IF 1.1 3区文学

Lingua Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103645

Wenhong Huang , Dezheng (William) Feng

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Towards a comprehensive pragmatic model of subjectivity: Empirical evidence from French 走向主体性的综合语用模式:来自法语的经验证据

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Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103642

Cristina Grisot , Joanna Blochowiak

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‘Jackpot!’: How social forces intertwine with language-internal mechanisms to turn Korean noun taypak into an interactive “大奖!:社会力量如何与语言内部机制交织在一起，将韩语名词taypak变成一个互动的词

IF 1.1 3区文学

Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103609

Mikyung Ahn , Foong Ha Yap

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Psych verbs in Japanese: Inchoativity and boundary types 日语心理动词的起源与边界类型

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Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103640

Ayumi Shimoyoshi

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Understanding spelling conflicts in Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian: Insights from speakers’ attitudes and beliefs 了解波斯尼亚语、克罗地亚语、黑山语和塞尔维亚语的拼写冲突:来自说话者态度和信仰的见解

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Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103622

Tomislav Stojanov

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Guyanais vs. Gardiol: Broken transmission vs. grammatical continuity Guyanais vs. Gardiol:破碎的传递vs.语法的连续性

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Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103625

Bart Jacobs

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“I agree!” empathetic head-nodding and its role in cultural competences development “我同意!共情点头及其在文化能力发展中的作用

IF 1.1 3区文学

Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103629

Mark R. Freiermuth , Nurul Huda Hamzah

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Attentional semantics of deictic locatives 指示位置的注意语义

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Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103626

Kai-Uwe Carstensen

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Polarity metaphor in English: Definition, identification, and categorization 英语中的极性隐喻:定义、识别与分类

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Lingua Pub Date : 2023-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.lingua.2023.103623

Bingjun Yang , Hongmiao Gao

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Eye movements of adolescent students when reading Greeklish transliterations 青少年学生在阅读希腊语音译时的眼球运动