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BanglaRegionalTextCorpus: A curated dataset for four regional bangla dialects with standard Bangla and English translation. [PDF]

Data Brief
Ahmed MT, Koli ZM, Rahat AM, Akhter T, Ayman U.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genre and Conversation

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conversations can belong to different types, or genres. We consider four dimensions of variation as case studies: Some conversations are about sharing information, others about making decisions; some are about making firm commitments, others about brainstorming options; some are about sticking to the facts, others involve make‐believe; some ...
Elmar Unnsteinsson, Daniel W. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Semantic change in adults is not primarily a generational phenomenon. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Kamath G, Yang M, Reddy S, Sonderegger M, Card D.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gukurahundism, Constitutionality and Ethnonationalist Language Policy Contestations: An Ideological Critique of Mediated Discourses About Mother Tongue Instruction in Zimbabwe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines mediated discourses on the state of implementation of language in education policy using a critical incident as a reference. Employing Thompson's modes of ideology, we perform an ideological critique of purposively sampled cross‐media discourses spawned by the failed attempt of a Zimbabwean government deputy minister to ...
Khulekani Ndlovu, Busani Maseko, Liqhwa Siziba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The sociolinguistic foundations of language modeling. [PDF]

Front Artif Intell
Grieve J, Bartl S, Fuoli M, Grafmiller J, Huang W, Jawerbaum A, Murakami A, Perlman M, Roemling D, Winter B.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Kansa talk: mapping cancer terminologies in Bagamoyo, Tanzania towards dignity-based practice. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health, 2023
Rafiq MY, Krugman DW, Bapumia F, Enumah Z, Wheatley H, Tungaraza K, Gerrets R, Mfuko S, Hall BJ, Kasogela O, Litunu A, Winch PJ.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics

, 1995
xvi, 412 cm.; 21 ...
Holmes, Janet
core  

Precarious agency: The role of uptake

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract How do we overcome the agency dilemma, that is, account for the fact that power relations heavily affect our agency without neglecting the many ways in which oppressed people act meaningfully? This article offers a solution by paying special attention to socially complex uptake in a framework of communities of practice. In order to explain the
Deborah Mühlebach
wiley   +1 more source

Sustaining Language Acquisition Research in Africa: A Commentary on Scaff et al. (2025). [PDF]

Dev Sci
Omane PO, Isaiah AA, Duah RA, Nazzi T.
europepmc   +1 more source

English address terms in Australian, British and North American English on Twitter/X

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses address terms on Twitter/X across three English‐speaking regions: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a random sample, we examine the frequency and regional distribution of address forms, including @‐mentions, vocatives, titles, kinship terms and greetings.
Martin Schweinberger, Amir Sheikhan
wiley   +1 more source