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Some problems with research in Chomskyan linguistics as applied to ELT

Conlon, Stephen (Assumption University Press, 2009)

After discussing some of the most important reasons for conducting ELT research, the argument is made that the conflict between the "hard" sciences" and the humanities which has been a polarizing influence in ELT as it ...

A study of the lexico-grammatical features identified as part of English as a lingua franca appearing in newspapers and news websites in China

Jiang, Xiaofei (Assumption University, 2009)

Linguistic features of advertisements

Rajeevnath Ramnath (Assumption University Press, 2009)

This paper aims to show how advertisements in English newspapers and magazines portray the cultural values and identity of the people by exploiting certain linguistic features of English. The first section of the paper ...

The shifting paradigms in second language research

Foley, Joseph A. (Assumption University Press, 2009)

This paper first looks at the psychological oriented tradition in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and in spite of the valuable contributions made, the number of shortcomings in the explanation of how people learn a ...