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Bilingual Reading Fluency And Prediction: Heritage Language Versus Second Language, Olga Parshina

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

The thesis presents the first comparative investigation of reading fluency and factors that affect it by examining eye movements in reading by Heritage Speakers (HSs) and L2 learners of Russian. The eye movements of bilingual participants are compared to two control groups, monolingual adults and monolingual children. Following the introductory Chapter 1, in Chapter 2 we present the study that establishes basic eye-movement characteristics in reading for Heritage Speakers and L2 learners in connection to proficiency and linguistics factors of word length and frequency. Contrary to our predictions, we found that all eye-movement characteristics of high-proficiency HSs are different from …

Integrating Affect Perception Tasks From The New York Emotion Battery Into A Comprehensive Measure Of Neuropsychological Change Across The Lifespan, Melinda A. Cornwell

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Background: The ability to perceive others’ emotions is a vital skill for social competency, impacting the success of personal and professional relationships (Brinton & Fujiki, 2011; Cassidy et al., 1992; Côté & Miners, 2006). According to Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST; Carstensen, 1991), human motivation develops to become more discerning in choosing milieus that yield the most gratifying return on the investment of personal resources (e.g., time, attention, and effort), perhaps explaining why some research findings indicate that older adults may demonstrate an affect perception (AP) bias described as a positivity effect (Reed et al., 2014). Moreover, AP predicts cognitive and …

Acquisition Orders And Instructional Sequences: A Case Study Of Russian Textbooks, Olga Ozhiganova

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Previous research on English as a second language has established the linguistic phenomenon of the natural order of morpheme acquisition in which grammatical features are acquired by learners in a specific order. The acquisition of Russian morphosyntax as an L2 had not been established until Gor’s (2019) research. The present study employs Gor’s (2019) findings to examine whether the order in which five Russian morphosyntactic features—case, impersonal sentences, location-direction, aspect, verbs of motion (VoM)—are acquired is reflected in second-year Russian instructional materials by investigating three commonly used textbooks. The results reveal that (1) the documented order in which Russian morphosyntactic …

Cot In The Act: Ethnicity And Age Affects Phonemic Perception Of The Low-Back Merger In New York City English, Omar Ortiz

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

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This paper is an experimental study on how perceptions about a speaker’s age and ethnicity may influence whether listeners perceive the THOUGHT / LOT distinction. The macro-categories of age and ethnicity have been found to correlate with the lowering of raised THOUGHT (Wong 2012, Becker 2010) and the favoring of the merged vowels in perception (Haddican et al. 2016). This thesis examines whether images of faces associated with different age and ethnicity categories condition perception of auditory stimuli as belonging to either the LOT or THOUGHT class. This thesis builds on previous results suggesting that non-linguistic information influences speech …

The Grammatical Systems Of Attentionworthiness: Positional Signals And Invariant Meanings In Spanish Word Order, Eduardo Ho-Fernández

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation presents a Columbia School analysis of word order phenomena in Spanish. The data was sourced from a corpus of manually collected utterances extracted from six volumes of Latin American short stories written in the twentieth century. The study employs various qualitative and quantitative techniques in order to test the various hypotheses offered as explanations of the distributional problems selected for the study. The observations roughly correspond to word orders that the grammatical tradition describes as having to do with either verbs with one argument (SV, VS, OV, VO) or verbs with two arguments (SVO, OVS, VSO, VOS, SOV, …

Processing Coercion In A First, Non-Dominant Language: Mandarin-English Heritage Bilinguals, Christina N. Dadurian

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Recent work in heritage language grammars has shown variability in L1 competence, despite high proficiency in both languages. While sources of variation have been debated, little attention has been given to the role of language dominance. This thesis uses a self-paced listening task to explicitly investigate the roles of language dominance and pragmatic competence in how heritage speakers of Mandarin Chinese process aspectual coercion in their non-dominant home language, as compared to late bilinguals. Specifically, constructions that vary in acceptability and salience in input between Mandarin and English are tested: Iterative coercion, complement event coercion of entity NPs, and perfective …

Needs Analysis In Developing “English For Tour Guides” Materials For High School Students In Kepulauan Seribu, Indonesia, Lavinia D.W Araminta, Sisilia S. Halimi

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Kepulauan Seribu is one of the fastest growing tourism regions in Indonesia, but its growth can be hindered by the lack of English skills of local tour guides. In response to this, a workshop entitled “English for Tour Guides” was conducted for high school students on Pramuka Island, and in-house materials were developed. To determine how the materials were to be designed, a needs analysis using a three-question open-ended questionnaire was carried out in order to identify the students’ views on local tourism, motivation to join the workshop, and aspirations after graduation. The results show that the students considered developing …

