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Delomization, or the esoteric Nechung kang so, the Dalai Lama, and exilic imaginings of a Tibetan community

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract I propose the concept of delomization, the process whereby a sign comes to be understood as a symbol. I term such signs delomes. With rhematization and dicentization, delomization completes the triplet that linguistic anthropologists derive from Charles Sanders Peirce's third trichotomy.
Urmila Nair
wiley   +1 more source

La grammaticalisation de Meillet, un siècle plus tard

Voix Plurielles, 2012
Le terme grammaticalisation, inventé par le linguiste français Antoine Meillet, fait référence au processus par lequel un mot perd sa valeur sémantique et son autonomie syntaxique pour devenir un élément grammatical.
Paul Bessler
doaj   +1 more source

World Englishes and applied linguistics: Theoretical and applied perspectives

World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 2, Page 356-365, June 2026.
Abstract This article examines the evolving relationship between world Englishes (WE) and applied linguistics (AL), tracing AL's historical development from its Anglo‐American origins in the mid‐20th century, grounded in “linguistics applied” to its contemporary status as a multidisciplinary field concerned with social justice and equity. It highlights
Kingsley Bolton
wiley   +1 more source

Aproximación al paisaje lingüístico de Málaga: Préstamos y reflejos de una realidad lingüística plural

Recherches, 2014
Même dans des villes qui ne sont pas officiellement plurilingues, nous pouvons voir des traces de différentes langues. Dans cet article, nous analyserons à partir de ce point de vue une zone du centre-ville de Málaga pour recueillir et étudier les ...
Diana Esteba Ramos
doaj   +1 more source

Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux, Michael Castelle, Anna Weichselbraun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contested heritage landscapes for Arabic language learning in a postcolonial France

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This article analyzes the contested and multiple meanings of “heritage” that emerge for advanced Arabic language learners in a postcolonial France. A linguistic life histories approach reveals a fraught duality of privileged access and exclusionary adversity for heritage students of Arabic.
Chantal Tetreault, Alexandrine Barontini, Kiana Sakimehr   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ontological polyglossia: the art of communicating in opacity* Polyglossie ontologique : l'art de communiquer dans l'opacité

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 293-312, March 2026.
What do communicating with a baby, with an animal, and with an ancestor have in common? In all three cases, people engage in opaque communication that is far from the standard psycholinguistic model of transparent interaction based on shared intentionality.
Charles Stépanoff
wiley   +1 more source

Developing sociolinguistic evaluative competence: the case of French WH- interrogatives

Open Linguistics
As children acquire the core rules of their language, they also develop the ability to use it in a sociolinguistically adapted way. Although some works have addressed the production of sociolinguistic variables, few have explored the development of a ...
Thiberge Gabriel, Burnett Heather, Hemforth Barbara   +2 more
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The Visual Co-textualization of Spatio-Joual in the Motel Galactic Series

Alternative Francophone, 2016
In this article the authors question whether the co-presence of words and pictures specific to the comics medium creates possibilities for the comprehension of regional languages and dialects abroad.
Charlotte Pylyser, Gabriel Tremblay-Gaudette   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

An inconvenient truth: When ideologies of multilingualism lead to auto‐inflicted epistemic exclusion by multilingual students in higher education

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 110-127, February 2026.
Abstract In this article, we juxtapose two international contexts of higher education to critically examine both the situated complexity of (restrictive) ideologies of multilingualism and the ways such ideologies inform multilingual students’ choices of language use that contribute to their own epistemic exclusion in Canada and Germany.
Sílvia Melo‐Pfeifer, Vander Tavares
wiley   +1 more source