Seminal Articles 

Proposing new ideas, concepts, and theories requires genuine and fully creative pivotal works being crystalized through state-of-the-art research. Such seminal works emblazon milestones in human life, a turning point where the course of technology, medical sciences, and social sciences experience positive drastic changes which are in most cases to the benefits of mankind. Seminal articles by nature offer and present newly developed ideas, which are of huge importance in interdisciplinary fields of science. Such works bring about great influence within particular discipline. At JLARF we spot seminal articles worldwide from various related disciplines to Applied Linguistics and present them here to give our readers better chances to get acquainted with great scholars who have truly devoted their lives to other humans. This is what we call as the true manifestation of E Pluribus Unum!

The seminal articles in applied linguistics to-date revolve around the most popular research topics like multilingualism, translanguaging, psychological factors, learner and teacher factors, linguistic complexity, holistic learning, transformative education, and linguistc mental processing.

One way to find seminal works in education is to browse the following link: https://subjectguides.lib.neu.edu/edresearch/seminalworks#determineseminal

The Article, ” An Alternative Future”, by Clifford S Asness published by The Journal of Portfolio Management in Fall 2004 is a good example of a seminal article in Management. The article revolves around an argument over hedge funds; a combination of traditional index funds and hedge funds. Such a fusion or blend represent the future of investment and the ways such investments can be managed. As the author claims, we are not there YET!

We are quoting the author: “Some dark sides of hedge fund investing stand in the way. Hedge fund fees remain a contentious issue. Fees must become more rational in terms of paying for alpha versus hedge fund beta versus traditional beta. Other evolutionary changes must occur to make hedge funds more user-friendly, particularly for institutional investors.”