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Review Of Michael Rosen's Turning Words, Spinning Worlds: Chapters In Organizational Ethnography. Michael Rosen. Singapore: Harwood, 2000, Terri A. Fredrick Apr 2002

Review Of Michael Rosen's Turning Words, Spinning Worlds: Chapters In Organizational Ethnography. Michael Rosen. Singapore: Harwood, 2000, Terri A. Fredrick

Terri A. Fredrick

No abstract provided.


Controlled Language Optimized For Uniform Translation (Clout), Uwe Muegge Jan 2002

Controlled Language Optimized For Uniform Translation (Clout), Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

CLOUT consists of a set of ten simple rules that help authors write translation-friendly source documents.


Questionnaires In Dictionary Use Research: A Reexamination, Robert Lew Jan 2002

Questionnaires In Dictionary Use Research: A Reexamination, Robert Lew

Robert Lew

The present paper re-examines the usefulness of questionnaires in dictionary use research, using Glynn Hatherall's well-known criticism of questionnaires as a starting point. It is argued here that charges directed at questionnaires apply equally easily to the alternatives suggested by Hatherall. It is claimed that some research questions require a questionnaire approach. It is also demonstrated through example that unreliability of questionnaire-based studies may well result from design factors unrelated to questionnaires themselves. Use of multiple methods and careful design is advocated. Finally, suggestions are offered for improving questionnaire design in dictionary use research.


A Study In The Use Of Bilingual And Monolingual Dictionaries By Polish Learners Of English: A Preliminary Report, Robert Lew Jan 2002

A Study In The Use Of Bilingual And Monolingual Dictionaries By Polish Learners Of English: A Preliminary Report, Robert Lew

Robert Lew

The paper presents a selection of results from a study investigating dictionary use by 712 Polish learners of English representing a variety of FL competence levels and backgrounds. Data from Learner Survey, experiment, and Teacher Survey are brought in to test hypotheses relating to a variety of aspects of dictionary use. Here two aspects have been selected for presentation. First, frequency with which learners seek different types of information in their dictionaries is analyzed. It is found that the need for meaning and equivalents dominates over non-semantic information at all levels but the highest. At the advanced level, interest in …


Differences In The Scope Of Obstruent Voicing Assimilation In Learners' English As A Consequence Of Regional Variation In Polish, Robert Lew Jan 2002

Differences In The Scope Of Obstruent Voicing Assimilation In Learners' English As A Consequence Of Regional Variation In Polish, Robert Lew

Robert Lew

No abstract provided.


"Dead Girl-Bag": The Janet Smith Case As Contaminant In Sky Lee's Disappearing Moon Cafe", Tanis Macdonald Jan 2002

"Dead Girl-Bag": The Janet Smith Case As Contaminant In Sky Lee's Disappearing Moon Cafe", Tanis Macdonald

Tanis MacDonald

Article discussing the trope of the white woman as pharmakon in SKY Lee's historical novel.


Characterization Of Different Reactive Lysines In Bovine Heart Mitochondrial Porin. Al Jamal Ja, Philadelphia University Jan 2002

Characterization Of Different Reactive Lysines In Bovine Heart Mitochondrial Porin. Al Jamal Ja, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Book Review Of Brian Mcilroy, Shooting To Kill: Filmmaking And The “Troubles” In Northern Ireland, Casey Jarrin Jan 2002

Book Review Of Brian Mcilroy, Shooting To Kill: Filmmaking And The “Troubles” In Northern Ireland, Casey Jarrin

Casey Jarrin

No abstract provided.


Who Owns The Whip?: Chesnutt, Tourgee, And Reconstruction Justice, Bill Hardwig Jan 2002

Who Owns The Whip?: Chesnutt, Tourgee, And Reconstruction Justice, Bill Hardwig

Bill Hardwig

Who Owns the Whip?: Chesnutt, Tourgée, and Reconstruction Justice Author(s): Bill Hardwig Source: African American Review, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring, 2002), pp. 5-20 Published by: St. Louis University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2903361


A Review Of "Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland: Life And Letters" By Heather Wolfe, Julie Campbell Jan 2002

A Review Of "Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland: Life And Letters" By Heather Wolfe, Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

No abstract provided.


A Review Of "Dramatic Difference: Gender, Class, And Genre In The Early Modern Closet Drama" By Karen Raber, Julie Campbell Jan 2002

A Review Of "Dramatic Difference: Gender, Class, And Genre In The Early Modern Closet Drama" By Karen Raber, Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

No abstract provided.