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“To boldly go where no man has gone before”: how iconic is the Star Trek split infinitive? “大胆地去没有人去过的地方”:《星际迷航》的分裂不定式有多标志性?

2区文学

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-10-19 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0168

Patricia Ronan, Gerold Schneider

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Cyberpunk, steampunk, and all that punk: genre names and their uses across communities 赛博朋克、蒸汽朋克和所有朋克:类型名称及其在社区中的使用

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Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0161

Francesco-Alessio Ursini, Giuseppe Samo

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Subverting motion in science fiction? Beam in the Star Trek TV series 在科幻小说中颠覆动作?《星际迷航》电视剧中的Beam

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Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0160

Kajsa Törmä

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Sensory experience ratings (SERs) for 1,130 Chinese words: relationships with other semantic and lexical psycholinguistic variables 1130个汉语词汇的感觉体验等级:与其他语义和词汇心理语言学变量的关系

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Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0083

Chenggang Wu, Xin Mu

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Agreeing objects in Zulu can be indefinite and non-specific 在祖鲁语中，同意宾语可以是不确定的和不具体的

2区文学

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-10-06 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0151

Jochen Zeller

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Validation of two measures for assessing English vocabulary knowledge on web-based testing platforms: long-form assessments 基于网络测试平台的两种英语词汇知识评估方法的验证:长篇评估

2区文学

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0115

Lee Drown, Nikole Giovannone, David B. Pisoni, Rachel M. Theodore

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Validation of two measures for assessing English vocabulary knowledge on web-based testing platforms: brief assessments 验证网络测试平台英语词汇知识评估的两种方法:简要评估

2区文学

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-09-13 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0116

Lee Drown, Nikole Giovannone, David B. Pisoni, Rachel M. Theodore

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Rapport-building attempts in technology-mediated job interviews during the COVID-19 crisis 2019冠状病毒病危机期间，在技术介导的求职面试中建立关系的尝试

IF 1.1 2区文学

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0117

Melina De Dijn, Dorien Van De Mieroop

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Words of scents: a linguistic analysis of online perfume reviews 香水词：在线香水评论的语言学分析

IF 1.1 2区文学

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2022-0135

L. Nikitina, F. Furuoka

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Basic word order typology revisited: a crosslinguistic quantitative study based on UD and WALS 重新审视基本语序类型学——基于UD和WALS的跨语言定量研究

IF 1.1 2区文学

Linguistics Vanguard Pub Date : 2023-07-27 DOI: 10.1515/lingvan-2021-0001

Jianwei Yan, Haitao Liu

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