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English Loanwords in Urdu Language: A Study of Borrowing
When a new object or activity or idea enters in a culture, the word or words which express it may be borrowed. The most basic function of a loanword is communicating the new object or idea.
Zuhair Ahmad, Ilyas Khan
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Creating space(s) for learning in prison: Developing an andragogical framework
Abstract Learning in prison is too often excluded from wider discussions of educational experiences, processes and impact. This paper proposes, for the first time, an iterative andragogical framework to conceptualise learning spaces within prison contexts.
Morwenna Bennallick +3 more
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Language contact, borrowing and codeswitching [PDF]
Within the larger rubric of language contact we will analyze in this chapter the two phenomena of lexical borrowing and codeswitching as represented in the languages of the CorpAfroAs database. After establishing a theoretical background concerning the difficult distinction between borrowing and codeswitching (§ 1), the study analyzes the semantic ...
Manfredi, Stefano +2 more
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Borrowing Patterns in Kurdish Language
The study which is entitled (Borrowing Patterns in Kurdish Language) concentrates on the procedures which Kurdish language followed in borrowing from other languages. Due to the development and change in people's way of thinking, new concepts and constituents have been appearing. For their differentiation and identification, the borrowed concepts ought
Mahabad Kamil Abdullah +1 more
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
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Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
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Lexicological Influence through Language Contacts
Language contacts can be studied in three directions: a) language acquisition; b) language borrowing; c) translation. In this project all of the three directions are investigated. The process of language borrowing is analysed on four levels: phonological,
Aleksandra Banjević
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Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data
Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick +6 more
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Language contact and Linguistic Borrowings
Nowadays multilingualism, where a speaker has more than two languages, is not uncommon. But bilingualism and multilingualism differ from language shift or a permanent change in a person’s choice of language for everyday purposes. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the cases of borrowing usage and the features they represent while integrating ...
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The causes of word borrowings in languages
This article is about the placement of a newly introduced word, its ability to convey the basic needs of the people hearing it, and the internal capabilities of the coordinating language.
Rakhimova Guzal Yuldashovna +1 more
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