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In the Echoes of Guarani: Exploring the Intonation of Statements in Paraguayan Spanish

Languages, 2023
This explorative study examines intonation contours in neutral and non-neutral statements of Paraguayan Spanish, a variety shaped by extensive contact with Guarani, a co-official language of Paraguay.
Andrea Pešková
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Linguistic Preservation in the Digital Age: Anglicisms in French and Quebec IT Terminology – A Survey of IT Students

Hermes
This study explores the prevalence and integration of Anglicisms in French and Quebec IT terminology, analysing the tension between global linguistic influences and local preservation efforts.
Pavla Zubkova, Jan Lazar
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Reading and Annotating Galen between 1515–1531: on some Latin Galen Editions in the Library of the Carmelites in Cracow

Studia Ceranea, 2019
Copies of early-printed books have been of interest to to-day’s collectors and researchers not only for their material aspects (names of publishers and places of printing, fonts and composition, number of known copies etc.), but also because they bear ...
Magdalena Koźluk, Justyna Sowińska
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Copla y supervivencia: Conchita Piquer, “Tatuaje”, y el duelo de los vencidos

Revista de Dialectología y Tradiciones Populares, 2011
El presente estudio es una lectura de “Tatuaje” (1941), la copla más emblemática de Conchita Piquer, a la sombra de las fosas comunes del terror franquista.
Stephanie Sieburth
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Re-Thinking Peer Reviewing in the Virtual Context: The Roles of Giving and Receiving Online Feedback in L2 Spanish Classrooms

Languages, 2021
This study explores learners’ online peer review practices during a four-week second language writing project. The project was developed in a multi-section Spanish writing course at the college level.
Emilia Illana-Mahiques
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Do You Love Me? Psychological Characteristics of Romance Scam Victims

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2017
The online dating romance scam is an Advance Fee Fraud, typically conducted by international criminal groups via online dating sites and social networking sites.
M. Whitty
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On the Dynamism of Paintings Through the Distribution of Edge Directions

Journal of Imaging
The digitization of artworks has recently offered new computational perspectives on the study of art history. While much of the focus has been on classifying styles or identifying objects, the analysis of more abstract concepts, such as the perception of
Adrien Deliege, Maria Giulia Dondero, Enzo D’Armenio   +2 more
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The life of a loanword: A case study of le coming out in the French magazine Têtu (1995–2015)

Ampersand, 2019
In this paper we investigate the sociocultural dimensions of lexical borrowing by focusing on the diachronic use of a socially charged English loanword—le coming out—in Têtu, a popular gay lifestyle magazine that was published in French from 1995 to 2015.
David Divita, William Curtis
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Online-Dating Romance Scam in Malaysia: An Analysis of Online Conversations between Scammers and Victims

GEMA Online® Journal of Language Studies, 2019
The study of online romance scam is still at its infancy in Malaysia, despite the increase in the number of reported cases in this country. This research primarily aims to identify the steps and strategies involved in the online romance scam in Malaysia.
Azianura Hani Shaari, M. Kamaluddin, M. Mohd   +2 more
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Linguocultural Peculiarities of British Parliamentary Discourse

Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2016
Peculiarities of British parliamentary discourse are largely conditioned by context models of its participants, which influence the style and linguistic forms of their speeches.
Samvel Abrahamyan
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