Valuing All Languages in Europe [PDF]
, 2007 The VALEUR project (2004-2007) took as its focus the 'additional' languages of Europe. These are defined as all languages in use in contexts where they are not 'national', 'official', or 'dominant' languages.
Broeder, Peter +7 more
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Identity and standards for English as a European Union lingua franca
World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 210-227, June 2024.Abstract This article addresses, from an applied linguistics perspective, the position English maintains among the myriad of languages spoken in the European Union (EU). The linguistic make‐up of EU society, as well as the language policy of the Union, is scrutinised.
Marko Modiano
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Quantifying basic colors' salience from cross‐linguistic corpora
Color Research &Application, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 34-50, January/February 2024.From the Basic Color Terms Hierarchy of Berlin and Kay to our proposal based on corpus data from 57 Languages. Abstract A corpus‐based quantitative assessment of Berlin and Kay's proposal is presented. We refine the Basic Color Terms hierarchy proposed by Berlin and Kay, through the concept of salience.
Antoni Brosa‐Rodríguez +1 more
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“The Impact of Housing Market Institutions on Labour Mobility: A European Cross-Country Comparison.” ENEPRI Working Paper No. 54, July 2007 [PDF]
, 2007 This paper examines the effects of housing market institutions on labour mobility. The authors construct durations for individuals leaving their current job for a different job, becoming unemployed or leaving the labour market, from a sample of ...
de Graaff, Thomas, +1 more
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On the Similarities Between Native, Non-native and Translated Texts
, 2016 We present a computational analysis of three language varieties: native, advanced non-native, and translation. Our goal is to investigate the similarities and differences between non-native language productions and translations, contrasting both with ...
Nisioi, Sergiu +3 more
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Towards a Comprehensive EU Protection System for Minorities. CEPS Research Report, September 2017 [PDF]
, 2017 This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, examines the added value of developing a democratic rule of law and fundamental rights-based ...
Bárd, Petra +3 more
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Ujfalvy’s place in the development of Finno-Ugrian language studies in the second half of the 19th century in France [PDF]
, 2017 The article presents the work of Charles Eugène de Ujfalvy de Mező-Kövesd [Hung. Mezőkövesdi Ujfalvy Károly Jenő] (1842–1904), still less known French-Hungarian researcher, who played an important role as an initiatior of the Finno-Ugrian language ...
Piechnik, Iwona
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Types of non-standard communication encounters with special reference to Russian [PDF]
, 2010 Peer ...
Mustajoki, Arto
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Forgotten Laxdæla poetry : a study and an edition of Tyrfingur Finnsson's Vísur uppá Laxdæla sögu [PDF]
, 2017 The paper discusses the metre and the diction of a previously unpublished small poem about characters of Laxdæla saga, composed in 18th century. The stanzas are ostensibly in skaldic dróttkvætt; the analysis shows it to be an imitation of the classical ...
Sverdlov, Ilya, Vanherpen, Sofie
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Formant frequencies and vowel space area in Javanese and Sundanese English language learners [PDF]
, 2016 Several studies have documented how first language (L1) vowel systems play an important role in the vowel production of a second language (L2). L2 learners of Western languages who exhibit a smaller L1 vowel system are predicted to struggle with ...
Klamer, Marian +2 more
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