show More
  • Analysis of the Problems on Coherence in College English Writing

    Li Fengjie, Yuan Xiuying, Zhang Chuanze

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 387-390
    Received: 17 November 2014
    Accepted: 11 December 2014
    Published: 18 December 2014
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    Abstract: With a view to finding out the current situation of college English writing, the authors conducted a survey in their university. It is found that students have some problems in sentence effectiveness, mainly on coherence. As a result this essay will mainly focus on the analysis of the syntactical problem on coherence in college English writing, the... Show More
  • English Sentences Beginning with there and their Vietnamese Counterparts

    Thanh Minh To

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 391-402
    Received: 1 October 2014
    Accepted: 15 December 2014
    Published: 22 December 2014
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    Abstract: English sentences beginning with there, also called English there-constructions, do not constitute only existential sentences; most important among their other uses are presentational there-constructions. It is almost impossible to distinguish existential sentences beginning with Empty there, which is not stressed and has no lexical meaning, from p... Show More
  • The Use of Rhetorical Devices in the Writings of Arab High School Students

    Adel Fouzi Shakour

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6, November 2014
    Pages: 403-414
    Received: 5 December 2014
    Accepted: 17 December 2014
    Published: 23 December 2014
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    Abstract: The article analyzed the rhetorical devices used by Arab high school students when writing in Arabic. Professor Rachel Landau's book The Rhetoric of Parliamentary Speeches in Israel, Tel Aviv, Eked, 1988 provided the reference for the analysis. Landau applied Western rhetorical criteria and concepts to the analysis of Israeli political rhetorical s... Show More