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From Monolingualism to Plurilingualism: Multimodal Arts‐Based Cultural Probes as Catalysts for Linguistic Justice in an Afterschool Literacy Program

The Reading Teacher, Volume 79, Issue 6, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Afterschool programs in Anglophone Canada often reinforce monolingual English norms, marginalizing multilingual students' linguistic and cultural resources. In a research project conducted over three 16‐week cycles at two schools, we selected relevant books and actively engaged parents and students with multimodal, arts‐based cultural probes ...
Guofang Li, Jonathan Ferreira, Ziwen Mei, H. Henny Yeung   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sociological and religious interpretations of Adinkra symbols: qualitative analysis of the 2025 inaugural outfit of Ghana's president. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Mensah RO, Bordoh A, Acquah A, Bruce-Amartey Jnr E, Nunoo PK.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Changing Gender Relations in Canada: The Rise of Gender‐Neutral Forenames

Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, Volume 63, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Historically, gender‐neutral or androgynous first names have been relatively rare, showing little sign of upward or downward temporal trend in Canada or elsewhere. Using digitized birth registration records from three provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario) and for all of Canada, we highlight a rise, beginning around 1990, in the ...
Neil Guppy, Kamila Kolpashnikova
wiley   +1 more source

Satisfying Consumer Preferences: The Packaging Design of Guizhou Red Sour Soup. [PDF]

Foods
Quan H, Li Y, Li Q, Liu D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Kinship‐based deference among Jaru siblings: A collaborative, adaptive, and multimodal accomplishment

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract In the Jaru community of northern Western Australia, certain in‐laws and relatives are categorized as being in a highly respectful relationship in which they are expected to pay deference to one another. This conversation‐analytic study closely examines the deferential practices that are used among three Jaru siblings in an ordinary multi ...
Josua Dahmen
wiley   +1 more source

Hemispheric disconnection as a basis for neurodegeneration in apraxia and Alzheimer's disease. [PDF]

Discov Ment Health
Sanna M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Constructing the festival tourist attraction from the perspective of Peircean semiotics: The case of Guangzhou, China. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Li J, Yu G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux, Michael Castelle, Anna Weichselbraun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does cultural identity catalyze behavior? A TAM-based study on museum cultural creative products consumption in China. [PDF]

PLoS One
Hu C, Niu P, Chen X, Cheng P, Jiang X, Li R, Kuang R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Human tests for machine models: What lies “Beyond the Imitation Game”?

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine ...
Noya Kohavi, Anna Weichselbraun
wiley   +1 more source