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The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 742-760, December 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Human creativity and ingenuity partly depend on divergent thinking – the ability to generate many varied, original, and elaborate responses. Prior research has found ample evidence of an effect of cognitive factors, including the organization of semantic networks and associative ability, on divergent thinking. Less is known, however, about how
Thu Anh Mai, Alwin de Rooij
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Finno-Ugric areas of Russia in tourist dimension
Финно-угорский мир, 2020 Introduction. Currently, there are special spatial areas in the world that were established on the basis of ethnic identity. One of them is Finno-Ugric, which unites 24 peoples of the Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic language family.
Svetlana V. Saraikina +1 more
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Финно-угорский мир, 2021 Introduction. The use of the axiological field of the Finno-Ugric culture within the framework of the formation of the socio-humanitarian component of modern education presupposes the acquisition of new knowledge related to the study of the value ...
Elena N. Lomshina +2 more
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Nominal ellipsis reveals concord in Moksha Mordvin
Syntax, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 355-403, December 2023., 2023 Abstract On the basis of original data from Moksha Mordvin (Finno‐Ugric), I argue that some languages have nominal concord even though modifiers of the noun generally do not show inflection. Evidence for the presence of concord comes from nominal ellipsis, under which inflection is phonologically realized and restricted in the same way as regular ...
Mariia Privizentseva
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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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The nation in bronze and granite: Creating national monuments in post‐Soviet Bishkek
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 648-668, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Scholars of nationalism have long looked to material forms of symbolic power to understand the politics and cultures of nations, and national monuments specifically have been studied as reflections of ideological programmes of political regimes. However, these approaches have paid insufficient attention to processes of creation.
Moira O'Shea
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Saying Yes without Yes: The Positive Response System in Latin
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 65-90, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The article studies a set of three positive response strategies in Latin: the echo response and the positive response particles ita and sic. It aims to determine their functions and division of labour and to establish what kind of agreement strategy existed in Latin, based on the typology of positive response systems by Sadock and Zwicky (1985)
Tomaž Potočnik
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Evolution and Spread of Politeness Systems in Indo‐European
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 152-167, March 2023., 2023 Abstract In this paper, we investigate the phenomenon of pronominal politeness in the Indo‐European languages and demonstrate that the processes of change of pronominal systems related to politeness follow two evolutionary regimes, one inside the ‘Standard Average European’ (SAE) linguistic area and another outside of it.
Michael Dunn, Kate Bellamy
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WIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 13, Issue 6, November/December 2022., 2022 The study of gesture in cognitive linguistics raises new questions for research in the broader field of cognitive science. Image by lauwahyuen from Pixabay. Abstract Cognitive linguists are increasingly extending their paradigm to include the study of gestures.
Alan Cienki
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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2017 Intuitively, some predicates have a better fit with certain arguments than others. Usage-based models of language emphasize the importance of semantic similarity in shaping the structuring of constructions (form and meaning).
Aki-Juhani Kyröläinen +2 more
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