What is/are the best Arabic textbook/s to teach to GCSE students (Stage 3-5)?

What is/are the best Arabic textbook/s to teach to GCSE students (Stage 3-5)?

05 June 2018 8,879 1 View

What is the best English corpus?

There are many English corpora. What is the best one focusing on the language of newspapers?

31 December 2017 659 1 View

Are there any internal (linguistic) factors of semantic/meaning change?

There are many external (social/cultural) reasons for semantic change. Are there any internally linguistic motivators of semantic change?

09 October 2017 7,042 11 View

What is the importance of linguistics?

What is the importance of linguistics? A student of mine asked me this question yesterday and I am going to teach him and his class linguistics this term. I want to choose a coursebook or some...

08 September 2017 3,803 17 View

Does changing the reference level in an R model cause any difference in results?

03 April 2016 7,634 18 View

In CVC.CV.CV words in Ottoman (old Turkish), where is the stress placed?

Are there any tutorials about Ottoman that may have an answer?

11 December 2015 7,159 0 View

Are there any tutorials available online for the generalized linear mixed effects modeling way (GENLINMIXED) in SPSS?

Are there any tutorials available online for the generalized linear mixed effects modeling way (GENLINMIXED) in SPSS?

07 August 2015 1,389 2 View

Are there any solutions to the convergence problems in the lme4 package in R?

The statistical package in R (lme4) has many advantages but it also has many problems, including non-convergence. Are there any solutions? Also, are there any packages required to install...

07 August 2015 7,114 0 View

How can correlation/collinearity be tested, using spearman's test, between categorical variables in R?

I am running a statistical model with a dichotomous categorical dependent/outcome variable, 5 fixed effects/independent variables/predictors (4 categorical and 1 continuous variables) and two...

06 July 2015 2,439 15 View

How can a teacher be able to get international students engaged in a class if they are a minority?

How can a teacher be able to get international students engaged in a class if they are a minority, especially if the course is deeply on a culture completely different from theirs? Has anybody...

02 March 2015 7,055 32 View

How do I collect online measures in a same-different task?

The same-different task requires to subjects to indicate whether a pair of stimuli seen or heard are the same (say AA or BB) or different (say AB or BA). Researchers often collect offline measures...

20 February 2021 9,226 2 View

How can we assess applied digital skills and soft skills through online examinations during COVID-19 semester?

The final qualification assessment for major programs is a strict regimen that involves different stages - oral and written exams, final project viva, internal and external review. How are ICT...

16 February 2021 1,762 8 View

Participation in questionnaire for PhD Thesis, any English, Chinese or Spanish speakers?

Hello! I am looking for Spanish, English and Chinese native speakers to participate in my final survey for my PhD thesis. https://claudiomastrangelo4.wixsite.com/phdlinguist1/research This is...

01 February 2021 4,177 10 View

How can we use `Discourse Analysis` to analyze a literary text, more specifically a corpus of poems?

In fact, I need to know the analytical tools related to discourse analysis that might be used to tackle a literary discourse (precisely poems). I also need the names of the prominent linguists who...

26 January 2021 4,687 20 View

Corpus linguistics collocate indicative of diversity?

I have a question, as to whether collocations in corpus linguistics can be used to indicate diversity. I have a corpora of media news articles, and I manage to find out the frequency of my target...

19 January 2021 1,446 1 View

What course-book would you recommend for using to teach Manipulative Discourse and CDA to Bachelor students at a linguistic university?

I need recommendations for a course-book for teaching Manipulative Discourse and CDA to BA level students of Translation.

09 January 2021 645 6 View

Hi! What is the best way to define/specify content-related factors and style-related factors in terms of language variation / gender differences?

28 December 2020 4,409 3 View

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26 December 2020 9,337 3 View

Can language alter our perception of crime?

I am looking for any resources which may be useful in a study I am conducting on the impacts that language may have on our perception of crimes. I will be using headlines which convey a particular...

23 December 2020 8,713 6 View

How do you decide if an assessment tool or questionnaire is not culturally appropriate ?

I have a validated tool in English ( the supportive care needs survey-short form 36) and I want to know if I can use this tool in Arabic population or should I develop a new questionnaire the...

12 December 2020 3,073 2 View