From the Forgotten Russian Avant-Garde: An Unknown Acrostic by I.A.Aksenov Dedicated to K.A.Bol’shakov. (On IWL RAS Archival Materials) [PDF]
This is the first publication of a hitherto unknown acrostic by an avant-garde poet, I. A. Aksenov. The poem was found in the archive of the Russian Union of Soviet Writers (VSSP) in the Manuscript Section of the Institute of World Literature (IWL). This
Alessandro Farsetti
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Linguists and archaeologists offer complementary viewpoints on human behaviour and culture in past African communities. While historical-comparative linguistics commonly deals with the immaterial traces of the past in Africa’s present-day languages ...
Bostoen, Koen
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On the Temporal and Aspectual Value of Modern Eastern Armenian Aorist: A Comparative Perspective
In this research we study some syntactic and semantic properties of the Modern Eastern Armenian aorist by comparing it to similar verbal forms in English and Italian.
Alessandra Giorgi, Sona Haroutyunian
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Speech Rhythm Variation in Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease: A Study on Different Speaking Tasks
Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) usually reveal speech disorders and, among other symptoms, the alteration of speech rhythm. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to test the validity of two acoustic parameters—%V, vowel percentage and VtoV ...
Marta Maffia +6 more
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The international migration changed the situation in the Italian school system: it is asked to update educational practices with new pedagogical models of narration and expression (multiliteracies and multimodality) and to promote digital skills from ...
Monica Banzato, Francesca Coin
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Affixoidhungrig? Skitbra! Comparing Affixoids in German and Swedish [PDF]
In this article we offer a comparative survey of word-forming elements in German and Swedish known as “affixoids”. A highly controversial topic in German linguistics, the notion of “affixoid” does remain useful given the position of the elements in ...
Ascoop, Kristin, Leuschner, Torsten
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Enhancing L2 Confidence Through Learning Diaries: A Replication Study on Italian Lower-Secondary School Students [PDF]
Drawing on the literature on self-confidence, motivational theories, and positive psychology in the field of language learning, the present paper aspires to contribute to the literature by discussing some key findings of a recent conceptual replication
Marcella Menegale, Lucia Spricigo
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The Comparative Method in Synchronic Linguistics: The Case of Word Order
In this article I discuss the comparative method in formal linguistics when applied to word order phenomena in Italian, English and German. I argue that the comparison has to rest on sound theoretical basis in order to reach interesting conclusions ...
Alessandra Giorgi
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Phonetic Effects in the Perception of VOT in a Prevoicing Language
Previous production studies have reported differential amounts of closure voicing in plosives depending on the location of the oral constriction (anterior vs. posterior), vocalic context (high vs. low vowels), and speaker sex.
Viktor Kharlamov
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The law of double negation in the history of the research on natural languages [PDF]
The paper deals with the philosophical assumptions of linguistic theories. It is concerned with three paradigms of linguistic thought (generativist, structuralist, and historical-comparative).
Zabrocki, Władysław
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