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Runsewe, O. I. "Communication in general Nigerian English : An intonational study." Thesis, University of Essex, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.375724.

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Hanley, Jennifer. "English courtesy literature, 1425-1475." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5661.

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Hu, Jiazhen. "Temporal interpretation in English." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184595.

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This dissertation investigates the interaction between the basic rules for tense interpretation, on the one hand, and temporal types of VPs or sentences, time expressions and syntactic distribution of tense forms, on the other. This dissertation proposes an analysis in which each tense form is associated with at least three time identities, the zero time point, the event time and the reference time. The zero time is defined as the time from which a situation is considered and interpreted, the event time as the time at which a situation takes place and the reference time is the time at which th

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Toyota, Junichi. "Diachronic change in the English passive /." Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?u20=9780230553453.

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Anglin, Marie Simone. "Technology Integration by General Education Teachers of English Language Learners." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4267.

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There is a growing population of English language learners (ELLs) in elementary schools across the United States, and a current academic achievement gap between ELLs and non-ELLs. Researchers have found that integration of Web 2.0 tools has benefitted ELLs in language learning settings, outside of the general classroom. The research problem addressed in this study, based on TPACK, explored general education teachers' experiences with integrating Web 2.0 technology to support academic language acquisition by ELLs and revealed the successes and challenges the teachers encountered. The 6 female p

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McCulloch, Michael E. "English-speaking liberals in Canada east, 1840-1854." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4987.

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Kiriakos, Bernard. "Detection of lexical stress in English isolated words." Thesis, McGill University, 1988. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61710.

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Johansson, Caroline. "Received Pronunciation, Estuary English and Cockney English: A Phonologic and Sociolinguistic Comparison of Three British English Accents." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-31481.

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McCurrie, Matthew Kilian Neuleib Janice. "Crossing boundaries a case study in composition and general education /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p3064484.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Illinois State University, 2001.<br>Title from title page screen, viewed April 4, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Janice Neuleib (chair), Julie Jung, Kenneth Lindblom. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-167) and abstract. Also available in print.

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Zaluski, Victoria Amy. "Metaphor-based Internet terms in English and in French." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4121.

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The objectives of this thesis are to analyze (1) how English metaphor-based terms in the Internet domain are formed, and (2) how such terms are being rendered into French. By metaphor-based term (MBT), we mean a term that has derived from a metaphor. MBTs are becoming increasingly frequent and important in computer-related domains. However, they have been rather neglected in the metaphor literature in general, and in the translation literature specifically. The thesis is an attempt to begin filling this gap. Our research involved analyzing MBTs found in English and French corpora pertaining to

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Barker, Ken. "Semiautomatic recognition of semantic relationships in English technical texts." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4443.

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When people read a text, they rely on a priori knowledge of language, common sense knowledge and knowledge of the domain. Many natural language processing systems implement this human model of language understanding, and therefore are heavily knowledge-dependent. Such systems assume the availability of large amounts of background knowledge coded in advance in a specialized formalism. The problem with such an assumption is that building a knowledge base with sufficient and relevant content is labour-intensive and very costly. And often, the resulting knowledge is either too specific to be used

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Shaheen, Muhammad. "Theories of translation and their applications to the teaching of English/Arabic-Arabic/English translating." Thesis, Connect to e-thesis, 1991. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/637.

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Li, Pik-lan Carmen, and 李碧蘭. "Hong Kong form 6 students' ability in English idiom comprehension in relation to their general English proficiency." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31944656.

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Chan, Wai Tsz Ethel. "A study on Hong Kong primary English teachers' general beliefs and teaching practice in teaching English pronunciation." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2000. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/350.

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Li, Pik-lan Carmen. "Hong Kong form 6 students' ability in English idiom comprehension in relation to their general English proficiency." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2000. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B22198921.

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Zhou, Yuan Hua Claire. "A Chinese-English translation project :General Secretary Xi Jinping's growth story." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3954268.

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Burlingham, Bronwyn. "Lexicographic traditions and prefatory discourse of 17 th century dictionaries: Monolingual English, monolingual French, and bilingual French-English works." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26861.

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In this study, we have explored the prefaces of monolingual English, monolingual French, and bilingual French-English dictionaries of the 17 th century. The monolingual works studied constitute the first of this kind to have been published. Over the course of this research, we have demonstrated that despite different lexicographic traditions, dictionary prefaces convey basically the same type of information, and address the same general issues. This study is divided into two main sections. In the first, we have provided historical information on the dictionaries, so as to illustrate the histor

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Essa, Muntasir. "On the Use of the General Extenders in British English Discourses." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-74705.

