Verb Phrase (VP) Ellipsis and Pseudogapping have at times been treated as variants of the same process (Kuno 1981, Jayaseelan 1990, 2001, Lasnik 1995, 1999, Johnson 2001). In both cases something verbal is elided. In VP Ellipsis the verb and all of its arguments are elided, while in Pseudogapping, only the verb (and a subset of its arguments) is elided stranding one of its arguments; in both ca...

The efficacy of "noise-reduction" hearing aids in reducing the hollowness perception of one's own voice during vocalization was examined. Binaural Siemens 283 ASP hearing aids were worn by 2 groups of listeners, one with primarily high-frequency loss (Group A) and one with loss in both high- and low-frequencies (Group B). Electroacoustic parameters on the hearing aids were adjusted initially fo...

The paper addresses concerns of preparing the research article for publication in a high-ranking international journal. argues how to develop competence which is required successful manuscript submission peer-review analysis reasons rejecting submitted journals suggests considering through dialogue between author and discourse community journal selected publication. considered as author’s abili...

The present study explored the intensity level of authorial voice in relation to the quality of argumentative writing. 42 undergraduate learners of English as a foreign language (36 girls and 6 boys) spent 45 minutes to individually complete in-class position-taking writing tasks for three weeks. Their overall academic writing quality scores assigned based on portfolio assessment were studied i...

The development and relative affordability of Virtual Reality in recent years have provided opportunities to experience representations both concrete abstract situations; from nuclear engineering particle physics, art galleries three-dimensional prehistoric paintings, person-to-person communication artificial agent collaboration, 360-degree journalism animated movies. Yet, it still remains chal...