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Zhenshi and Shizaishi in Taiwan Mandarin: Intensification and Lexicalization [PDF]
, 2011 [[abstract]]This study explores the lexicalization of zhenshi and shizaishi. They originate as a fusion of an adverb (zhen(de) and shizai respectively) and the copula/focus marker (shi), and further develop an idiomatic meaning through discourse ...
Yao-Ren Wu, 吳曜任
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Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 110, Issue 2, Page 497-525, March 2025.Abstract Silence can be a communicative act. Tanesini (2018) demonstrates how “eloquent” silences can virtuously indicate resistance and dissent; in this paper, I outline one way silence can also be used viciously to cause discursive harm, specifically by slurring victims. By distinguishing between eloquent and “signaling” silences (two kinds of what I
A. G. Holdier
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Review of Education, Volume 12, Issue 3, December 2024.Abstract This paper presents the first systematic review and meta‐analysis on cross‐linguistic correlations between sign language and spoken/written language competences in bilingual d/Deaf learners. A total of 202 effect sizes were identified based on 70 independent samples that appeared in 52 studies from 1981 to 2023 (N = 3570).
Dongbo Zhang +3 more
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Symbolic Interaction, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 538-554, November 2024.This article presents a project of methodologically applying and conceptually adjusting Goffman's frame analysis to studying visual social life: what is going on, and how, in the abundance of visual scenes that we increasingly navigate through in our everyday lives.
Eeva Luhtakallio
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Referential Cohesion, Ambiguity, Vagueness and Generality in Parliamentary Debate*
Studia Linguistica, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 128-155, April 2024.Abstract Political discourse has been characterised as being ‘vague’ and ‘ambiguous’. It is argued that politicians tend to use generic and unspecific words in order to avoid explicit commitment (McGee 2018). Although this situation may describe discourse genres such as political interviews and election debates, it is unclear that it can be applied to ...
Josep E. Ribera
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Semantic field theory and the teaching of English vocabulary with special reference to Iraqi secondary schools. [PDF]
, 1985 The study of semantic fields and their relationships within lexical structure has become an essential part of semantic analysis. Vaguely formulated though it has been, semantic field theory has proved its worth as a general guide for research in ...
Mansouri, Ali Nasser Harb
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Análise de expressões idiomáticas da língua portuguesa sob a perspectiva pedagógica [PDF]
, 2019 Amid the typology of the units of the lexicon, we shall highlight phraseologisms that, in its turn, also have their own types. In this study, the object of analysis is the idiomatic expressions understood as syntagmatic lexical units, formed by two or ...
Cristiane Aparecida Soares da Silva Rozenfeld
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A study of deixis in relation to lyric poetry. [PDF]
, 1992 This thesis is an examination of the role of deixis in a specific literary genre, the lyric poem. Deixis is seen as not only a fundamental aspect of human discourse, but the prime function in the construction of 'world-view' and the expression of ...
Green, K.M.C., Green, Keith
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Discourse semantics. The gender language parameter: a research case in the semantics of sexism [PDF]
, 2008 El presente artículo, siguiendo la corriente investigadora de la Sociolingüística feminista en América del Norte (EE.UU., Québec y Montréal), estudia, desde el lenguaje de género, el sexismo lingüístico, tanto sintáctico como léxico, su caracterización ...
Penas Ibáñez, Mª Azucena +1 more
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, 2003 This paper is a study on the semantic scope and its main objective is to compare the semantic-conceptual nuances of the logographic word “en” between the Chinese and Japanese languages in the 11th century，when it was the peak of the autochthonous culture’
Morales, Leiko Matsubara
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