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Gafiyatova, Elzara V.; Korovina, Irina V.; Solnyshkina, Marina I.; Yarmakeev, Iskander E. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2017
The article presents the results of the research aimed at analyzing some functions and features of deictic elements in academic discourse in English. The material under analysis covers 20 academic texts written by English-speaking linguists. In the article it is proved that in academic discourse deictic elements can operate only within the fixed…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Text Structure, Connected Discourse, English
Serianni, Barbara; Rethwisch, Carolyn – Online Submission, 2011
This paper is the result of a language analysis research project focused on the Russian Language. The study included a diverse literature review that included published materials as well as online sources in addition to an interview with a native Russian speaker residing in the United States. Areas of study include the origin and history of the…
Descriptors: Phonology, Second Language Learning, Russian, Language Research
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Grenoble, Lenore – Sign Language Studies, 1992
An overview of current knowledge about Russian Sign Language (RSL) and its use in Russia today notes that linguistic study of RSL is still in the beginning stages, defines issues that need to be studied, and suggests directions for further research. (28 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Research
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Lunt, Horace G. – Slavic and East European Journal, 1990
Gives an account of the origin and development of the Russian language as it relates to the cultural history and nationalism of various Slavic groups. (90 references) (Author/OD)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Diachronic Linguistics, Greek, Language Research
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Oxford, Rebecca; And Others – Foreign Language Annals, 1990
Summarizes existing research on the use and teaching of learning strategies, and presents six situational case studies of strategy training. A research-based strategy training model is proposed, as well as other instructional ideas for strategy training in the second-language classroom. (116 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Danish, English (Second Language), German
Laihiala-Kankainen, Sirkka – 1988
This publication discusses the use of intensive teaching methods for language instruction, also known as suggestopedia ("suggestopaedy"). The theory of suggestopedia, various methods developed from the theory, and their applications are described. A description of Lozanov's suggestopedic method precedes a discussion about the various…
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Lonnqvist, Barbara – 1982
Although spoken language was the subject of attention among Soviet linguists for a short period in the 1920s, it has not attracted much attention since then. The main concern of Soviet linguists has been the forms of written language. Only at the end of the 1960s did linguists begin to record spontaneous speech on tape and study its forms. The…
Descriptors: Connected Discourse, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries