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Charting New Paths in the Study of Kin Term Acquisition

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Kin terms appear among infants’ earliest words, yet a full mastery of kin concepts typically emerges only in late childhood. This prolonged developmental trajectory reflects not only children's acquisition of an abstract relational system of words, but also their growing understanding of social relationships and interactional norms.
Marisa Casillas, Yuchen Jin, Stephen C. Levinson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Addressing the Addressees: A Discourse Stylistic Study of the Vocatives in the Holy Qurʼān

Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research, 2020
This study investigates the function of vocatives in the Holy Qurʼān. The actual purpose of vocatives is to attract the attention of the addressee for a specific message, order, warning, command, instructions, awareness, and other exclamatory purposes ...
Sarwat Awan, Tazanfal Tehseem, Saba Zulfiqar   +2 more
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A preliminary analysis of intonation patterns in Ecuadorian Cuencano Spanish

Open Linguistics, 2021
El Cantado Cuencano “Cuencano singing” constitutes the hallmark of Cuencano Spanish: a widely spoken Andean dialect in the Ecuadorian province of Azuay.
Portocarrero Alex, Stewart Jesse
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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

Hail to the thief: spectral egalitarianism in the Moroccan High Atlas Songez au voleur ! les spectres de l’égalitarisme dans le Haut‐Atlas marocain

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 104-120, March 2026.
This essay examines the spectres haunting ideas of egalitarianism among Tashelhiyt‐speaking communities in the Moroccan High Atlas: first, the tyrant, an obvious frontal threat to ideas of equality; and then the vastly more complex figure of the thief (amkhar).
Matthew Carey
wiley   +1 more source

Making fun of the standard tongue: Enregisterment, social difference, and Kurdish language humor

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 3, December 2025.
Abstract This article analyzes how humor around contrasts between standard and non‐standard Northern, i.e., Kurmanji, Kurdish spoken in Turkey contributes to the enregisterment of standard Kurdish, arguing that Kurdish language jokes promote the recognition and, to different degrees, uptake of standardized linguistic repertoires among differently ...
Patrick C. Lewis
wiley   +1 more source

Diachronic-dialectological research of interjection morphemes in the Azerbaijani (On the basis of the Diwan Lughat al-Turk by Mahmud Kashgari)

Uluslararası Türk Lehçe Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2022
The Diwan Lughat al-Turk by Mahmud Kashgari has an important role in correct settlement of historical issues of Azerbaijani. Study of historical morphology as well as other issues in different levels on the basis of materials of this record is ...
GÜDSİYYE GEMBEROVA
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Fragranced Products and VOCs

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2011
In the article “Scented Products Emit a Bouquet of VOCs,” Potera (2011) gave a broad overview of the work of Steinemann et al. (2010) regarding the quantification of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from fragranced products. Unfortunately, crucial facts were omitted about the materials cited and the use of alternative substances.
Singal, Madhuri, Vitale, Danielle, Smith, Ladd   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Young children's language socialization to kinship vocatives and some of their indexicalities in an Indo‐Fijian community

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 35, Issue 2, August 2025.
Abstract This article explores young children's language socialization to kinship vocatives and some of their indexicalities in “Dovubaravi,” a rural Indo‐Fijian community in Fiji. The investigation engaged 11 young Dovubaravi children and their extended families in qualitative ethnographic data generation across 2 years.
Alexandra Diamond
wiley   +1 more source

Insectophones in the English phonosemantic system

RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2017
The article is devoted the types of iconic lexis, the term insectophone is introduced and its place in the English phonosemantic system is defined.
V V Oschepkova, E S Razheva
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