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What are particularistic pejoratives?

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
Particularistic pejoratives (PPs) mock individuals based on their personal attributes yet lack a precise definition. This paper seeks to refine our understanding of PPs by examining their derogatory profiles across three dimensions: descriptiveness, intensity, and slurring potential.
Víctor Carranza‐Pinedo
wiley   +1 more source

Parental perspectives on the impact of screen time on the language skills of typically developing Indian children. [PDF]

Codas
Varghese F, Karuppali S.
europepmc   +1 more source

How generics obscure the logic of conditionals

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
This paper discusses counter‐examples to modus ponens and modus tollens involving modals and quantificational adverbs, and presents new counter‐examples with generic conditionals. We argue that the counter‐examples are spurious, and are explained by the domain‐restricting effects of if‐clauses.
Daniel Lassiter, Maxime Bourlier, Baptiste Jacquet, Jean Baratgin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developmental Language Disorder and Risk of Dyslexia-Can They Be Told Apart? [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Chalikia A, Ralli AM, Antoniou F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Developing L2 semantic knowledge of English modality through concept‐based language instruction: Do cognitive linguistics materials have an advantage?

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the pedagogical impact of integrating cognitive linguistics (CL) into concept‐based language instruction (C‐BLI) for teaching English modal verbs. Eighty‐nine Mandarin‐speaking university learners were assigned to one of three instructional conditions: C‐BLI with CL‐based conceptualizations (C‐BLI‐CL), C‐BLI with non‐CL
Helen Zhao, James P. Lantolf
wiley   +1 more source

Ungrammatical Selves

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
Vincent Pak
wiley   +1 more source

Two Nationalisms, One City: Official and Diasporic Framings of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the contested collective memories of the 2019 Anti‐Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti‐ELAB) movement, investigating how the Hong Kong government and diaspora construct divergent narratives to shape national identity and nationalism.
Isaac Iu
wiley   +1 more source

Variation in Interactive Gestures by Visual Occlusion and Topic Complexity: Evidence for a Subconscious Theory of Gesture. [PDF]

Cogn Sci
Williamson TR, Kinsey K, Piasecki AE.
europepmc   +1 more source

Why Do Voters Vote for ‘the Other Side’? Instrumental and Expressive Motives for Cross‐Ethnolinguistic Voting in Brussels

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While electoral support in deeply divided societies is expected to follow segmental lines, parties often attract substantial backing from outside their core constituencies. This article examines why voters in Belgium's Brussels‐Capital Region—a consociational system designed to enable the peaceful cohabitation of the French and Dutch language ...
Benjamin Blanckaert, Silvia Erzeel, Didier Caluwaerts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Secondary imperfectivisation is reverbalisation. [PDF]

Morphology (Dordr)
Arsenijević B, Milosavljević S, Simonović M.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source