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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Cognitive Mechanisms and Semantic Motivation in Business English Idioms Acquisition: An experimental study]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper aims to explore the possible application of cognitive semantics in the process of teaching and learningBusiness English idioms. The theoretical assumptions of this study are based on the cognitivist view that idioms are, to a certain extent, semantically motivated by cognitive mechanisms, with the conceptual metaphor being the most dominant one. This study is an attempt to test the hypothesis that metaphoric conceptualisation can contribute to a more successful acquisition of idioms, especially in comparison to pure memorisation of the same linguistic expressions. This small-scale experiment was carried out with 20 Business and Economics students divided into the experimental group and the control group. The students in the experimental group were introduced to the semantic motivation of idiom meaning, whereas the control-group students were taught the same idioms in the traditional way. After being presented with the carefully selected idioms in two different ways, the students in both groups were required to do four different types of exercises with a view to testing the semantic motivation hypothesis. As a result, the research findings and the results obtained in this experimental study suggest that the awareness of cognitive mechanism and semantic motivation behind the meaning of idioms can significantly assist students in the process of a somewhat systematic and consistent acquisition of Business English idioms.    Keywords: Idiomatic expressions, Business English, cognitive mechanisms, conceptual metaphor, semantic motivation, language acquisition]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2015-05-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2813]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The role of concept analysis in studying English (on the basis of American political discourse)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Once a person sets a goal of studying the culture of some country or even of teaching it to foreign students in classrooms, he/she cannot manage without taking into account its reflection in the languages. it is the language that fixes all peculiarities of people’s world perception and becomes the storage of knowledge about it. It is in the light of such perception that a human being sees the world. Thus, one can speak about a linguistic world view. The linguistic world view is based on the set of certain concepts. A concept is a great deal broader than the lexical meaning of a word as it also includes an evaluative component. Cultures may share the same concepts or possess their own uniqueness. The latter are often referred to as national-specific concepts. These are the concepts that render the peculiarities of nation&#039;s mentality, world view and evaluation of the material world. In order to understand each other people must share the set of concepts and the same background information. This is often referred to as “common knowledge” [1.P.174-175]. At present considerable attention is drawn to discourse, especially its political variety. The analysis of national-specific concepts and the set of linguistic means which express them in political discourse seem to be of special interest in the discussion of typical cultural characteristics as political sphere is one of the constituent parts of any national culture. Thus, political discourse contributes to the understanding of the ways values have been developed. The importance of linguistic analysis of political discourse as part of culture teaching can be illustrated using materials from the African American political discourse, in which such concepts as ‘freedom’, ‘power’, ‘equality’ and ‘African American dream’ come to the fore.    Keywords: discourse, culture, teaching, worldview, concept, African American dream]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2015]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2801]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[THE ROLE OF CONCEPT ANALYSIS IN STUDYING ENGLISH (ON THE BASIS OF AMERICAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE)]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[“Every language is a temple in which the soul of those who speak it is enshrined.” Oliver Wendell Holmes    Language is a means of communication between people. It is inextricably bound to the life and development of people who use it. It is a human being who perceives and understands the world through various senses and creates a worldview on the basis of this experience. Having received the results of such a perception, people pass their knowledge to other people with the help of language. That is why one can argue that language, thinking and culture are so closely interconnected that they exist in the state of unity.     Language does not only reflect people’s worldview and culture but among its key functions one can also name preserving culture and passing it on to the next generations. In this respect it goes without saying that it is necessary to turn to language analysis when teaching foreign culture to students. People see the world around them differently: their worldview depends on what has become traditionally important to them. The peculiarities of the vocabulary of a language should be noticed by teachers of language and culture and explained to students.    As a result of world perception one can observe the appearance of concepts in culture. Their nature has been defined by such prominent Russian linguists as V.A.Maslova and Y.S.Stepanov. Then their theory has been applied to a great variety of languages (see Levenkova E.R., Ter-Minasova S.G., Vishnyakova O.D. and others). As a result of their research it has become clear that an important peculiarity of a concept, which helps to distinguish it from the lexical meaning, appears to be the fact that a concept is “felt through”, i.e. it carries some special emotions and reflects a person’s attitude to it (positive or negative). Moreover, concepts are connected with the norms of people’s behaviour since they also fix the peculiarities of native speakers’ culture.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3557]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Construct State in Multi-Word Lexical Units Formation in Arabic]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[As times change and new concepts become part of our reality, Arabic, just like any other language, is facing the challenge of building new lexical units into its vocabulary. However, its word formation system, relying heavily on derivation based on root and pattern system, characteristic of Semitic languages, defies the use of affixation, conversion and compounding as major word formation methods in English and other Indo-European languages. Although there are some examples of affixation and compounding in Modern Standard Arabic, their use remains largely limited, with blurred boundaries in linguistic description between the two and the Arabic equivalent of blending, i.e. naḥt. Therefore concepts expressed by compounds in other languages are usually rendered by the construct state or annexation construction in Arabic. Still, such structures manifest a high degree of variation in terms of their lexicalization and semantic compositionality, thus ranging from free word combinations to multi-word lexical units. The paper focuses on description of lexicalized non-compositional instances of Arabic construct state, including examples from Modern Standard Arabic, as well as a phenomenon dating from Classical Arabic. In addition to analysis of syntactic and semantic structure of Arabic construct state multi-word lexical units, based on which they are divided into several classes, discussion centers on different stylistic mechanisms operative in formation of their meaning.    Keywords: Arabic, lexical, units, formation, construct, state.