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Transposition, not translation: Recuperating attentionality on Pantelleria, Sicily
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 311-329, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines how elderly rural Sicilians recall the meanings of words rendered obsolete by infrastructural, technological, and economic changes that occurred in their lifetime. I examine conversations from my 2016 and 2019 fieldwork on Pantelleria, Sicily, characterized by what I term recuperated attentionality, speaking from ...
Nicco A. La Mattina
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The origin of semilingualism: Nils‐Erik Hansegård and the cult of the mother tongue
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 506-525, November 2023., 2023 Abstract ‘Semilingualism’ is one of the most questionable theories produced in the language sciences. Yet, little is known about its origins. We present a critical account of the history of semilingualism, tracing its roots in the work of Nils Erik Hansegård, (1918–2002), inaugural chair of Sámi at Umeå University (1975–1979), who developed a theory of
David Karlander, Linus Salö
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Varieties of ‘standard accents’ among teachers in contemporary Britain
World Englishes, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 507-522, September 2023., 2023 Abstract This article investigates accent variation within the UK, applied to the professional context of teaching. The purpose is two‐fold: first, to discuss a variety of accents in contemporary Britain, demonstrating how accents can be categorised based on the degree to which they mark the speaker's local origins.
Alex Baratta
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On the development of Lithuanian dialectology
Lietuvių Kalba, 2015 This article provides a brief overview of research interests in dialectology and discusses some aspects of the classification of Lithuanian dialects.
Vytautas Kardelis, Emilija Stakutytė
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Ways of depicting speech deficits in the cinematic space: selected examples
Logopaedica Lodziensia, 2023 The article discusses an important social aspect concerning speech disorders, also in people with disabilities, and the methods of their presentation in the film space.
Izabela Ejsmunt-Wieczorek
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 117-151, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The—for European languages—large amount of bound elements in the older Insular Celtic languages and the array of phonological interactions within morphological and phrasal structures have lead several researchers to conclude that individual words play a lesser role in the grammars of those languages.
Stefan Dedio
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Dialectology at Vilnius University
Lietuvių KalbaThe paper aims to review the history of dialectology at Vilnius University since the establishment of the Department of the Lithuanian Language in 1940. To achieve this, we have set the following objectives: 1) to present the teaching of dialectology, 2)
Gintarė Judžentytė-Šinkūnienė +1 more
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Speech Therapy Case Study of Patient Diagnosed with the Frontal Psychoorganic Syndrome
Logopaedica Lodziensia, 2020 The psychoorganic syndrome is a deviation in the mental state due to damage or dysfunction of the brain structures. It is associated with the occurrence of mental disorders manifested in the behavioral, socio-emotional, cognitive and therefore also ...
Renata Gliwa
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Employing geographical principles for sampling in state of the art dialectological projects [PDF]
, 2013 The aims of this paper are twofold: First, we locate the most effective human geographical methods for sampling across space in large-scale dialectological projects.
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Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 2009 The writer deals with the issue of the distribution and classification of the Basque dialects from a scientific point of view by analysing the theoretical approaches of the last few years from a critical perspective.
Gotzon Aurrekoetxea
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