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The Zipf’s Law and Other Ways of Identifying Culture-Specific Linguistics Units
Every language contains a number of linguistic units that serve as a key to understanding the culture of its language speakers. Therefore, they bear specific information that helps to reveal cultural similarities and dissimilarities.
D.M. Akizhanova +2 more
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Pragmatics among Linguistic Disciplines: Problems of Definition and Classification
Until the mid-20th century, the term “pragmatics” was employed by different fields of research (such as semiotics, philosophy, sociology, psychology), which made the content of the term very wide and ambiguous.
Elizaveta Georgievna Kotorova
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Nigerian Pentecostal churches have increasingly utilised online posters as pulpits beyond church walls, transitioning from programme advertisements to subtle, and sometimes complex platforms for sociocultural commentary.
Nkechi Ukaegbu, Chinedu Ezebube
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Given Nigeria’s societal norms and prevailing religiosity, topics of sex and genitalia are often regarded as taboo. Consequently, university students adapt their language to avoid being perceived as vulgar.
Chinedu C. Ezebube +2 more
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Ile lingwistyki w slawistyce, ile slawistyki w lingwistyce?
How Much Linguistics in Slavistics, How Much Slavistics in Linguistics? The author makes an attempt to discuss the current role of linguistics among other disciplines of Slavonic studies (Slavistics), i.e. literature and cultural studies. The second part
Michał Głuszkowski
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Others’ Words, Others’ Voices: The Making of a Linguistic Anthropologist [PDF]
Starting from a recent flash of reflexive illumination experienced as a member of a dissertation committee, this act of (re-)constructive retrospection recalls the principal forces, experiences, and individuals that shaped my career as a linguistic anthropologist and turned my interests toward poetics, performance, language ideology, and remediation ...
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Efforts to promote gender equality in the Igbo society have been met with significant challenges, particularly in early education, where children develop foundational notions of identity.
Chinedu Chidiebere Ezebube +2 more
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BORDER CROSSINGS: USE OF LINGUISTIC STUDIES ACROSS SUBJECT DISCIPLINES
Cross-disciplinary research, involving scholars of multiple disciplines, has attracted much attention from universities recently. This type of study extends beyond simple collaboration in integrating data, methodologies, perspectives and concepts and ...
Maya Khemlani David +2 more
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SOCIOLINGUISTICS AND OTHER LINGUISTIC DISCIPLINES
It cannot be said that the boundaries of sociolinguistics have finally been determined. Sociolinguistics deals with the functioning of language that people use for communication. The rules of interaction existing in different societies are subject to restrictions due to the specifi cs of this society. It seems that sociolinguistics can be distinguished,
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The practicality of theory: Reciprocity, assessment and applied linguistics [PDF]
In language assessment there is awareness that at a fundamental level it is a subfield of applied linguistics. Hence a productive understanding of that relationship is to ask, first, how we understand the discipline of applied linguistics and, second ...
Weideman, Albert
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