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LEXICAL INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL DYNAMICS

This study investigates the phenomenon of lexical deviations in contemporary English usage, examining their occurrence, typology, and the implications they hold for linguistic theory and practice. Through a corpus-based analysis, we identify key patterns and categories of lexical deviations, including neologisms, malapropisms, and other forms of ...
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Morphological Productivity and Lexical Innovation in Swahili: Digital Communication and Language Transformation in Social Media Spaces

Language, Technology, and Social Media
Swahili, as a major lingua franca in East Africa, is undergoing significant transformation through digital communication, particularly on social media platforms.
Prisca Boniphace Makulilo
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Beyond Sociodemographics: Attitudinal and Personality Predictors of Lexical Change

Languages
Moving beyond traditional sociodemographic models, this study investigates the psychometric drivers of lexical change. Using Swiss German as a case study, we compare historical data from the Sprachatlas der deutschen Schweiz (1939–1958) with a recent ...
Adrian Leemann, Simon Kistler, Fabian Tomaschek   +2 more
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Project quality verification tool efficacy

Techne
This essay develops a critical reflection on the effectiveness of design verification procedures and tools with regard to the actual improvement of the quality of public works projects.
Giovanni Castaldo, Davide Cerati, Francesco Vitola   +2 more
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Hybridized Lexical Innovations in Ghanaian English

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2014
Ghanaian English (GhE) remains one of the notable varieties of English in the discussion of World Englishes; yet many of its features have been very superficially described or totally ignored. One of such features is lexical hybridization. This paper discusses the forms and communicative domains of this very productive feature in the English of ...
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Da máy tính ‘computer’ a sách điện tử ‘e-book’. Lessicologia vietnamita

Atti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese
PROVVISORIO IN ATTESA DI QUELLO ...
Igor Fortuna
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Mobilizing through Words: A Discursive-Pragmatic Analysis of Anti-Epidemic Slogans in Contemporary Chinese Media

Lingue Culture Mediazioni
This paper investigates anti-pandemic slogans as institutional discourse in Chinese official and semi-official media during the COVID-19 crisis. These slogans, circulating across traditional and digital platforms, served not only as tools for health ...
Daniele Caccin
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Obscure cognates and lexical reconstruction: notes on the diachrony of the Xinguan Arawak languages

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
The present paper discusses evidence supporting the claim that the common Xinguan Arawak noun for ‘hand’, *wɨʂɨku, is a shared lexical innovation of this subgroup and that, in addition, a formation for ‘finger’ derived from a nominal compound with the ...
Fernando O. de Carvalho
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INTERFERENZE DISCORSIVE ITALO-INGLESI [PDF]

Anadiss
This article examines discursive interference between Italian and English as a structural effect of the growing dominance of English as a global lingua franca and Globish.
Victor-Andrei CĂRCĂLE
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OCCASIONALISMS AS A DYNAMIC ELEMENT OF LEXICAL INNOVATION

Advances in Science and Humanities
This article examines the phenomenon of occasionalisms as a dynamic element of language development. It explores their linguistic nature, formation mechanisms, and stylistic functions, highlighting the distinction between occasionalisms and neologisms.
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