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The biological origin of linguistic diversity. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2012
In contrast with animal communication systems, diversity is characteristic of almost every aspect of human language. Languages variously employ tones, clicks, or manual signs to signal differences in meaning; some languages lack the noun-verb distinction
Andrea Baronchelli   +3 more
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The geographical configuration of a language area influences linguistic diversity. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
Like the transfer of genetic variation through gene flow, language changes constantly as a result of its use in human interaction. Contact between speakers is most likely to happen when they are close in space, time, and social setting.
John L A Huisman   +2 more
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Linguistic diversity shapes flexible speech perception in school age children [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
Every day, listeners encounter a wide range of acoustic signals. Successfully solving this variability problem allows them to interpret these signals accurately.
Ethan Kutlu   +4 more
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The method behind the unprecedented production of indicators of the presence of languages in the Internet

open access: yesFrontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics, 2023
Reliable and updated indicators of the presence of languages in the Internet are required to drive efficiently policies for languages, to forecast e-commerce market or to support further researches on the field of digital support of languages.
Daniel Pimienta   +2 more
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The influence of peripheral emotions on inhibitory control among children

open access: yesActa Psychologica, 2022
In this study, we investigated the cognitive-emotional interplay by measuring the effects of executive competition (Pessoa, 2013), i.e., how inhibitory control is influenced when emotional information is encountered. Sixty-three children (8 to 9 years of
Sophia Czapka   +2 more
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Digital Maps for Linguistic Diversity

open access: yesDigital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications, 2021
Documenting and analyzing how multilingualism materializes around us gives insights in the use, hierarchies and inclusions of languages in society.
Coppélie Cocq   +3 more
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Promoting Linguistic Diversity and Inclusion

open access: yesThe International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, 2021
Using a lingua franca for scholarly communication offers some advantages, but it also limits research diversity, and there is a growing movement to encourage publication in other languages.
Lynne Bowker
doaj   +1 more source

Protecting Linguistic and Religious Minorities: Looking for Synergies among Legal Instruments

open access: yesReligions, 2021
Language and religion are two main cultural markers of collective identities and articulating factors at play in the majority-minority game. However, from a legal and political point of view, language and religion work very differently as factors for ...
Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez
doaj   +1 more source

Getting creative in the languages classroom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The following principles are central to the work of ‘Linguistic Creativity in Language Learning’, a research strand of Creative Multilingualism: We create language every day. Language diversity facilitates creative diversity.
Fisher, Linda   +3 more
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Cultural diversity, economic development and societal instability. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2007
BACKGROUND: Social scientists have suggested that cultural diversity in a nation leads to societal instability. However, societal instability may be affected not only by within-nation or alpha diversity, but also diversity between a nation and its ...
Daniel Nettle   +5 more
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