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Equivalence and (un)translatability: Instances of the transfer between Romanian and English 对等和(非)可译性:罗马尼亚语和英语之间转换的实例

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0200

M. Cozma

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When teaching works and time helps: Noun modification in L2 English school children 当教学工作和时间有帮助时:第二语言英语学童的名词修饰

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0219

Raquel Fernández Fuertes, Eduardo Gómez Garzarán, Sonja Mujcinovic, Iban Mañas Navarrete

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Similatives are Manners, comparatives are Quantities (except when they aren’t) 类似的是方式，比较的是数量(除非它们不是)

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0211

R. Giomi

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A pragmatic analysis of Shylock’s use of thou and you 夏洛克使用thou和you的语用分析

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0221

Somboon Pojprasat

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Transferring knowledge to/from the market – still building the polysystem? The translation of Australian fiction in Romania 向市场转移知识 – 还在构建多系统？澳大利亚小说在罗马尼亚的翻译

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0199

Titela Vîlceanu, A. Păunescu

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The Communication of Viewpoints in Jordanian Arabic: A Pragmatic Study 约旦阿拉伯语的观点交流:语用学研究

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0191

N. Al-Khawaldeh, Luay Abu Rahmeh

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NMT verb rendering: A cognitive approach to informing Arabic-into-English post-editing NMT动词翻译:一种为阿拉伯语翻译成英语的后期编辑提供信息的认知方法

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0192

Ali Almanna, R. Jamoussi

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Reconstruction of Ryukyuan tone classes of Middle Japanese Class 2.4 and 2.5 nouns 中古日语第2.4类和第2.5类名词琉球音类的重构

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0193

Yosuke Igarashi

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Modifier-numeral word order in the English NP: An FDG analysis 英语NP中的修饰语-数词顺序:FDG分析

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0207

E. Keizer

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Metaphors of cancer in the Arabic language: An analysis of the use of metaphors in the online narratives of breast cancer patients 阿拉伯语言中癌症的隐喻——癌症患者网络叙述中隐喻的使用分析

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Open Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1515/opli-2022-0184

Hessah S. Abaalalaa, Wesam M. A. Ibrahim

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