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A defense of a weak linguistic relativist thesis 为脆弱的语言相对主义论点辩护

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101512

Juan J. Colomina-Almiñana

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The negotiation of epistemic and deontic rights in child-adult interactions in colloquial Jakartan Indonesian 口语化雅加达印尼语中儿童-成人互动中认知和道义权利的谈判

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101502

Rika Mutiara

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Depression, neuroticism, extraversion and pronoun use in first and foreign languages following mood induction 情绪诱导后母语和外语的抑郁、神经质、外向性和代词使用

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101503

Soheil Behdarvandirad, Hossein Karami

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Principles of variation in the use of diacritics (taškīl) in Arabic books 阿拉伯书中变音符使用的变化原则(taškīl)

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101482

Andreas Hallberg

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Incorporation as a nominal attribute strategy in Akebu 在Akebu中作为名义属性策略的合并

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101484

Andrey Shluinsky

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How do we comprehend linguistic and visual narratives? A study in children with typical development 我们如何理解语言和视觉叙事?对典型发育儿童的研究

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101500

Ines Adornetti , Alessandra Chiera , Daniela Altavilla , Valentina Deriu , Camilla Maria Lecci , Andrea Marini , Giovanni Valeri , Rita Magni , Francesco Ferretti

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Linguistic clues suggest that the Indonesian colonizers directly sailed to Madagascar 语言学上的线索表明，印尼殖民者直接航行到马达加斯加

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101497

Maurizio Serva, Michele Pasquini

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States of idiosyncratic idealized cognitive models in acts of pragmatic meaning 语用意义行为中特殊理想化认知模式的状态

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101498

Evgeny A. Pushkarev , Julia S. Rastvorova

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The type and function of metaphors in Jordanian economic discourse: A critical metaphor analysis approach 约旦经济话语中隐喻的类型和功能:一种批判性隐喻分析方法

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101488

Aseel Zibin

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News discourse as a source of metaphorical creativity in political cartooning 新闻话语作为政治漫画隐喻创造力的源泉

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Language Sciences Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2022.101496

Ahmed Abdel-Raheem

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