In: Zeitschrift für Angewandte Linguistik, 2017, vol. 66, no. 1, p. 163-173
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In: Grundwasser, 2015, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 263-270
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Mémoire de master : Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-Restauration, 2020.
This project compares different coatings for Keris blades, in the framework of the collaboration with the Museum der Kulturen Basel (MKB). The Keris blade collection of the MKB shows a wide variety of coatings, which are unique in that they are used for corrosion protection, but also for aesthetical and spiritual reasons. The objects, that arrived in different moments to the museum, have hardly...
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In: Bulletin VALS-ASLA, 2019, vol. 109, p. 189-206
As a result of the internationalization of universities, English is increasingly becoming the lingua franca of academic communication. However, limiting all academic discourse to the English language implies a great loss for other language cultures since knowledge and language are inseparably linked. For this reason, it is of great importance to implement appropriate measures in order to...
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In: Bulletin VALS-ASLA, 2019, vol. 19, p. 153-170
Note-taking in academic lectures is a very common activity, which faculty as well as students consider to be of central importance. At the same time, L2 students perceive note-taking as a particular challenge. However, in spite of its relevance and a considerable tradition of research into (L2) notetaking rooted in cognitive psychology, the strongly language-driven activity of taking notes has...
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In: Bulletin VALS-ASLA, 2019, vol. 109, p. 129-151
Textbooks for secondary schools are characterized by elements of technical and academic language and place high demands on learners. For successful text comprehension, text complexity and individual skills need to match up. In school settings it is possible either to simplify texts or to give support to readers. In the following article, three extracts from biology textbooks used at secondary...
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In: Bulletin VALS-ASLA, 2019, vol. 109, p. 111-127
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In: Bulletin VALS-ASLA, 2019, vol. 109, p. 75-91
Publications are considered to be essential for scientific progress, and increasingly they are published in English. Collaborative writing takes place not only for the development of publications within research collaboration, it also runs like a thread through the internal and external communication of research projects. Written internal project communication is less considered within scientific...
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In: Bulletin VALS-ASLA, 2019, vol. 109, p. 55-74
Mixing specialist language registers and everyday language is a phenomenon that can be increasingly observed in public communication about scientific subjects. There are two questions of interest: (1) How can we develop a model for describing some dynamic changes of meaning within different contexts? (2) What is the impact of these possibilities on our understanding of science and...
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In: Bulletin VALS-ASLA, 2019, vol. 109, p. 33-56
This paper examines verbal collocations with the lexical bases Daten/dane (data) and Hypothese /hipoteza (hypothesis) in 1,000 German and Polish academic texts from the fields of linguistics and literature, glottodidactics and medicine. The collocations are analysed on both a horizontal (i.e. syntagmatic) and vertical (i.e. paradigmatic) level. The following research questions are...
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