Vol. 20. No. 3 (12.2019)

Editorial
Page 419 - 421

Introduction to the Special Section

Nataša Stojan
Sveučilište u Splitu

Danijela Šegedin Borovina
Sveučilište u Splitu
Abstract:

Original scientific article
Page 423 - 445

Textual and pictorial representations in strategic thinking about linguistic meaning

Marta Šarčanin
Sveučilište u Zagrebu

Renata Geld
University of Zagreb
Abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate L2 speakers’ ability to think strategically about linguistic meaning by asking them to make sense of particle verb (PV) constructions, a particularly demanding...

Original scientific article
Page 447 - 473

Why do sparkles make a sound in English? The impact of media exposure on child L2 vocabulary acquisition

Mateja Hendrih
Sveučilište u Zagrebu

Stela Letica Krevelj
University of Zagreb
Abstract: Due to their features of multi-modal presentation and their abundance in terms of availability and diversity, the media have been assumed to have a distinct effect on second language acquisition (SLA)...

Original scientific article
Page 475 - 496

Perception of General British monophthongs: The case of Slovene students of English as a foreign language

Andrej Stopar
Sveučilište u Ljubljani
Abstract: The paper presents an experimental study on the perception of the Gen-eral British monophthongs that was conducted in three stages in 2014–2018. The vowels observed are studied by (i) comparing the vo...

Original scientific article
Page 497 - 530

Garden plants and butter knives – the effects of lexical and relation priming on nominal compound processing by native and non-native speakers of English

Frane Malenica
Sveučilište u Zadru

Lucija Žinić
University of Zadar
Abstract: Compounds are a frequent occurrence in the English language, but the way in which speakers, both native and non-native, process compounds is still a topic of discussion. Two factors have an influence ...

Original scientific article
Page 531 - 553

Reformulation markers in academic discourse: A cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary study

Jolanta Šinkūnienė
Vilnius University
Abstract: Using quantitative and qualitative approaches alongside contrastive analysis, this paper investigates distribution frequency and functions of reformulation markers employed in academic discourse in tw...

Original scientific article
Page 555 - 582

The relationship between lexical complexity measures and language learning beliefs

Ervin Kovačević
International University of Sarajevo
Abstract: Although the relationship between language proficiency and learner beliefs is generally viewed as weak, indirect, and distant, there are empirical findings which show that the relationship between syn...

Original scientific article
Page 583 - 601

Organizacija pripovjednoga diskursa: anafora i kohezija u dječjem pripovijedanju

Ivana Trtanj
Abstract: U ovom se radu opisuje razvoj dječje pripovjedne sposobnosti i to kroz analizu uporabu anafore u funkciji stvaranja kohezivnoga diskursa. Istraživačka su pitanja usredotočena na to jesu li zamjenice i...