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Download full textAl-Athwary, Anwar A. H. – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2021
This theoretical study aims at raising awareness of the existence of lexical false friends (FFs) in English and Arabic as genetically unrelated languages. It also provides a general categorization for FFs from a semantic point of view. A sample of more than fifty FF pairs is examined by contrasting their form, pronunciation and meaning. The…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Linguistic Borrowing, Semitic Languages, Metalinguistics
Direct linkSinger, Ingrid; Klatte, Inge S.; Welbie, Marlies; Cnossen, Ingrid C.; Gerrits, Ellen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Our aim was to develop consensus on the definition and operationalization of communicative participation (CP) in 2- to 8-year-old children with language disorders (LDs). A clear definition and operationalization can facilitate the discussion about children's communication problems in daily life between parents and professionals. Method:…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Feedback (Response), Delphi Technique, Foreign Countries
Smith, Kristen L.; Good, Megan Rodgers; Sanchez, Elizabeth Hawk; Fulcher, Keston H. – Research & Practice in Assessment, 2015
Although higher education institutions often engage in assessment practices, use of assessment results to improve student learning is rare (Blaich & Wise, 2011). We surmised that this rarity could be partially explained by unclear communication regarding what "use of results" means. The current study qualitatively investigated how…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Student Improvement, Evaluation Utilization, Communication Problems
Tyler, Denise A.; Shield, Renee R.; Rosenthal, Marsha; Miller, Susan C.; Wetle, Terrie; Clark, Melissa A. – Gerontologist, 2011
Purpose: Although surveys are usually piloted before fielding, cognitive-based testing of surveys is not standard practice in nursing home (NH) research. Many terms used in the literature do not have standard definitions and may be interpreted differently by researchers, respondents, and policy makers. The purpose of this study was to ensure that…
Descriptors: Nursing Homes, Health Facilities, Social Science Research, Researchers
Sproule, J. Michael – 1976
Because the many definitions of rhetorical situation, genre, and movement have been based on differing conceptions of rhetorical motive, there is a need for fresh inquiries into the meaning of these terms. This paper first examines the varying usages of situation, genre, and movement in the contemporary literature; discusses the confusion that…
Descriptors: Audiences, Communication Problems, Contemporary Literature, Definitions
Peer reviewedSullivan, Jeremiah J.; Kameda, Naoki – Journal of Business Communication, 1982
Different concepts of profit may lead to communication problems in business negotiations. A study of Japanese and American business students' concepts of profit revealed Japanese unidimensional and American multidimensional conceptualizing of profit. (PD)
Descriptors: Business Communication, Business Education, College Students, Communication Problems
Cembalo, M. – 1976
This paper deals with the problems of information about educational technology among teachers of foreign languages. It investigates the various definitions of educational technology as they appear explicitly in technological publications or implicitly among language teachers. The stress on the systems approach on the researcher's part and the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Communication Problems, Definitions, Educational Media
Peer reviewedAnderson-Levitt, Kathryn M.; Moerman, Daniel E. – Mental Retardation, 1989
Ethnographic research at 2 work activity centers for mentally retarded clients revealed that 16 production supervisors and 9 adult basic education teachers differed in their connotations of the term "functioning." Teachers defined functioning in narrowly academic terms, whereas supervisors defined it as a set of mental, physical, and moral traits…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Communication Problems, Definitions
Gearhart, Maryl; Hall, William S. – 1979
A set of procedures for coding internal state words (those words representing mental states and perceptual experiences), developed for application to data on the language of young children and those with whom they converse, is described in this report. The report first discusses the rationale for studying cultural variation in vocabulary use, the…
Descriptors: Child Language, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Communication Problems
