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Sign Systems Studies, 2011 The term “time-plan” is introduced in the article to sum up the diversity of temporal processes described by Jakob von Uexküll (1864–1944) in the framework of the general Planmässigkeit of nature.
Riin Magnus
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Sign Systems Studies, 2017 The essay deals with the formation of the Greimassian thought from its earliest origins in his young years at Kaunas University, i.e. his connections with Wilhelm Sesemann, Lev Karsavin and Russian formalism, to the rise of structuralism in Paris.
Eero Tarasti
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On semiotic (un)predictability: Tartu Summer School of Semiotics 2015
Sign Systems Studies, 2016 On semiotic (un)predictability: Tartu Summer School of Semiotics 2015.
Ekaterina Velmezova
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Stylistic Variation and Stancetaking in the U.S. House of Representatives
Lifespans and Styles, 2018 This paper contributes to previous research on how politicians use sociolinguistic variables to index their party affiliation, enact stances, and construct political identities. It does so by investigating the 2015 U.S.
Gian Peter Ochsner
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Working-Class Heroes: Intraspeaker Variation in General Secretary Len McCluskey
Lifespans and Styles, 2017 We examine “Liverpool lenition” in the speech of Len McCluskey, a speaker of “Scouse”. Scouse is a variety of Liverpool English associated with the working-class persona of the “Liverpudlian”.
Aïsha Daw, Xueyan Zhou
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Generativity, comparative grammar, and the syntax vs. the lexicon debates
NordlydWithin linguistic theory, the division of labour between syntax and the lexicon has been a central issue for debate among different architectures of grammar, roughly corresponding to the distinction between memorization and rule governed aspects of ...
Gillian Catriona Ramchand
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Anglicisms of the thematic group “Fashion” in the Spanish media discourse
Philology. Issues of Theory and Practice, 2023 The aim of the research is to identify the main cases of the functioning of Anglicisms in the thematic group “Fashion” in the Spanish media discourse. The research is carried out involving extensive modern material, namely the material of the electronic ...
E. Ivlieva
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“My Vocal Cords are Made of Tweed”: Style-Shifting as Speaker Design
Lifespans and Styles, 2015 Intraspeaker variation is evaluated in terms of speaker design in a number of studies (Coupland 1985, Schilling-Estes 1998, Podesva 2008). This study explores possible motives for variation from a speaker design perspective through the analysis of three ...
Melissa Geere +2 more
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A Null Theory of Creole Formation Based on Universal Grammar
, 2016 Creole languages are typically the linguistic side effects of the creation of global economies based on the forced migration and labor of enslaved Africans toiling in European colonies in the Americas.
E. Aboh, Michel DeGraff
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