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Applied Linguistics, sociolinguistics and world Englishes
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract The world Englishes perspective, especially as expressed within Kachru's formulation of the Inner, Outer and Expanding Circles of Englishes, provides a flexible and coherent model of the historical spread of English. While the model has had a profound influence on various subfields of applied linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics ...
Andrew Moody
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A Synchronic and Historical Look at Aklanon Phonology
Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 2022 Akeanon features a phoneme unique relative to many Philippine-type languages, which is a reflex of the proto-Bisayan *l and *-d-. This was initially described as a voiced velar fricative [ɣ], and later repositioned as both a consonant of an onset and a ...
Philip Rentillo +1 more
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Language attitudes and religion: Kurdish Alevis in the UK [PDF]
, 2020 In this article I report on results of a Matched Guise Tests (MGT) study investigating attitudes towards Bohtan (BHKr) and Maraş Kurmanji (MRKr) spoken among the UK diaspora.
Yilmaz, B., Yilmaz, B.
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Introduction: The (Im)material Spectrum of Manuscript and Print Interaction☆
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 148-165, April 2026.Abstract This introductory essay to the special issue on Early Modern English Textual Cultures Between Manuscript and Print first outlines previous research into different kinds of interaction between manuscript and print. Examples of this interplay include, for instance, the transmission of text and images from one medium into another, the use of ...
Sara Norja, Mari‐Liisa Varila
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Javanese Varieties in Pringsewu Regency and Their Origins [PDF]
, 2019 It has been an interesting discussion on how certain language is spoken in the area far from its center. This paper is aimed at describing the Javanese language varieties in Pringsewu regency of Lampung province, locating the area where these varieties ...
Suprayogi, S. (Suprayogi)
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Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes and Language Attitude Change
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT Knowledge of public attitudes towards language‐based diversity can help uncover wider societal prejudices. Nonetheless, sociolinguists are increasingly aware of the limitations of using traditional explicit self‐report measures to gauge attitudes towards linguistic variation.
Robert M. McKenzie
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Slaveno-Serbian language: Between simplicity and perfection [PDF]
Južnoslovenski Filolog, 2010 In the studies on Slaveno-Serbian period of the history of Serbian literary language one discrepancy is examined. The latter refers to the key role of the aforementioned period for the integration of Serbian society to the values of rationalism and ...
Ivanova Najda
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The Integration of Norse‐Derived Terms in English: Effects of Formal Similarity1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 556-591, November 2025.Abstract Language change arising from language contact is a complex phenomenon. Peter Matthews encouraged researchers to consider it as firmly grounded in the behaviour of individual speakers. We apply this perspective to investigate the integration of Norse‐derived terms into medieval English, testing for the effect of their phonetic similarity to ...
Sara M. Pons‐Sanz, Seán G. Roberts
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Predicative Possession in Ukrainian and Intra‐Slavonic Language Contact1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 428-459, November 2025.Abstract Ukrainian has two inherited syntactic forms for possessive have: a transitive one with a lexical have‐verb, and an intransitive, originally locative be‐construction. On the basis of four corpus studies, the article establishes their relative frequency in Middle Ukrainian writing (17th and 18th c.), Modern Ukrainian dialects (20th c.), and ...
Jan Fellerer
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BANJARHARJO IS TRULY SUNDANESE [PDF]
, 2016 This study is aimed to reveal the phenomenon of sundanese in lexical variation and phonological differences in Banjarharjo District which located in borders area between Kuningan and Brebes.
Khotami, Husni Syukri, Sutrisno, Ageng
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