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General extenders are examined in a collection of spoken data drawn from the two sub-corpora Business and Leisure of the British National Corpus. This study investigates the use of the 110 instances of or something, and everything, and and stuff in native speakers’ discourses. The speakers are males and females aged 15-59 years. This study focuses on the frequency and functions of general extenders, and explores whether there is a relationship between the use of GEs and speakers’ ages as well as the gender of speakers. For the purposes of this study, both quantitative and qualitative methods a

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Ritchie, Rachel Brooke. "English Language Learners in General Education Classrooms: Ohio Educators'Preparedness and Perceptions." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1593542967570438.

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Cardwell, Jamie Lynn. "Instructional Practices of Upper Elementary General Education Teachers of English Learners." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4205.

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For the past 7 years in a public Midwestern school district, 75% of the English learners (ELs) in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades have performed below proficiency on the state examination. To address the declining academic achievement, district administration required that K-5 teachers attend professional development (PD) that featured culturally and linguistically responsive (CLR) instructional practices for ELs. Despite district wide PD, school administration did not monitor implementation of these practices and student achievement continued to decline. This qualitative bounded case study was groun

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Kato, Akiko. "Interlanguage variation in pitch and forms of English negatives: The case of Japanese speakers of English." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289766.

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This study investigates systematic L2 variation in the level of prosody through analysis on six Japanese advanced ESL speakers' variable use of pitch prominence/non-prominence on and the contraction forms of not negatives (e.g., it isn't, it's not, it is not). Variable use of pitch and the forms of negatives was analyzed in terms of sociolinguistic strategies that fluent English L2 speakers should use to differentiate emphasis on negatives according to social contexts. The study examined the effects of 16 linguistic and sociolinguistic variables/factors on the L2 negative variation, and compa

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Estrada, Karla V. "Examining English Language Development among English Language Learners with Specific Learning Disability." Thesis, Loyola Marymount University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3610109.

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<p> As the population of English Language Learners (ELLs) continues to grow in schools, so does the concern for their lack of academic progress and the possible inequitable representation of this culturally and linguistically diverse population in special education (Artiles, Rueda, Salazar, & Higareda, 2005; Guiberson, 2009; Mac Swan & Rolstad, 2006; Rinaldi & Samson, 2008). Of particular concern is the increase of ELLs with an eligibility of Specific Learning Disability (SLD), especially when examined at the local level (Klinger, Artiles, & Barletta, 2006). To understand this

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Wheeler, Susan M. "Code-switching and borrowing in a Finnish-English bilingual situation." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5151.

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Schepper, Susanna L. B. de. "'Foreign' books for English readers : published translations of navigation manuals and their audience in the English Renaissance, 1500-1640." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2012. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/51655/.

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Although there has been an increasing interest in the study of Renaissance translations and the early world of print, the history of navigation and exploration has not been the subject of any such in-depth bibliographical research. This thesis identifies and analyses a corpus of translated navigation manuals and related works that were printed in England between 1500 and 1640. The context is sketched by defining the different areas of maritime writing found in Renaissance England. Although English contributions were particularly strong in such topics as the mathematical side of navigation, the

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Ali, Holi. "Omani engineering students' experiences of learning through the medium of English." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34548/.

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The focus and the overarching aims of the study are to investigate Omani engineering students’ perceptions of their learning experiences and the challenges which they face due to English being the medium of instruction in colleges of technology in Oman, as well as the strategies which they use to overcome their difficulties. This study also examines the views of engineering, EAP and subject teachers in Oman concerning the skills and attributes which they consider to be important for their students to succeed. Qualitative and interpretative methodologies were combined with a multi-theoretical f

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Artan, Niklas Kanat. "Computer use in the English classroom : A comparative analysis of English teachers' thoughts and practices regarding computer use in the English classroom." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-43726.

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Society changed when it entered the 21st century when technological gadgets like the computer and tablets made our society technologically dependent. The aim of this study is to examine Swedish Secondary and Upper Secondary English teachers’ attitudes towards computer use in the English classroom. The study was carried out by using a qualitative method: semi-structured interviews. A total of 17 teachers offered their thoughts on the subject. The results show that there are both differences and similarities between the Secondary school teachers and Upper Secondary School teachers. The Upper Sec

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Gaunt, Sarah K. "English political propaganda, 1377-1485." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2018. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/34644/.

