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Open LinguisticsThis study provides an etymological study of one of the basic lexical items GIVE in a sample of 24 varieties of Huī Chinese, a lesser-known transitional group of Sinitic languages.
Hui Man-Shan, Lu Wen
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A quest for effective and inclusive design of Chinese characters in subtitling [PDF]
, 2018 Research on subtitling has developed rapidly in most Western countries in the last two decades, resulting in a certain consensus about standards. In response to new social and political challenges, in recent years the focus of research has broadened to ...
Casas-Tost, Helena, Rovira-Esteva, Sara
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Review of: Pinson, Thomas M. 2012. A Naxi-Chinese-English Dictionary (Naqxi-Habaq-Yiyu Ceeqdiail / 纳西汉英词典) [PDF]
, 2013 International audienceThis is a review of: Pinson, Thomas M. 2012.
Michaud, Alexis
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The translated identities of Chinese minority writers : Sinophone Naxi authors
, 2017 This paper will show the interplay between language and identity in the writing of Sinophone Chinese minority writers, who write what can be envisioned as a form of postcolonial literature.
POUPARD, Duncan
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Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThe Tanka people, colloquially known as the “boat people”, are primarily located in Southeast China. Over time, their transition from a maritime to a land-based lifestyle has significantly influenced the languages they speak, particularly through contact
Cong Wang +3 more
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Symmetric and asymmetric alternations in direct object encoding [PDF]
, 2017 This paper examines two different strategies found in direct object encoding on the basis of a sample of 159 languages. In particular, this paper deals with the differences between symmetric (i.e.
Iemmolo, Giorgio
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Historical narratives and sociolinguistic factors affecting language use of the Hakkas in Thailand
Cogent Arts & HumanitiesThe Hakka people, a subgroup within the Han Chinese ethnicity and part of the Southern Sinitic language family, have migrated from China to various regions in Southeast Asia over several centuries.
Sutthiphod Phiranawong +2 more
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Tone and intonation: introductory notes and practical recommendations [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceThe present article aims to propose a simple introduction to the topics of (i) lexical tone, (ii) intonation, and (iii) tone-intonation interactions, with practical recommendations for students.
Michaud, Alexis, Vaissière, Jacqueline
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Problems of methodology and explanation in word order universals research [PDF]
, 2010 Ever since the publication of Greenberg 1963, word order typologists have attempted to formulate and refine implicational universals of word order so as to characterize the restricted distribution of certain word order patterns, and in some cases have ...
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Mimicking Word Embeddings using Subword RNNs
, 2017 Word embeddings improve generalization over lexical features by placing each word in a lower-dimensional space, using distributional information obtained from unlabeled data.
Eisenstein, Jacob +2 more
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