Multi-word lexical units are a typical feature of specialized dictionaries, in particular monolingual and bilingual maritime dictionaries. The paper studies the concept of the multi-word lexical unit and considers the similarities and differences of their selection and presentation in monolingual and bilingual maritime dictionaries. The work analyses such issues as the classification of multi-w...

This study compares lexical retrieval amongst monolinguals and intermediate bilinguals and advanced bilinguals. It also investigates the possible effects of their language learning strategies on their respective lexical retrieval advantage. The study used a mixed methods design and the groups consisted of 20 Persian near-monolinguals, 20 Persian-English intermediate level bilinguals, and 20 Per...

Th e search for interventions to reduce avoidable readmissions aft er an exacerbation of COPD has attracted substantial attention aft er the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services included COPD exacerbations in its Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program. 1 We read with great interest the study by Jennings et al 2 in a recent issue of CHEST (May 2015) and applaud the authors for conducting a ...

National surveys have revealed significant differences in patient outcomes following admission to hospital with acute exacerbation of COPD which are likely to be due to variations in care. We developed a care bundle, comprising a short list of evidence-based practices to be implemented prior to discharge for all patients admitted with this condition, based on a review of national guidelines and...

Phraseological or multi-word-pattern corpus-driven analysis of language in use has offered significant insights recent years into how linguistic discourse can vary. This variation been researched across genres, registers, disciplines, and native non-native differences. However, very few studies have presented the gender-based academic research within EFL/ESL perspective. The current study explo...

We present a study that investigates that factors that determine what makes a good lexical substitution. We begin by observing that there is a correlation between the corpus frequency of words and the number of WordNet senses they have, and hypothesise that readers might prefer common, but more ambiguous words over less ambiguous but also less common ones. We identify four properties of a word ...