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Subversion and the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in Contemporary Science Fiction
Journal of Science Fiction and Philosophy, 2020 This article points out the ways in which the relationship between language and political resistance are problematized in “meta-linguistic” science fiction novels after the 1980s.
Can Koparan
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There Is More Than Meets the Eye: The Dual Role of Perception in Shaping Color Lexicons
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Color's ultimate physical reality is continuous, and yet human beings “cut” this continuum into a rather small number of categories reflected in their languages’ color lexicon. There are striking cross‐linguistic differences in the color lexicon, which are primarily attributed to differences in communicative needs, but also striking ...
Mathilde Josserand +3 more
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Interdisciplinarity of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Društvene i humanističke studije (Online), 2021 Linguistic relativism originally comes from anthropology and linguistics. However, most of the interpretations of linguistic relativism have come a long way considering the beginning of the 20th century – when it was established. One of the reasons for that lies in its interdisciplinary potential.
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Pronoun Drop as an Instrumental Variable
Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 629-635, August 2026.ABSTRACT A growing literature in comparative economics uses linguistic structure in empirical work to explain differences in culture and economic behavior, through the theoretical mechanism of linguistic relativity (or the “Sapir–Whorf hypothesis”). This paper explores the usage of one of these variables, pronoun drop, which denotes whether or not a ...
Ryan H. Murphy
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On the Symbolism of Rain in A Farewell to Arms
University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2019 This paper critically analyzes the symbolic use of rain in A Farewell to Arms (1929). The researcher has applied Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis as a research tool for the analysis of the text.
Muhammad Rahman
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British Journal of Management, Volume 37, Issue 3, July 2026.Abstract In this study, we apply the upper echelons theory (UET) lens to investigate how M&A rumours influence deal completion. Based on our findings, we propose a two‐stage channel that drives the rumour‐specific effect. In doing so, we provide theoretical arguments and empirical support for the relationship between M&A rumours and deal completions ...
Yama Temouri +3 more
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On the Symbolism of Rain in A Farewell to Arms
University of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2018 This paper critically analyzes the symbolic use of rain in A Farewell to Arms (1929). The researcher has applied Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis as a research tool for the analysis of the text.
Mohammad Rahman
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Learning to Love Rats: A Postwar Ecology in a Cambodian Minefield
American Anthropologist, Volume 127, Issue 4, Page 746-756, December 2025.ABSTRACT This paper follows the implementation of landmine detection rats in Cambodia. Over the course of my ethnographic fieldwork with the team for the landmine detection rat technique training in Cambodia, I saw that the way the human landmine detectors (a.k.a.
Darcie DeAngelo
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Linguistic innovation in feminist utopian fiction Linguistic innovation in feminist utopian fiction
Ilha do Desterro, 2008 In this paper I shall be discussing some recent feminist utopian novels and some of the more interesting implications and questions we might draw from a close study of the linguistic innovations in them.
Deirdre Burton
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Проблеми семантики, прагматики та когнітивної лінгвістики, 2023 У статті проаналізовано лінгвопрагматичний потенціал афіксальних дериватів у смисловому полі роману одного з найвизначніших представників італійського веризму Л. Капуани «Маркіз Роккавердіна».
Валерія Охріменко
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