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Some characteristics features of Acadian lexical units [PDF]

, 2008
This article constitutes a study of the composition of Acadian lexical units as well as the main methods of lexical unit formation: archaisms, regionalisms, lexical borrowing from Amerindian languages and English.
Gérin, Pierre M.
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Resisting language shift: Scaling and rescaling Circassian and Russian across urban and rural Adygea

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This article employs scalar analysis to explore the language practices of Circassians in Adygea, a republic in Russia situated on the traditional lands of the Indigenous Circassian people. Paying attention to language ideological assemblages in urban and rural areas, I examine how Circassians navigate and attempt to reconfigure linguistic ...
Valeriya Minakova
wiley   +1 more source

Clean Cooking in the Global South: A Critical Synthesis of Causal Evidence and a Future Research Agenda

South African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper synthesizes causal evidence on the transition from traditional biomass to improved cookstoves and modern fuels like LPG and electricity. Although literature identifies liquidity, gender and information as primary barriers to adoption, uncertainty remains regarding usage intensity and technological persistence.
Yonas Alem
wiley   +1 more source

Blockchain Security: An Empirical Evaluation of High‐Impact Exploits and Detection Tools

SECURITY AND PRIVACY, Volume 9, Issue 6, November/December 2026.
ABSTRACT Blockchain introduced secure, peer‐to‐peer transactions in decentralized environments without reliance on central authorities. However, attackers continue to exploit blockchain projects. Over the past decade, reported blockchain exploit losses have exceeded $24 billion.
Abdur Rehman Raza, Shahzaib Tahir, Muhammad Ahmed Bilal, Attiq Ahmed, Jaleed Khan, Hammad Afzal   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lexical Borrowing and Cultural Identity

International Journal of Linguistics
Abstract Purpose: The general objective of this study was to examine how the use of borrowed words affects or reflects people’s cultural identity. Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork.
openaire   +1 more source

Lexical Borrowing and Loanword Standardization in Modern Chinese During the Reform and Opening-Up Era [PDF]

Vu Thi Huong Tra
openalex   +1 more source

Tsua lexical borrowing from Setswana

, 2017
The sociolinguistic dynamics of the situation of the Tsua (an endangered Eastern Central Kalahari Khoe language) has resulted in the language being spoken in limited social communication domains, such as with family and close friends. The use of Setswana
Dlali, Mawande, Chebanne, Andy
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Concept Analysis of Building Rapport in the ICU

Nursing in Critical Care, Volume 31, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Building rapport, understood as establishing a meaningful and trusting relationship through interpersonal interactions between healthcare professionals and patients or their family members, was described in research as early as the 1960s.
Mia Eriksson, Alexandra Ullsten, Anna Nordin, Jan Nilsson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

LEXICAL BORROWING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN UZBEK VOCABULARY

Klicheva Iqboloy Bahtiyarjanovna, Worldly Knowledge Publishing Centre   +1 more
openalex   +1 more source

Adapting the AIS for geographic and phylogenetic research on language change dynamics. [PDF]

Lang Resour Eval
Herce B, Loporcaro M.
europepmc   +1 more source