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What are particularistic pejoratives?
Mind &Language, EarlyView.Particularistic pejoratives (PPs) mock individuals based on their personal attributes yet lack a precise definition. This paper seeks to refine our understanding of PPs by examining their derogatory profiles across three dimensions: descriptiveness, intensity, and slurring potential.
Víctor Carranza‐Pinedo
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How generics obscure the logic of conditionals
Mind &Language, EarlyView.This paper discusses counter‐examples to modus ponens and modus tollens involving modals and quantificational adverbs, and presents new counter‐examples with generic conditionals. We argue that the counter‐examples are spurious, and are explained by the domain‐restricting effects of if‐clauses.
Daniel Lassiter +3 more
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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
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Making all repertoires count: Re‐envisioning TBLT through critical multilingual language awareness
The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.Abstract As calls intensify for language education to provide authentic exposure to linguistic and cultural diversity—an essential condition for preparing learners to navigate an interconnected world—concerns about the declining status of additional language study reveal an important challenge.
Koen Van Gorp
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Lexical pragmatical markers of temporal positioning [PDF]
Yazyk i kul'tura, 2015 openaire +3 more sources
Lexical pragmatic markers of temporal positioning
Language and Culture, 2015 In this article, the position of temporal lexical markers of the group of constatives in the entire system of the lexical pragmatic markers (such lexical units which reflect various parameters of positioning of the subject of the sender in relation to various facts of the reality represented by it) is revealed.
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Two Nationalisms, One City: Official and Diasporic Framings of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyses the contested collective memories of the 2019 Anti‐Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti‐ELAB) movement, investigating how the Hong Kong government and diaspora construct divergent narratives to shape national identity and nationalism.
Isaac Iu
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Consequentialism and the ideal theory debate in political philosophy
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Andreas T. Schmidt
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Homo Nationalis and the Moralisation of Belonging: Rethinking National Identity in Austria
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how national identity and belonging in contemporary Austria are articulated through moral rather than ideological vocabularies. Analysing presidential, party, media and social media discourse surrounding the 2025 National Day, it conceptualises the homo nationalis as the moral citizen who embodies the nation's virtues of ...
Markus Rheindorf
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Lexical Pragmatics: Relevance Theory and Generalized Conversational Implicatures [PDF]
, 2003 maruenda@uv ...
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