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LEXICAL PARALLELISM: ARE THERE UNNECESSARY LOANWORDS (OF ENGLISH ORIGIN)?
Fluminensia: Journal for Philological Research, 2011 The paper discusses the category of necessity in borrowing, primarily from English, examining whether (English) loanwords can really be classed as either necessary or unnecessary.
Branka Drljača Margić
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms are experiencing mounting pressure to report their environmental impact. Rather than disclosing their actual performance, however, some are engaging in unethical business (i.e., greenwashing) practices. Prior studies have contributed significantly to the greenwashing literature from varied perspectives, but a comprehensive understanding ...
Sher Jahan Khan +4 more
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Linguistic Borrowing in the English Language of Economics
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2009 The aim of this paper is to discuss the function of loanwords in English economic discourse. In the introductory part, the author presents very briefly an inventory of foreign words used in English.
Magdalena Bielenia-Grajewska
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Exposing Gender Blindness in Business Scholarship on Modern Slavery
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The objective of this review is to analyse the treatment of gender within business scholarship on modern slavery and to propose a framework that supports more gender‐sensitive corporate responses. Modern slavery risk is an escalating concern for business, with the United Nations calling for its eradication by 2030.
Kathyayini Kathy Rao +2 more
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Journal of English Teaching and Applied LinguisticsThis study investigates the morphophonological adaptation of English loanwords used by Indonesian EFL students during speaking activities. Employing a descriptive qualitative approach, the study involved 60 students from the English Education Department ...
Arsy Damopolii +4 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Thailand has announced ambitious plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a programme that allows private companies to earn carbon credits from protecting and restoring mangroves. In 2023, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) began enrolling local communities and private firms in this scheme.
Danny Marks, Kittima Leeruttanawisut
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Ecolinguistic dynamics of English loanwords in Chinese: a case study on terms for cement
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsEcolinguistics explores the interplay between language and the environment, offering insights into how linguistic elements adapt and evolve. This study examines five cement-related English loanwords in Chinese to uncover the evolutionary mechanisms ...
Ruifeng Mo, Hao-Zhang Xiao
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CorelaThis article is devoted to the analysis of grammatical gender assignment to English loanwords in French. The first part of the article summarizes the theoretical background: the category of grammatical gender in French is described and the studies aimed ...
Monika Gurak
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ASSIMILATION OF ENGLISH LOANWORDS IN CHINESE
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2018 This article is devoted to the problem of the main ways of assimilating English words into Chinese: phonetic, semantic and calque are the main methods of assimilation of English words. Which way of loan words is preferable remains a debatable question among the Chinese linguistics. Specifics of hieroglyphic writing of the Chinese language predetermined
Perfilieva N.V., Hu Peipei
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract When I was 12, my family told me a story about their community falling apart and coming together, a time when someone tried putting a nuclear facility in their (our?) hometown. Since we moved when I was too young to remember, the story had little significance until I embarked on a “hometown” ethnographic journey for my dissertation.
Chandler L. Classen
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