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Czy tłumacz może pozwolić sobie na czułość? Spieszczenia a ekwiwalencja emocjonalna w przekładzie literackim [PDF]

open access: yesPoznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka, 2014
One of the most frequent problems in translation is the question of translation of hypocorisms: inasmuch as Polish is rich in diminutives, English practically does not have them.
Jerzy Jarniewicz
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Phonological adaptation of Arabic names in Atebubu (Bono East Region, Ghana) [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in African Languages and Cultures, 2023
This paper discusses the phonological processes embedded in some nativised Arabic personal names in Atebubu, in the Bono East Region of Ghana. The study shows that the main phonological processes entrenched in the nativisation process include segment ...
Abdulai Akuamah, John Odoom
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A comparative analysis of word-formation processes involved in the formation of onomatopoeic words in Russian and Persian languages [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه پژوهش‌های زبان‌شناسی, 2023
Having been endowed with forms and meanings different from other words in a language as well as other special structural features such as reduplicative structure, onomatopoeic words are regarded as linguistic universals, widely involved in the formation ...
Shler Ebrahimsharifi
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Your phrases matter: Third waves in research approaches and new contexts for formulaic language [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 59, Issue 1, Page 84-93, January/February 2024.
Abstract Background This study reports on new contexts in which formulaic language has been used in the years since 2013 when the last synthesis was carried out. The background presents an old but still useful definition and lists themes under which research was arranged in 2013 and which continue to be used.
Boyd H. Davis   +2 more
wiley   +2 more sources

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION IN THE PROFILE NAMES OF YORUBA FACEBOOK USERS [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Languages for Specific Purposes
Name or naming is significant in the construction of identity. While studies on online identity constructions have concentrated on examining textual or graphical discourse to reflect identities, identity construction based on profile names has received ...
Ayo Osisanwo, Oluwakemi Akinade
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The Gornja Lonja Dialect of the Kajkavian Dialect Group [PDF]

open access: yesRasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2012
The Gornja Lonja dialect is distinguished by some fundamental characteristics, for which reason this dialect is separated into a special entity of its own.
Željka Brlobaš, Mijo Lončarić
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Hypocoristic Names at Kosovo Turks / Kosova Türklerinde Sevimli (Hipokoristik) Adlar [PDF]

open access: yesFolklor/Edebiyat, 2021
Hypocoristic names, which are widely used in the cultural geography where Kosovo Turks live, have likewise found normal use among Kosovo Turks through cultural interaction.
İsa Sülçevsi* , İsa Memishi**
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SOME VIEWS ON THE TOPIC OF HYPOCORISMS AS THE VOCATIVE FORM IN ENGLISH AND UZBEK

open access: yes, 2023
This article focuses on using hypocorism as vocative forms in the English and Uzbek languages. Hypocorisms are used when the speaker and listener are known each other. Especially, hypocorisms are used among relatives, family members and friends to call or address.
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Negative politeness and no worries in Australian English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, Page 253-268, March-June 2025.
Abstract This paper explores how a distinctive politeness token can establish itself in a variety of world English by virtue of its pragmatics. It examines the usage of no worries as a negative politeness thanking response in a large multigenerational corpus of informal dialogues by men and women recorded at the University of Western Australia (UWA ...
Pam Peters, Isabelle Burke
wiley   +1 more source

Morphological truncation versus hypocorism: two different word-formation processes?

open access: yesOrganon
This paper investigates two word-formation operations: hypocorism and morphological truncation. To do this, there is a review of the morphophonological literature about this topic with focus on the differences and similarities between them; the conclusion is that these operations have a highly varied behavior which complicates the possibility of ...
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