Results 61 to 70 of about 3,122,331 (224)

Philippine Englishes in the Sino‐Philippine Lannang context

World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 588-606, December 2024.
Abstract This article explores the relationship between Philippine English and the Lannangs, individuals with Filipino and Southern Chinese cultural heritage. It highlights the multifaceted nature of this English variety by discussing how it interacts with non‐English languages in contemporary Lannang communities located in Manila, Iloilo and Cebu ...
Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales
wiley   +1 more source

Kazakhstani Gansu Dungan as a Contact Language: An Analysis of Russian Influence

Languages
This paper discusses extensive language contact and its results in Kazakhstani Gansu Dungan, a divergent variety of Mandarin Chinese. Based primarily on recorded conversational source materials, this study offers a contact linguistic overview of the ...
Sami Honkasalo
doaj   +1 more source

A typology of denominal verb formation strategies

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
wiley   +1 more source

How the Turtle Lost its Shell: Sino-Tibetan Divination Manuals and Cultural Translation [PDF]

, 2018
This article is a pan-Himalayan story about how the turtle, as a cultural symbol within Sino-Tibetan divination iconography, came to more closely resemble a frog.
Poupard, Duncan J
core   +1 more source

Echoes of Home: Mapping Vulnerable Places for Cantonese‐Speaking Immigrants Seeking Family Doctors in the Greater Toronto Area

Health &Social Care in the Community, Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Family doctors serve as the initial contact for individuals seeking regular medical service like routine physical exam, diagnosis, and treatment of illness. Nonetheless, immigrant population who do not speak the official language usually prefers receiving healthcare in their own mother tongues.
Dong Liu, Jinhyung Lee, Shiran Zhong, Jason Gilliland, Nan Lu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Suffixation in Zhangzhou

Open Linguistics
This study is the first to comprehensively describe suffixing morphology in Zhangzhou Southern Min, an under-described Sinitic language spoken in southern China.
Huang Yishan
doaj   +1 more source

East Asian languages in Lord’s Prayer collections, ca. 1600–1900

Histoire Épistémologie Langage
This paper provides a survey of versions of the Lord’s Prayer translated into several East Asian languages as they are attested in collections since the end of the 16th century. This is when the first relevant example appeared in print, namely a Literary
Sven Osterkamp
doaj   +1 more source

Language Contact and Areal Diffusion in Sinitic Languages

, 2001
Abstract This analysis includes a description of language-contact phenomena such as stratification, hybridization, and convergence for Sinitic languages. It also presents typologically unusual grammatical features for Sinitic such as double-patient constructions, negative existential constructions and agentive adversative pass ives ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Japanese and Modernization of the Chinese Language [PDF]

, 2014
New Trend on Asian ...
Shen Guowei, 沈 国威
core   +1 more source

Between The Global And The Local There Are Regions, Culture Areas, And States: A Review Article [PDF]

, 2002
published_or_final_versio
Evans, GRJ
core   +1 more source