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2016-05-15]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3277]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Consumer Trust in Internet Shopping: A Comparative Study in Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Customer trust is becoming more important in today’s business environments especially in electronic commerce. However, the role of customer trust in internet shopping is not very well known in different marketing environments. The purpose of this study is to compare Bosnian and Turkish customers on factors related to customer trust in electronic commerce such as e-commerce knowledge, perceived reputation, perceived risk, perceived ease of use, loyalty and switching behavior. The study will analyze the role of customer trust in two economies, one of which, Turkey, as a fast growing market whereas  the other one, Bosnia and Herzegovina as a volatile transition market. The results of the study will provide implications for those companies that do e-business in markets like Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina.     Keywords:electronic commerce, online purchases, e-business, internet shopping, customer trust, switching behavior, loyalty, perceived reputation, perceived risk, perceived ease of use, risk perception.  ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014-04-24]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2562]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Drama in Language Teaching]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this study is to investigate the role of drama activities in  education, especially in language teaching within the Drama Club of English  Language and Literature Department of Qafqaz University. It is a case study of the  use of drama in a language class, describing the course structure and classroom  procedures. The study was carried out in the second semester of the 2008-2009  academic years during the rehearsals of performance ―Pride and Prejudice‖. It  includes personal experiences of group of students from different departments and  different age groups and language teachers which have successfully performed and  achieved their aims and evaluated the results, presenting setbacks and possible  solutions for teaching language to foreign learners. Finally, it encourages the use of  drama for transformative and emancipatory learning.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2011-05]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[79]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[THE ROLE OF EMBASSY IN ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY - POSITION OF BIH IN TURKEY]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The increasing significance of international trade and diplomatic relations has created a new definition to the role and development of state economy through embassies. States are recognizing the growing importance of commercial and economic diplomatic activities.  In the changing role of diplomacy from a traditional approach to a significant rising of other influential international and domestic actors, the paper analyses new and modern tools of investment promotion and the role of embassies. In addition, we question the role of embassies as state negotiation and promotion agencies, as well as what are the procedures to bolstering economic diplomacy. The current researches are focused on the perspective of historical development and the increasing need for economic diplomacy in the encroaching globalization era. At the end, the paper concentrates on a specific example of the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republic of Turkey as an analyses of the role of embassies and diplomats.  The paper reaches a conclusion that the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Republic of Turkey is not in line with theories of the role of embassies in terms of economic diplomacy. In addition, there is a significant lack of qualified personal, the lack of cooperation with the MFA and a general difficult legal and political situation in BiH with issues concerning internal sovereignty, thus discrediting FDI and limiting the government influence and authority.  Key Words: Economic diplomacy, globalization, embassy, investment;]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2870]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role of Energy Economics in Sustainable Development]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[For a growing country, the most needed stimulus is energy. Without any access to  adequate energy resources it is hard for a growing country to sustain economic development.  Especially after the 1973 Oil Crisis, the importance of energy resources has been well  understood. Most of the developed countries took measures to avoid the undesirable effects of  reliance on these energy resources since then. This page of the history has contributed the  most to the evolution of the modern day energy economics field. Thenceforth the developing  and the developed world rang the changes to manage their energy policies effectively.  Sustainable development on the other hand - most broadly - implies the effective use of  resources aiming at development not just for present but also for future generations. As  effective managing of the energy policy would entail reaping benefits in the long run, energy  economics becomes a field with crucial role in sustainable development. Therefore, this paper  promotes the effective use of energy resources for a growing country from both perspectives  of energy economics and sustainable development.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2010-06]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[182]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Role Of Innovation In The Development Of South Korea]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In recent years, innovation and innovative science have completely become a manufacturing  factor. Countries which comprehended the importance of innovation activities earlier than others  and which developed their policies accordingly are now among developed countries. And, South  Korea has become one of the most important ones of these countries.  The subject of this study covers the South Korean economy, the role of innovation in the  development of South Korea and development processes of innovation in South Korea.  Keywords: Innovation, South Korea, Development, Development Processes]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1353]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[THE ROLE OF INPUT PROCESSING INSTRUCTION IN THE L2 ACQUISITION OF COMPLEX SYNTACTIC STRUCTURES]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper is concerned with the applicability of psycholinguistic findings made in the process of acquisition of complex syntactic structures in Spanish as a Second Language. It is argued that the observed errors which occur in impersonal structures in the Spanish Language in foreign learners&#039; interpretation and production can be related to certain default principles which focus the learner&#039;s conscious attention on syntactical forms in a preferred, yet not always grammatically correct order. It has been claimed that assignation of the first noun as a subject or agent by default (this is known as First Noun Strategy) may explain the great difficulties which a learner encounters when attempting to correctly interpret the role of the first noun in impersonal and passive structures (such as the impersonal »se« structures in Spanish, the Passive Voice in English, subject-object shifts in languages with flexible word order, etc.). The paper proposes that a didactic means which is found in the input processing model (first introduced by VanPatten, 1996) can be used for the creation of a counter algorithm to this natural strategy. This enables the learner to correctly assign the order of syntactic functions in complex structures during the early stage of acquisition. Empirical observations based on pilot-testing of the input processing model with university undergraduates are presented which argue in favour of the benefits of the use of such an algorithm for the acquisition of impersonal structures in Spanish as a Second Language, as well as its methodological relevance for English Passive Structures and a more learner-centred approach.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2014]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[3364]]></dcterms:extent>
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