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This book is a collection of some of the recent research papers carried out by the author. The first paper deals with the relationship between language and gender. The second paper reviews the research on cognitive theory, with special reference to listening comprehension skill. The third and fourth papers deal with the skill of L2 writing from different perspectives. The fifth paper examines the skill of L2 reading from linguistic, cognitive, and cultural perspectives. The sixth paper deals with L2 learners´ grammaticality judgments. The seventh and eighth papers deal with different aspects of L2 writing from both linguistic and cognitive perspectives. The ninth and tenth papers belong to the areas of contrastive linguistics and translation, respectively.

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Dr. Hosni M. El-dali, is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at UAE University. He got his PhD from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, and his M.A. from Indiana University, USA. His research interests include L2 acquisition, pragmatics, and contrastive linguistics

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