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Insertion strategies used with lone English verbs in otherwise Igbo utterances 伊博语中单独英语动词的插入策略

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2018-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/jlc2018.0484

Ihemere Kelechukwu

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Destruction of Abbay Choman Oromo indigenous practice due to Gojjame invasion, north east Wollega South of Abay River, Ethiopia (1870s - 1882) 埃塞俄比亚阿拜河以南沃勒加东北部，Gojjame入侵导致Abbay Choman Oromo土著习俗的破坏(1870 - 1882)

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2018-09-30 DOI: 10.5897/jlc2018.0471

K. Gemechu, A. Surafel

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Challenges of students discipline in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes: A case of primary schools in Dembi Dollo and Nekemte towns of Oromia Region, Ethiopia 英语作为外语(EFL)课程中学生纪律的挑战:以埃塞俄比亚奥罗米亚地区Dembi Dollo和Nekemte镇小学为例

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2018-08-31 DOI: 10.5897/jlc2018.0472

Geleta Aliye

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Standing straight with the title, As this miserable and fungus-like small plant becomes a big and favourite tree adapted from the Tcheonzamun poem (753rd to 768th) 《站直了》的题目是“这棵可怜的、像真菌一样的小植物变成了一棵大而受人喜爱的树”，这是改编自赤扎门的诗(753 ~ 768)。

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2018-02-28 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2016.0426

H. R. Park, Jieun Kim, K. D. A. Kim, J. Kim, S. Kim, Rosa Kim, Alain Hamon, S. A. Kim

引用次数: 2

Syntactic translation and semantic implications: The case of Fulfulde and English 句法翻译及其语义含义:以福尔富尔德语与英语为例

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2018-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2017.0440

Umaru Kalgo Kiro, Mary Ngozi Nwodo

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Tracing the local culture in a reading book 在读书中探寻当地文化

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2017-09-30 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2015.0337

Mehmet Durmaz

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引用次数: 5

Inflectional morphology in Mecha Oromo Mecha Oromo的屈折形态

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2017-08-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2016.0395

Gobena Wakweya

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引用次数: 3

Language attrition in bicultural bilinguals: Evidence from Neo-Aramaic animal metaphors 双文化双语者的语言消耗:来自新阿拉姆语动物隐喻的证据

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2017-08-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2017.0437

Ala Al-kajela

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You are magnifique, Maegs descendants! (769th-784th characters) 你们真了不起，麦格斯的后代们!(769 th - 784字符)

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2017-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2017.0432

Rosa Kim, S. Kim, J. Kim, K. D. A. Kim, Jieun Kim, H. R. Park, Alain Hamon, Francine Tenaillon, Anne-Marie Forget, F. Forget, S. A. Kim

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I will pray for you that you may become a man well developed and a woman in full bloom beautifully!; from the translation of Tcheonzamun (the book of The Thousand Character Essay) poem (705-720th characters) 我为你祈祷，愿你成为一个茁壮成长的男人，一个美丽绽放的女人!摘自《千字文》诗(705-720字)的翻译

Journal of Languages and Culture Pub Date : 2017-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/JLC2016.00412

H. R. Park, Jieun Kim, K. D. A. Kim, J. Kim, S. Kim, Rosa Kim, Alain Hamon, S. A. Kim

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