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Theorizing Language Evolution Using NCT and Conlangs: An Etiological Study 用NCT和conlang理论语言进化:一个病因学研究

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v4-i2-a4

Swathi Sivakumar Menon, Vinod Balakrishnan

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Emotions in Jimmy Liao’s Picturebook: A Case Study of Pictorial Metaphors 廖绘本中的情感:以图画隐喻为例

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v4-i2-a2

Xiaoyang Qi, Roslina Mamat

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“Binajau Tambacan”: A Morphological Analysis of the Sinama Variety in Barangay Tambacan, Iligan City “Binajau Tambacan”:Iligan市Barangay Tambacan Sinama品种形态分析

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v4-i2-a3

Keven Opamin, Brigette Licayan, Merceditha C. Alicando

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Local Chinese Dialects and Toponymy of Chinese Streets in Sibu, Sarawak 砂拉越士武华人街道的方言与地名

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v4-i1-a3

L. Wong

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Semio-linguistic Norms and Variations of French in Urban and Commercial Spaces in Japan 日本城市与商业空间中法语的符号化规范与变异

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v4-i1-a4

Tsuyoshi Kida

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The Sociopragmatic Activities and Cultural Significance of an Izakaya 居酒屋的社会实践活动及其文化意义

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v4-i1-a2

T. Allen, Xiangdong Liu

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Origins of Numerals and their Variable Forms in the Languages of Pulau Simeulue and Pulau Banyak, Aceh, Indonesia 印度尼西亚亚齐岛西莫鲁岛和巴尼亚克岛语言中数字的起源及其变化形式

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v4-i1-a1

Rob Amery, Z. Aziz

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Narratives and Indigenous History 叙事与本土历史

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v3-i4-a2

A. Omar

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Mapping the Linguistic Cityscape of a Tourist City in Southwestern China: Monolingualism, Bilingualism, and Silenced Minorities 西南旅游城市的语言景观:单语、双语与沉默的少数民族

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2021-10-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v3-i4-a1

Junfang Peng, N. Mansor

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“Between a Rock and Reclaimed Land:” A Structural Comparison between Singaporean and Mauritian Petrifaction Myths Between a Rock and Reclaimed Land: A Structural Comparison of Si-Tanggang and the Pieter Both Folktale “岩石与填海地之间”:新加坡与毛里求斯岩石与填海地之间石化神话的结构比较:四塘岗与彼得两地民间故事的结构比较

Journal on Asian Linguistic Anthropology Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI: 10.47298/jala.v3-i3-a3

Gerarld Choa

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