Translation Methods In Political Speeches: A Case Study Of English Translation Of President Joko Widodo’S Inaugural Address, Muhammad Ersan Pamungkas

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Translating political speeches poses its own challenges and difficulties, with one of the reasons being the fact that political speeches have their own unique features. Translation of political speech is also arguably still underresearched in translation studies. It is for this reason that this paper seeks to investigate translation method(s) that can be used to translate political speeches. The data source of this paper is the English translation of an inaugural address of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo produced by a professional Australian translator. The speech was translated from Indonesian as the source language (SL) to English as the target language …

Lesson From The Past, Knowledge For The Future: Roles Of Human Memories In Earthquake And Tsunami Narratives In Mentawai, Indonesia, Juniator Tulius

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Oral traditions are an important part of the culture of most Indonesian communities. Mentawai, an ethnic group residing in Mentawai Islands of Indonesia, has various genres of oral tradition. Traditional knowledge and local wisdom pertaining to natural disasters are also part of their oral tradition. Mentawai Islands are located along active tectonic plates, where earthquakes commonly occur at various magnitudes. Records show that great earthquakes and tsunamis hit Mentawai Islands several times in 1797, 1833, 2007, and 2010. Surprisingly, earthquakes occurring some hundred years ago do not seem to appear in Mentawai oral tradition. This is slightly different from communities …

Permasalahan Kronologis Prasasti Pupus, Aditya Krisna Wibowo, Andriyanti Rahayu

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

The Pupus inscription, which was made of metal, has suffered from a lot of corrosion, especially in the area where the date was inscribed, which has cast doubt on its actual chronology. When we are dealing with an ancient inscription, such lack of chronological clarity can cause historical uncertainty. The purpose of this study was to ascertain the chronology of the Pupus inscription. This study used the comparative method. The data in this study consisted of the Pupus inscriptions as primary data and other inscriptions from two specific eras: i.e. the Kadiri period and Kayuwangi-Balitung period, as secondary or comparative …

Konfusianisme Sebagai Sabuk Pengaman Rrt, R. Tuty Nur Mutia Enoch Muas

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

The slogans propagated by Chinese leader Hu Jintao—namely “rise in peace”, “a harmonious socialist society”, and “a harmonious world”—reflects the country’s age-old Confucian values. Considering the fact that the PRC only recognizes communism as the state ideology and that Confucianism was subjected to harsh criticism during the Cultural Revolution era (1966–1976), the presence of Confucian values in PRC’s political propaganda becomes an interesting research topic. Both Confucianism and communism put the state as the center of power and sovereignty. This research used the historicalchronological approach by examining the attitude of the PRC government towards Confucianism from 1980 to 2012. Results …

Dinamika Hubungan Keterasingan Dengan Transmisi Memori Dalam Novella Tempête Karya J. M. G. Le Clézio: Telaah Postmemory, Nadya Annisa Noer, Wening Udasmoro, Subiyantoro Subiyantoro

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The concept of postmemory, introduced by Hirsch (2012), focuses on the processes through which memories—particularly traumatic memories— of a historical tragedy, “Holocaus”, which is transmitted across generations. Drawing on the elements supporting inter-individual memory transmission, this paper examines the dynamics of human memory within Novel Prize-winning French-Mauritian author J. M. G. Le Clézio's novella entitled “Tempête”. Using a qualitative approach, this study aims to examine the individual forms of memory transmission that are rooted in conditions of isolation, and developed through one trauma site as the memory connector. The presence of semiotics within the story also builds the narration of …

Corpus Linguistics And Gun Control: Why Heller Is Wrong, Kyra Babcock Woods

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Konsepsi Lokal-Global Sebagai Basis Kultural Berkesenian Sanggar Dewata Indonesia, I Gede Arya Sucitra, Sartini Sartini

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The face of Indonesian art contains multicultural, intercultural, and diverse values in the dialectics of regional arts and global culture. The rise of local culture is often caused by global cultural friction. The attraction and tension between global culture and local culture results in the 'glocalization' of culture. This article aims to explore the values of locality and global culture as a creative foundation for art in the Balinese diaspora art community, Sanggar Dewata Indonesia (SDI) which is culturally and philosophically insightful. The Balinese diaspora gradually has a new cultural identity as a result of the acculturation of Balinese culture …

Kajian Filologi Dan Cara Mendidik Dalam Naskah Dhedhasaraning Wewatekanipun Manungsa, Bunga Candra Nur Arini, Endang Nurhayati

