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Experimental methods to study cultural differences in linguistics

, 2021
A relatively recent development in linguistics is the use of experimental methods in different cultural settings. It takes place within a larger trend in psychology following the observation that, up until today, research predominantly relies on North American and Northern European university students.
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Studying Language Change Using Price Equation and Pólya-urn Dynamics [PDF]

, 2012
Language change takes place primarily via diffusion of linguistic variants in a population of individuals. Identifying selective pressures on this process is important not only to construe and predict changes, but also to inform theories of evolutionary ...
Shuai Lan, Gong, Tao, Shuai, L, Gerhard Jäger (178419), Jäger Gerhard, Gerhard Jäger, Lan Shuai (178416), Lan Shuai, Mónica Tamariz, Tamariz Mónica, Tao Gong, Jäger, G, Tamariz, Monica, Gong Tao, Shuai, Lan, Mónica Tamariz (178417), Tamariz, Monica; id_orcid, Jäger, Gerhard, Tamariz, M, Jäger , Gerhard, Gong, T, Tao Gong (178414)   +21 more
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Principles of Chinese Language Teaching Based on the Material of Chinese-Ukrainian and Ukrainian-Chinese Fiction Translations

Journal of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, 2022
The article highlights the combination of translation and didactic areas aimed at the study and substantive application of translated artistic texts in teaching and scientific-theoretical activities, which will help to introduce elements of an innovative
Iryna Iliychuk
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The evolutionary dynamics of how languages signal who does what to whom

Scientific Reports
Languages vary in how they signal “who does what to whom”. Three main strategies to indicate the participant roles of “who” and “whom” are case, verbal indexing, and rigid word order.
Olena Shcherbakova, Damián E. Blasi, Volker Gast, Hedvig Skirgård, Russell D. Gray, Simon J. Greenhill   +5 more
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Negotiating space through names: A linguistic landscape perspective on toponymic practices in Shah Alam, Selangor

Al-Lisan: Jurnal Bahasa
Background: Language plays a vital role in human interaction and has evolved beyond direct communication to convey messages through public spaces, known as the Linguistic Landscape (LL). The presence of LL varies across regions, from being highly visible
Muhammad Farihul Qulub, Saddam Reza Hamidi, Fika Burhan Tajalla   +2 more
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The Content of a Lecture Course in Linguistics and Culture Studies at a Language University (On the Example of German Linguistics and Culture Studies)

Prepodavatel XXI vek, 2020
The article provides a theoretical basis for planning a lecture course in linguistic and cultural studies in a language university in accordance with the socialization process of a foreign linguistic personality. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the elements of the worldview of native speakers of the target language.
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Variation, gender and perception: the social meaning of Japanese linguistic variables

Linguistics, 2023
The social categories that characterize a speaker frequently correlate with the use of specific linguistic variables. Research suggests that such correlations are sometimes recognized as socially-indexed meanings. This study examines Japanese individuals’
Sherwood Stacey, Shaw Jason A., Kawahara Shigeto, Mailhammer Robert, Antoniou Mark   +4 more
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Development and Standardization of Persian Language Developmental Battery

Journal of Rehabilitation, 2023
Objective In the absence of an age normed developmental battery for Persian, the major objectives of this research are to develop a reliable and valid clinical linguistic battery to collect normative data from 3 to 7-year-old healthy Persian speaking ...
Reza Nilipour, Zahra Sadat Qoreishi, Hourieh Ahadi, Abbas Pourshahbaz   +3 more
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Grouping sounds into evolving units for the purpose of historical language comparison [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

Open Research Europe
Computer-assisted approaches to historical language comparison have made great progress during the past two decades. Scholars can now routinely use computational tools to annotate cognate sets, align words, and search for regularly recurring sound ...
Cristian Juárez, Frederic Blum, Johann-Mattis List, Nathan W. Hill   +3 more
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A Study of Cultural Interaction and Linguistic Contact [PDF]

, 2017
This study is an attempt to reorient the field of Chinese linguistics from the perspective of the new field of cultural interaction studies. The author, approaching Chinese linguistics from the periphery, examines such topics as the spread of Western learning and linguistic contact and Westerners’ study of Chinese: He studies materials produced by ...
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