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Previous historiography on propaganda has focused on particular themes or time periods; this thesis provides a comprehensive and inclusive analysis drawing on a multidisciplinary approach to encompass the period c.1377-1485. The main conclusion is that propaganda was more prevalent and involved a larger proportion of the polity than previously thought. A conceptual framework based upon certain criteria used in Jacques Ellul’s, Propaganda the Formation of Men’s Attitudes, has been adopted to help define and identify propaganda. One of the dominant themes is the prerequisite of communication to

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Borden, David S. (David Scott). "Non-Native Speakers of English and Denominal Regularization." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1994. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279230/.

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The purpose of this study was to determine whether nonnative speakers of English have access to specifically-linguistic constraints governing past tense morphology. Forty non-native speakers of English rated the naturalness of 29 exocentric, or headless, verbs in a partial replication of Kim, Pinker, Prince, and Prasada (1991) which looked at the same phenomenon in native speakers. Nonnative speaker performance was similar to the 40 subject native speaker control group. A correlation also existed between length of residence and subject ratings. The results imply that non-native speakers have a

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Lopez, Jose Luis. "General Education Teachers' Perceptions of Supporting English Language Learners in Regular Education." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6057.

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The number of culturally and linguistically diverse students at an urban elementary school in a southern state has greatly increased since the 2014-2016 school year. Corresponding low state achievement test scores have also been observed for English language learners (ELLs). The purpose of this study was to investigate the instructional strategies that general education teachers implement in their classrooms to support the academic needs of ELLs and teachers perceptions of their own abilities to instruct ELLs. The conceptual framework for this study was Bandura's theory of self-efficacy. The c

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Ward, Marilyn. "The extent to which American children's folk songs are taught by general music teachers throughout the United States." [Gainesville, Fla.]: University of Florida, 2003. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000820.

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Guo, Ling-Yu Tomblin J. Bruce Owen Amanda J. "Acquisition of auxiliary and copula BE in young English-speaking children." [Iowa City, Iowa] : University of Iowa, 2009. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/370.

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Haigh, Ivan David. "Extreme sea levels in the English Channel 1900 to 2006." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2009. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/79449/.

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Coastal populations are growing at a rapid pace and this is being accompanied by an increased investment in infrastructure at the coastal zone. Combined with this is the concern of enhanced coastal flooding due to rising sea levels and climate change. Hence, it is of utmost practical importance that probabilities of current and future extreme sea level are accurately evaluated so that the changing flood risk can be assessed and defences upgraded where appropriate. This thesis tests the hypothesis that changes in extreme still water level can be approximated by just adding changes in mean sea l

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Evans, David Sidney. "The Civil War career of Major-General Edward Massey (1642-1647)." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1995. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-civil-war-career-of-majorgeneral-edward-massey-16421647(479e0416-3025-4c0f-8b45-2eb7936427e0).html.

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Öberg, Strådal Sara. "Depictions of physical order : diagrams in late Medieval English medical manuscripts." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6484/.

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Diagrams and schemas included in medieval medical manuscripts are understudied within art historical scholarship. This thesis discusses the multivalence of meanings — medical, social and theological — generated within schemas included in sixteen different medical codices, produced in England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Through text-image analysis, by considering the diagrams in relationship to the texts that immediately surround them and the other texts included within the same codex, the following chapters show that diagrams, through different means, emphasised or legitimized t

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Piaseckyj, Oksana. "Bibliography of Ukrainian literature in English and French translation (1950-1983) and criticisms." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/4647.

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Moth, Richard. "The foundation and development of the English seminaries a response to canonical legislation." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5505.

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Pettersson, Christopher. "Differences in Animal Metaphorsbetween English and Japanese : A CMT study of English and Japanese idiomatic expressions." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-181617.

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Campos, Ana Isabel. "Politeness in meetings held in English and in Spanish and how to teach politeness in English in the EFL class." Scholarly Commons, 1993. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2246.

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The present study is aimed at analyzing ways of signaling politeness in the English language compared to the Spanish language with the purpose of helping ESL (English as a second language) and EFL (English as a foreign language) teachers to teach how politeness is achieved in English. ESL/EFL students should know how politeness is accomplished in English in order to communicate effectively in meetings held in English. In essence, I clarify what ways of signaling verbal politeness are found in English and how ESL/EFL teachers can integrate the teaching of those forms through interactions.

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Street, K. "Rationing healthcare in the English NHS : tensions, concerns and conflict for general practitioners." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.677704.

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Since April 2013 and under the auspices of a controversial piece of legislation the Health and Social Care Act 2012 General Practitioners in their newly formed Clinical Commissioning Groups will be at the helm of the English NHS, making clinical and financial decisions for their respective communities. These 211 statutory bodies hold the reins on two thirds of the NHS budget. Accountability, I~'adership, and the potential impact on the patient are under the greatest scrutiny at a time of austerity and an increasing demand from an ageing and expectant public. This study is important because the

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Sun, Sanjun. "Measuring difficulty in English-Chinese translation: Towards a general model of translation difficulty." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1340740285.