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This research aims to reveal the steps of philology research on the Dhedhasaraning Wewatekanipun Manungsa text and reveal how the text can be used by teachers to educate students with different personalities, so learning can be more effective. This study is qualitative research utilizing philological approach. The data were analyzed using content analysis techniques, starting from unitization, sampling, recording data, describing data, making inferences, and analyzing data. The results of this study include manuscript inventory, manuscript description, transliteration, and editing of the Dhedhasaraning Wewatekanipun Manungsa manuscript. The study also discusses the manuscript proposes ways to educate students based on their …

Penyerapan Kosakata Melayu Dan Jawa Pada Bahasa Sunda Di Banten, Sutiadi Rahmansyah, Tesa Ardiansyah

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Sundanese is the mother tongue of most residents in the West Java province and the Banten province of Indonesia. Sundanese is present as a language of communication in the society, a language of instruction in elementary schools, a language in published literature and news, as well as a language in traditional ceremonies. This article discusses the borrowing of Malay and Javanese vocabulary in Sundanese that is spoken in Banten province. Data were collected in the Kencana Harapan Village, located in Lebak Wangi District, parts of the Serang Regency, Banten. A descriptive qualitative method, comprising of note taking technique and an …

Peningkatan Kemampuan Menganalisis Unsur Intrinsik Naskah Drama Menggunakan Model Kooperatif, Egitamersa Yolanda Br Bangun, Erikson Saragih

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

The purpose of this research to improve the ability to analyze the intrinsic elements of the drama in students of class VIII-2 Private Junior High School Nurcahaya Medan using a jigsaw type cooperative learning model. The drama script is an essay containing stories or plays. The drama script is inseparable from the intrinsic element of the drama script. Jigsaw type cooperative learning model is a cooperative learning model where students work collaboratively in small groups consisting of four to six people heterogeneously. This research is a classroom action research, conducted at Private Junior High School Nurcahaya Medan. The stages of …

Instabilitas Tokoh-Tokoh Bissu Dalam Fiksi Faisal Oddang: Fenomena Zona Intertekstualitas Heterotopia, Saharul Hariyono

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

This article describes the phenomenon of instability bissu characters in literary works by Faisal Oddang. The research subjects were the novel Tiba Sebelum Berangkat and short story anthology Sawerigading Datang dari Laut. Both of these works were used as a source of primary data, whereas books or journal articles about bissu was used as a secondary data source. This article utilizes the theory initiated by Brian McHale statement about literary work in the postmodernist zone. If the dominant is the ontological trait rather than epistemological, it raises issues and components of different and encroaches on the historical zone. The analysis …

Integrating Voa Learning English Into An English Listening Classroom, Hasti Rahmaningtyas, Salma Al Mardhiyyah

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Extensive listening is crucial for language development, especially when students’ exposure to the target language is not adequate. This study presents how VOA Learning English website is integrated into an English listening classroom as a listening activity outside the class. Data were collected through questionnaires and learners' extensive listening journal weekly entries, seeking to examine students’ learning experiences and views on experiencing the website. Thirty undergraduate students participated in this study for 14 weeks. Results indicated that learners were satisfied with their learning experience as they had the chance to select materials that they found suitable and appropriate to their …

Language Expressions In Constructing Physical Masculinity In Indonesian Teen Lit, Azizatuz Zahro, Anang Santoso, Dawud Dawud

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Teen lit serves a central position in the conception of masculinity in teenagers due to its closeness to them as readers. For teenagers, physical masculinity is relatively highlighted compared to masculinity in other dimensions. Physical masculinity is expressed through classic names, which is related to strength, and is signified by ‘provincial’ names. Physical masculinity is also conveyed through the expressions of the eyes and figures. Besides, a specific cultural icon typically related to handsomeness is also used to construct physical masculinity in teen lit.

Eksplorasi Hantu Perempuan Dalam Sihir Perempuan Karya Intan Paramaditha: Telaah Konstruksi Femininitas, Mawaidi Mawaidi, Nurhadi Nurhadi

Bahasa dan Seni: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Seni, dan Pengajarannya

Ghost stories as myth have been around for hundreds of years, both in oral or written forms. Literature has provided a space for urban legend. The most popular and legendary ghosts are usually female ghosts. These female ghosts appear not only to represent ghosts but they also carry certain feminine values from the authors. This study aims to investigate female ghosts on Sihir Perempuan, a collection of short stories written by Intan Paramaditha using feminist construction approach. Cixous’ (2008) theory of feminist writing and an approach to shift to the center are used as the study’s conceptual framework. The findings …

Makna Visualitas Surabaya Dalam Desain Jenama Cak-Cuk: Analisis Semiotik Roland Barthes, Wildan Wahyudinata, Irsyad Maulana Al Faruq

