Formal and Methodological Approaches to Applied Linguistics (Languages Special Issue)

J.UCS Special Issue on Formal Languages and Automata

This special issue consists of some of the best lectures given at the Workshop on Formal Languages and Automata (WFLA) in Iasi, Romania, September 2 3, 1999. This workshop was a satellite event of the conference Fundamentals of Computation Theory (FCT'99) held also in Iasi, Romania, August 30 September 2, 1999. The workshop was organized by the University A.I. Cuza, Iasi, Romania. I want to tak...

Language Emergence: Implications for Applied Linguistics—Introduction to the Special Issue

We share an interest in language. We want to understand it, its origins, structure, functions, use, acquisition, instruction, and change. We seek causes for observed effects. Scientific studies of language representation and competence and of language acquisition and use are complementary. Yet these two theoretical enterprises have traditionally been kept distinct, with models of representation...

Special Issue “Organ Replacement Approaches”

Recent progress in the field of tissue engineering has been accelerating since the emergence of ES/iPS technology. This promising collaboration is attracting worldwide attention to developing real-life regenerative therapy using " Organ replacement approaches. " As described by Dr. Gojo (p. 231), it is still a " black box " even regarding the mechanisms regulating appendage regeneration in the ...

applied literature in teaching foreign languages on the side of applied linguistics

the literature has already been a basic component in teaching foreign / second languages curriculum in comparing with other materials, therefore, this forces instructors to use literature for two purposes: first, teaching literature for literature and second , use of literature as a linguistic resource in order to improving language skill of learners, and this is important issue in applied ling...

Introduction to the Special Issue on Processing Morphologically Rich Languages