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The Factative and Perfect Aspect Markers in Degema and Kalaḅarị Degema和Kalaḅarị的分格性和完全性标记
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2021.1879238
E. Kari
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引用次数: 0
A Cross-Linguistic Study of BLOOD Metaphors in Afrikaans and Northern Sotho 南非荷兰语和北索托语中血液隐喻的跨语言研究
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2020.1854331
N. Bosman, Elsabé Taljard
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引用次数: 3
Imagined Futures and New Technology: Youths’ Language Attitudes in Songea, Tanzania 想象的未来与新技术：坦桑尼亚Songea年轻人的语言态度
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2021.1876157
Gastor Mapunda, Tove Rosendal
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引用次数: 2
“Linking the Dots”: Metaphors in the Narrative of Self-Justification by Former President Zuma “串连点”:前总统祖马自我辩护叙事中的隐喻
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2021.1885478
Ansie Maritz, Bertus van Rooy
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引用次数: 1
Elicited Production of Part/Whole and General/ Specific Articles by Four- to Nine-Year-Old Afrikaans- and South African English-Speaking Monolinguals 由4至9岁的南非荷兰语和南非英语单语儿童诱导制作部分/整体和一般/特定文章
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2020.1825514
F. Southwood, M. White
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引用次数: 0
Editorial 社论
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2021.1926111
L. Barnes
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引用次数: 0
Multilingual Assessment: Levelling the Cognition–Emotion Playing Field at the University of the Western Cape 多语言评估：西开普大学的认知-情感公平竞争环境
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2020.1839539
B. Antia, Tedros H. Weldemichael, Charlyn Dyers
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引用次数: 1
The Officialisation of South African Sign Language: Implications for Place-Name Planning 南非手语的官方化:对地名规划的影响
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2020.1825515
Theodorus du Plessis
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引用次数: 1
The Silence of South African Health Policies on the Language Barrier Between Healthcare Providers and Patients 南非卫生政策对医疗服务提供者和患者之间语言障碍的沉默
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2020.1794017
K. Sobane, C. van der Merwe, B. Shandu
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引用次数: 1
Editorial 社论
IF 0.5 3区 文学
Language Matters Pub Date : 2020-09-01 DOI: 10.1080/10228195.2020.1857088
Theodorus du Plessis
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