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Cognitive Science, Volume 47, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Abstract Studies of language evolution in the lab have used the iterated learning paradigm to show how linguistic structure emerges through cultural transmission—repeated cycles of learning and use across generations of speakers . However, agent‐based simulations suggest that prior biases crucially impact the outcome of cultural transmission.
Pauline Palma +3 more
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Atmospheric resonance: sonic motion and the question of religious mediation
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 613-631, June 2022., 2022 Abstract Because of its material characteristics, the sonic poses a challenge to the influential paradigm of religion as mediation. This article makes a case for a neo‐phenomenological analytic of atmospheres in order to do justice to the sonic in anthropological approaches to religion.
Patrick Eisenlohr
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MorisienMT: A Dataset for Mauritian Creole Machine Translation
CoRR, 2022 Work in progress!
Raj Dabre, Aneerav Sukhoo
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From connectors to extension particles, the meaning of sipa ki in Mauritian Creole
Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2021 The extension particles are not considered as discourse markers by all researchers mainly considering the grammatical function the connectors which they are based on can present. However, as for discourse markers which “desemantisation” has been revoked,
Shimeen-Khan Chady
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Effectiveness of a theory-driven nutritional education program in improving calcium intake among older Mauritian adults. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2013 Background. Low calcium intake, a risk factor of osteoporosis and subsequent fractures, has been previously reported among post‐menopausal women in Mauritius. Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a theory‐based educational intervention in improving the calcium intake, self‐efficacy, and knowledge of older Mauritians. Methodology.
Bhurosy T, Jeewon R.
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Translating the untranslatable: Khal Torabully’s poetics of Coolitude
Journal of Indentureship and its Legacies, 2023 In coining the term ‘Coolitude’ to re-imagine and re-vision the indenture experience, Khal Torabully has created a new identity and language, based on the strength and resiliency garnered through the rich intercultural exchanges among indentured workers.
Nancy Naomi Carlson
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Lieu de mémoire, lieu d’oubli, lieu de réparation?
Francosphères, 2021 The destruction of the vernacular case créole has emerged as a striking, recurrent theme in contemporary Mauritian cultural production, as well as a cause of much heated public debate.
Julia Waters
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Créoles et français : Quelques différences dans la valence verbale
TIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage, 2015 In this contribution, I look at four valency patterns of Creole spoken in the Seychelles and Mauritius, which clearly differ from the corresponding French patterns.
Sibylle Kriegel
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Verb syncopation and predicate raising in Mauritian Creole [PDF]
Linguistics, 1990 exaly +3 more sources
Contact linguistique et glottogenèse
TIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage, 2023 The emergence of new languages out of languages in contact is a phenomenon that can be observed with a naked eye on the African terrain (see Abidjan French, Sango, Swahili for example).
Cyril Aslanov +2 more
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