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This research aims to reveal the visual meanings behind Cak Cuk product designs. Cak Cuk is a brand of clothing and accessories from Surabaya City. Its products such as T-shirts or bags typically display various designs with Surabaya-related themes. This research used the qualitative research method by gathering and analyzing the designs displayed on various Cak Cuk products. The data, which consisted of various visual texts and verbal texts, were analyzed using concepts from Roland Barthes’ semiotic theory: denotation, connotation, and myth. The results show that both visual texts and verbal texts contained in those Cak Cuk designs represent the …

Identity Negotiation And Construction Among Saudi Learners Of English As A Second Language, Nouf Aljasir

BAU Journal - Society, Culture and Human Behavior

This qualitative longitudinal phenomenological study was conducted to investigate identity negotiation and construction in a second language (L2) learning environment. Data were collected from 35 Saudi learners of English in the United Kingdom over a one-year period using a background information questionnaire, three sets of in-depth interviews, which were carried out before, during, and after the study abroad (SA) program, and monthly reflective journals. Data analysis revealed several opportunities and challenges that the participants encountered during their SA period. The findings also showed that most learners succeeded in negotiating and constructing an intercultural identity, which allowed them to actively seek …

A Comparative Analysis Of Classifiers Within The Dp System, Xuan Hu, Paula Rodriguez Monroy

The Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.

Conducting Qualitative Longitudinal Research On Learning To Teach English Pronunciation: Challenges, Pitfalls…Coffee, And Bubbles!, Michael Burri

The Qualitative Report

Inquiries into the impact of second language teacher education on the development of teachers' practices, beliefs, and knowledge have increased substantially in the last few years. However, most studies tend to investigate the process of second language teacher learning over a relatively short period of time, and only limited literature addresses methodological considerations in longitudinal research, making the design of this type of study potentially challenging for researchers. The aim of this paper is to first describe an ongoing project which explores the process of teachers learning to teach English pronunciation over a period of six years. Following an overview …

Problems Of Translation Of Particles In The English And Uzbek Languages, Gulrukh Shavkatovna Kakhkharova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

The article is dedicated to the problems and ways of storing and expressing particles in the English and Uzbek languages. To what extent their grammatical meaning and grammatical functions are preserved in translation has been observed. The question of the commonalities and differences between the spiritual groups of the English and Uzbek particles and the effect of the different features on the translation is studied. Uzbek affixes, English alternatives of word-form particles have been identified. The fact that their features are reflected in the translation is proved by examples

Various Approaches To The Study Of English Set Expressions And The Problems Of Classification, Mohigul Yusufovna Qahharova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

Speech is what the speaker speaks about, expressing his/her feelings and interaction with the audience. The speaker tries to make his speech effective in one way or another and to attract the listener. A word has its own lexical and complementary meaning. For example, the lexical meaning of the words "expressive", "emotional", "affective" means "affective", and the additional meaning "emotional". In English, it is permissible to take into account syntactic, melodic and lexical features for expressing emotional expressions. By lexical feature, we mean adding additional meaning to words. The complementary meaning of words can be constant or variable. We must …

The Role Of Intonation In Cinema Language, Mekhrigiyo Shokirovna Shirinova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

Background. The article reveals the essence of the concept of intonation, reveals its composition, function and roles in the language of cinema. Intonation is an adornment of oral speech, it is argued that it is the most important element in revealing the character of the characters. This is proved with factual examples from the films Onam bilmasin (Let Mama Don't Know) and Katta Odam 2 (Big Man 2). It is substantiated that the study of the language of cinema in the linguistic aspect, especially, the study of the phonetic, lexical-semantic and grammatical aspects in the future can lead to an …

Corpus Linguistics Is A Priority Area Of Modern Applied Linguistics, Shakhnoza Kakhramonovna Gulyamova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

This article describes an independent branch of computational linguistics - corpus linguistics, which is the main and most promising direction of modern applied linguistics. Based on the essence, goals and objectives of corpus linguistics, the results achieved in world linguistics, the scientific views of a number of scientists are summarized. It was noted that the creation of a national corpus in the Uzbek language is one of the urgent tasks facing science, and comments were made on this.

Wind-Related Anemonyms And Meteonyms In French And Uzbek Languages, Muborak Khafizovna Khamidova

Scientific reports of Bukhara State University

The article deals with natural phenomena associated with wind, words that denote the names of disasters , factors of anemonyms, their formation and use in language and speech. In addition, meteonyms denoting the strength, duration and direction of the wind are considered. By the way, some anemonyms and meteonyms used in French and Uzbek languages are shown, and their specific universals are considered.