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Open Journal of Modern Linguistics (OJML) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in modern linguistics. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of…
Murat Özgen, Özgür Aydın
Core Functional Categories are defined to be v 0 , T 0 , C 0 . They differ in that T 0 is not treated as a phase head, while C 0 and v 0 are assumed to be phase heads: 1) a) [+ phase]: C 0 , v (*). b) [- phase]: T 0 . These heads are assumed to bear uninterpr…
Jing Deng, 1 1
As a prevalent synchronous form of CMC communication, internet relay chat (IRC) is a major mode of real-time CMC communication in today’s Chinese society. Under the framework of Brown and Levinson’s face theory, this study investigated the politeness strategi…
Jasmin Niedo Jones, Virginia Wise Berninger
Three new approaches to writing assessment are introduced. First, strategies for generating the very next sentence are assessed in reference to the local level as well as the evolving text level of composing in progress. Second, strategies for translating tho…
Lili Zhang
Skopos theory for a long time remains the core of Functional School of translation. The major principle of Skopos theory is that translation should be processed from the perspective of the intended audiences. Its major theory structure makes it as the guiding…
Mustafa Ali Harb
The purpose of this paper is to provide an Optimality-Theoretic (henceforth OT) account of the linguistic phenomenon of borrowing. In particular, it examines English loanwords in Hawaiian from a constraint-based analysis as opposed to a rule-based analysis. D…
Bo Liu
Vocabulary teaching is very important in college English teaching. Although traditional vocabulary teaching costs a lot of time and effort, the actual teaching effect is not so good. The so-called associative teaching is to deepen grammar and cultural connota…
Kamil Adeleke Adeyemi
This study examined the relationship between Arabic and Yoruba languages. An attempt is made to trace the history of the Yoruba as a race and the influence that Arabic language has on Yoruba language. This influence is observed in the pronunciation of some Yo…
Rai Zahoor Ahmed, Siti Jamilah Bt Bidin
This quasi experimental study has validated the effectiveness of Task Based Language Teaching (TBLT) in promoting writing skills of EFL learners enrolled in undergraduate programs at public sector Malaysian universities. TBLT is emerging as an essential part…
Gehong Liu
With increasingly deepening of exchange and cooperation between China and the world, nowadays, the society has higher requirements for college students’ English ability. This article discusses the application of mind mapping in college English vocabulary teac…
Kamil Adeleke Adeyemi
Islam came to the place now known as Nigeria several centuries ago. Hence, before English Language, Arabic Language and Islamic education have dominated many cultures of Nigeria. However, government recognition of this has been very slow. This paper documents…
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