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Drift – A change of perspective 漂移——观点的改变

Glottotheory Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/glot-2020-2005

Thorsten Roelcke

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Language change as a scientific construct of a probabilistically organized information system 语言变化是一个概率组织信息系统的科学构造

Glottotheory Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI: 10.1515/glot-2020-2004

Eike Decker

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Language change and language evolution: Cousins, siblings, twins? 语言变化与语言进化：表兄弟、兄弟姐妹、双胞胎？

Glottotheory Pub Date : 2020-04-01 DOI: 10.1515/glot-2020-2003

S. Hartmann

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引用次数: 5

A Corpus-based Study of Transfers in English Nominal Groups 基于语料库的英语名义群迁移研究

Glottotheory Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/glot-2019-0003

Qingshun He

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引用次数: 3

Sprachkontakt – Sprachmischung – Sprachwahl – Sprachwechsel. Eine sprachsoziologische Untersuchung der weißrussisch-russisch gemischten Rede “Trasjanka” in Weißrussland. 语言模拟语言选择换语言我对白俄罗斯混合发表的"查加那卡"演说的语言社会学研究

Glottotheory Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/glot-2019-0008

Emmerich Kelih

引用次数: 3

Dative Alternation in Nigerian English: A Corpus-based Approach 基于语料库的尼日利亚英语替代语研究

Glottotheory Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/glot-2019-0005

Mayowa Akinlotan, Akande Akinmade

引用次数: 5

Fachsprachen. Die Konstruktion von Welten. (utb 4962). Fachsprachen .建筑世界的故事(utb 4962) .

Glottotheory Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI: 10.1515/glot-2019-0009

K. Pelikan