Vol 4, No 4 (2012)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5296/ijl.v4i4

International Journal of Linguistics Vol. 4, No. 4, December 2012

Table of Contents

Articles

Language and the Rationalization of Culture: Discourse and Apparatuses of Development
Yasraf Amir Piliang
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pp. 1-13
Application of Government and Binding Theory on Agreement in Standard Arabic
Modi Fahad Al-Mendeel
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pp. 14-23
Meaning in Rongmei
Debajit Deb, M. Phil.
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pp. 24-35
The Power behind Images: Advertisement Discourse in Focus
Hossein Vahid, Saeedeh Esmae’li
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pp. 36-51
The Effect of Context on the Iranian EFL Learners’ Idiom Retention
GholamReza Rohani, Saeed Ketabi, Mansoor Tavakoli
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pp. 52-66
A Study on the Historical Etymology and Causes of Collocations in Persian Language
Shahla Sharifi, Shima Ebrahimi
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pp. 67-82
The Arabic Origins of English Pronouns: A Lexical Root Theory Approach
Zaidan Ali Jassem
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pp. 83-103
Exploring the Relationship between Intelligibility and Education
Jeffrey Dawala Wilang, Adisa Teo
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pp. 104-115
A Comparative Meta-analysis on the Effect of Higher vs. Lower Level Skills in EFL Reading
Marjan Vosoughi, Ebrahim Davoudi Sharifabad, Neda Ghabool
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pp. 116-128
Event Schemas and Thematic Roles in Ilami Dialect of Kurdish
Shahla Sharifi, Amir Karimipour
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pp. 129-138
A Study of Two Qur’anic Counterfactuals: An Application of a Model of Conceptual Projection and Integration
Ghsoon Reda
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pp. 139-156
Present Status of Persian Language in Modern Turkish: the Case of Personal Names
Shahrooz Pourhossein
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pp. 157-170
The Analysis of Grammatical Voice in the Short Story "The Setar"
Fekhteh Nakhavaly, Mohammad Reza Pahlavannezhad
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pp. 171-179
Acceptability of Arabic Reduplicates
Mohammad Anani
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pp. 180-201
How Do Non-native Speakers of Arabic Language Acquire and Learn Morphology in Arabic? Evidence from Analysis of Three Young Acquirers: An Argentinean and Two Beninois
Ahmed Mohammed Saleh Alduais
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pp. 202-223
Does Emotional Intelligence or Self–Efficacy Have Something to Do with High School English Teachers' Critical Thinking, Considering Demographic Information?
Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi, Fatemeh Moafian
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pp. 224-242
Multiple World Expression
Catherine Leanne Cook
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pp. 243-263
The Effect of Mechanical and Meaningful Drills on the Acquisition of Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Abolfazl Khodamoradi, Nasrin Khaki
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pp. 264-274
SMS Vocabulary Learning: A Tool to Promote Reading Comprehension in L2
Minoo Alemi, Zahra Lari
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pp. 275-287
A Focus-on-Fit Approach: The Explicit Instruction of Grammar to TOEFL Candidates in an EFL Context
Masoumeh Ahmadi Shirazi
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pp. 288-299
VOT-Analysis: The Production of Stops by Agrammatic Palestinians
Hisham Adam
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pp. 300-308
A Functional Analysis of Prepositional Phrases in Persian
Vali Rezai, Homayoon Saeedi
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pp. 309-324
The Effect of Instruction on Writing Performance of Intermediate EFL Persian Students
Mehdi Mirlohi, Saeed Ketabi, Mojgan Roustaei
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pp. 325-343
A Comparative Study of the Readability of English Textbooks of Translation and Their Persian Translations
Sholeh Kolahi, Elaheh Shirvani
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pp. 344-361
A Corpus-based Study of Conjunction Devices in English International Law Texts and its Farsi Translation
Saeed Ketabi, Ali Asghar Jamalvand
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pp. 362-371
EAP Students’ Reading Motivation of English Academic Expository Texts: A Mixed Methods Design
Seyed Mohammad Jafari, Nasrin Shokrpour
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pp. 372-392
Reactivating EFL Learners' Word Knowledge by Means of Two Techniques: Flashcards versus Wordlists
Saeed Mohammadnejad, Hossein Nikdel, Nasser Oroujlou
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pp. 393-406
Can Learning Strategies Predict Language Proficiency? A Case in Iranian EFL Context
Saeed Ketabi, Ali Mohammad Mohammadi
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pp. 407-418
Sorani Kurdish Address Forms: Case of Northwest Iran
Hiwa Asadpour, Jahanbakhsh Louragi-Pour, Mehdi Safaie Qalati
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pp. 419-449
Application of Lefevere’s Seven Strategies in English Translations of Sohrab Sepehri’s Poems
Sholeh Kolahi, Mahgol Emamian Shiraz
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pp. 450-467
Sundanese Verbs in Mental Processes: A Systemic Functional Linguistics Approach
Eva Tuckyta Sari Sujatna
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pp. 468-476
An OT Approach on the Word Order of Hakka Focus and Topic Constructions
Yu-Ching Tseng
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pp. 477-499
Simple Sentence Structure of Standard Arabic Language and Standard English Language: A Contrastive Study
Ahmed Mohammed Saleh Alduais
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pp. 500-524
The Use of YouTube in Teaching English Literature The Case of Al-Majma'ah Community College, Al-Majma'ah University (Case Study)
Al-zyoud Khalid, Kabilan Muhammad
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pp. 525-551
A Study of Euphemisms in the Context of English-speaking Media
Alireza Hojati
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pp. 552-562
Critical Thinking Skills through Literary and Non-Literary Texts in English Classes
Mohammad Khatib, Iman Alizadeh
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pp. 563-580
A Discourse Analysis of the Use of Code Switching in the Film Yellow Card
Clemenciana Mukenge, Advice Chimbarange
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pp. 581-589
Standard Arabic Left-dislocation without Movement: Evidence for the Presence of a Hanging Topic Left-dislocation Construction
Naima Lyassi
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pp. 590-621
Family Language Policy of the English Speaking Immigrant Community in Israel: Families with Young Children and Their FLP Planning, Management, and Outcomes
Orly Kayam, Tijana Hirsch
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pp. 622-635