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Argument Alternation in Etulo Etulo中的参数交替

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.57

Adaobi Ngozi Okoye

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Stance Acts in Select Nigerian and South Korean News Report on COVID-19 Pandemic 尼日利亚和韩国关于COVID-19大流行的部分新闻报道中的立场

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.25

Isaiah Aluya

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Commonality in Sound Branding: A Comparative Study of the Perception of Obstruents in Korean and English 语音烙印的共性:韩英两种语言对障碍感知的比较研究

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.1

Axel Altmann

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Multilingualism, Social Inequality, and the Need for a Universal Language 多种语言、社会不平等以及对通用语言的需求

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2023.24.1.77

SunYoung Park

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Typology of Constituent Interrogatives in Central Yorùbá Dialects: A Minimalist Description 中部Yorùbá方言组成疑问句的类型学:一个极简描述

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2022.23.2.77

Emmanuel Ọmọniyì Ọláńrewájú

引用次数: 2

Valency Decreasing in South Ethio-Semitic Languages 南埃塞俄比亚-闪米特语的语价下降

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2022.23.2.133

Tsige Yohannes Zeleke, Desalaegn Hagos Asfawwesen

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Principles toward Optimization of Characters in a Semantic-Writing System 语义书写系统中字符的优化原则

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2022.23.2.23

P. New

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Yes/No Questions in Ẹ̀dó: Structure and Derivation Ẹ´dó中的是/否问题:结构和推导

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2022.23.2.109

Perpetual Usenbo

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CV Driven Resyllabification of Personal Names in Ẹdo 简历驱动下的Ẹdo人名重音节化

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2022.23.2.1

O. Evbuomwan, Veronica Edamwe Edobor-Uzamere

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Diminutives in Yangxin Gan

Journal of Universal Language Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.22425/jul.2022.23.1.147

Lysander Schleh

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