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Nell, Karin. "Investigating the effect of enhanced input on the use of English passive in Afrikaans-speaking adolescent learners of English as L2." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17817.

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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: When English as a second language (L2) is learnt via classroom instruction, the extent to which learners become proficient depends, in part, on the education system in place and, more specifically, on the methods of instruction. This study set out to compare the efficacy of two focus-on-form methods of L2 instruction, namely enhanced input and traditional teacher-centred instruction, in teaching one typically problematic aspect of English grammar for L2 learners, namely the use of the passive form. The participants comprised

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Aftab, Asma. "English language textbooks evaluation in Pakistan." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3454/.

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This multidimensional study comprehensively explores the English language textbook situation in Pakistan in five stages utilizing mixed methods approach. Two preliminary stages were small scale – a survey of the English language requirements and interviews of the officials involved in sanctioning and publishing textbooks. The main stages were the critical examination of the English curricula and syllabi, the survey of the views of the textbook users, and the detailed coursebook evaluation. The evaluation criteria checklists and questionnaires employed during these stages were mainly based on t

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Pathan, Habibullah. "A longitudinal investigation of Pakistani university students' motivation for learning English." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2012. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/4534/.

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This study was designed to investigate what factors influence the motivation of engineering university students in province Sindh of Pakistan to learn English. In particular the study attempted to examine the shifting role of integrative motivation in Pakistan by looking at motivational change in these students over the period from the start to the end of the English language course at the university. To investigate these factors, I adopted a longitudinal quantitative and qualitative approach. The data were collected from the whole cohort of students who enrolled to take the English language c

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Digel, Mark Richard. "Metamorphism and migmatization in the Whitewater-Mojikit Lakes area, English River subprovince, N.W. Ontario." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5180.

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Sawyer, Stephanie. "Cognitive style and overgeneralization in the acquisition of the English irregular past tense verbs." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5347.

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Rubio, Zoubair. "A commented terminology file of basic terms used in translation studies (English and French)." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/6739.

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Papaioannou, Maria. "Francophone high school students' perceptions towards the relationship between English and French in Québec." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=123066.

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This study, conducted in English as a second language (ESL) high school classes in Quebec, investigated Quebec high school students' perceptions about the relationship between French and English. The participants were 170 ESL students in grades 10 and 11. This study is a replication of Oakes (2010) whose focus was to describe university-level students' perceptions about the role of the English language in Quebec. Replicating his study with a younger population seemed opportune, because high school students may not have the same ideas and beliefs as university-level students. The present study

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Shepley, Elinor. "Ageing in Welsh fiction in English, 1906-2012 : bodies, culture, time, and memory." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2018. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/114562/.

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This thesis examines the proliferation of ageing characters to be found in twentieth and twenty-first-century Welsh fiction in English and argues that older people have a special significance in this body of literature. The study employs a mixed methodology, combining close comparative analysis of fictional texts with theoretical perspectives taken from cultural and literary theory, philosophy, sociology, psychoanalysis, and postcolonial studies. The introduction situates my work alongside the fields of literary gerontology and Welsh writing in English, giving focus to strands of research whic

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Baldon, Martha Claire. "The logic of the Grail on Old French and Middle English Arthurian romance." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2017. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/111220/.

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Approaching Grail narratives as a distinct subgenre of medieval romance, this thesis compares five Old French and Middle English Grail texts: Chrétien de Troyes’ Perceval (c.1190), the Didot-Perceval (c.1200), Perlesvaus (early thirteenth century), the Vulgate Cycle Queste del Saint Graal (c.1225) and Thomas Malory’s Tale of the Sankgreal (1469). Through detailed analysis of the ways these texts explore three primary areas of Christian experience – sight, space and time – this thesis illuminates both concepts shared across these Grail narratives, and characteristics that distinguish them from

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Nesbitt, Perez Susan L. "Use of subordination in English second language texts." Thesis, State University of New York at Albany, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3588149.

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<p>This study investigates features of high-level academic writing in English with the aim of understanding the development of L2 English learners’ academic writing skills as they follow a course of study in an English-speaking country. The study focuses on L2 writers’ text quality and use of clause subordinators as a measure of writing complexity. The typology of the writers’ L1s provides the organizational framework for the study, with three language typology groupings determined by a writer’s L1 word order tendency: (1) configurational languages, (2) nonconfiguration

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