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From perceptual dialectology to perceptual multilingualism: a Hong Kong case study [PDF]
Language Awareness, 2021 This paper proposes perceptual multilingualism as a research interest within the broader folk linguistic enterprise. By drawing on the geolinguistic mapping tasks popular in perceptual dialectology – whereby participants are asked to draw and depict dialectal diversity in a given region – we show that perceptual multilingualism can elicit knowledge and
Nathan John Albury
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A cognitively grounded measure of pronunciation distance. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In this study we develop pronunciation distances based on naive discriminative learning (NDL). Measures of pronunciation distance are used in several subfields of linguistics, including psycholinguistics, dialectology and typology.
Martijn Wieling +5 more
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JACDI: WS-SF: A Short-Form Version of the Saudi Arabic Communicative Development Inventory. [PDF]
Int J Lang Commun DisordABSTRACT Purpose This study addresses the lack of a short Communicative Development Inventory (CDI) form tailored to Saudi Arabic, specifically designed based on local norms, for assessing early communicative skills in toddlers. The JISH Arabic CDI: Words and Sentences Short‐Form (JACDI: WS‐SF) is introduced to meet this need. This tool is particularly
Alroqi H +8 more
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Perceptual Dialectology and the Future of Slovene Dialects [PDF]
Slovenski Jezik, 2007 This paper is a description and analysis of a survey designed to ask questions about dialect usage and attitudes in Slovenia. The questionnaire was administered during November of 2005 at the University of Ljubljana and the University of Maribor. Overall, the survey of university students depicts a situation that is positive for dialect maintenance ...
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Subdivisions of Faifi Arabic: a perceptual dialectology approach
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThis paper investigates the perspectives held by native speakers of Faifi Arabic concerning the categorization of Faifi Arabic subdialects. Through the utilization of perceptual dialectology research techniques, participants engaged in two distinct tasks.
Abdullah Alfaifi
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Dialectality Measurement: A Research Model for Discussion
Lietuvių Kalba, 2023 The aim of this article is to propose a model for studying linguistic behavior and dialectality measurement for scientific discussion. To achieve the goal, the following tasks are set: 1) to briefly review and evaluate the previous studies on linguistic ...
Vytautas Kardelis
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Géolinguistique, 2021 This article studies contemporary Dublin English, within the theoretical framework of perceptual dialectology, using a digital corpus I created in 2020.
Christophe Coupé
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Correction: Subdivisions of Faifi Arabic: a perceptual dialectology approach
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsAbdullah Alfaifi
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Frontiers in Communication, 2022 This paper presents the results of the first study within a perceptual dialectology framework in the Greek-speaking community in Cyprus. Thirty participants from three age groups of equal size took part in a sociolinguistic interview.
Constantina Fotiou +3 more
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Transposition, not translation: Recuperating attentionality on Pantelleria, Sicily
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 311-329, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This article examines how elderly rural Sicilians recall the meanings of words rendered obsolete by infrastructural, technological, and economic changes that occurred in their lifetime. I examine conversations from my 2016 and 2019 fieldwork on Pantelleria, Sicily, characterized by what I term recuperated attentionality, speaking from ...
Nicco A. La Mattina
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