Cognitive Semantics Against Creole Exceptionalism: A Case Study of Body Part Expressions in Nigerian Pidgin by Kosecki Krzysztof

“…One of the claims of creole exceptionalism is that creole languages have lexicons of reduced conceptual and expressive complexity. …”
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Obtaining More Realistic Cross-Layer QoS Measurements: A VoIP over LTE Use Case by F. Javier Rivas, Almudena Díaz, Pedro Merino

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An Analysis of English Classroom Multimedia Teaching Quality Based on Elite Teaching Optimization Algorithm by Chunhua Zhao, Dongyan Jiang

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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC: A STUDY OF LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY by Antonio Soares

“… This research entitled “The Relationship between Syntactic and Semantic : A Study of Linguistic Typology.” is intended to give a clear descriptions related to the relationship between syntactic and semantic on some languages. This research was focused on some clause structures typologycally either syntactically or semantically. …”
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Deep Dysgraphia in Turkish by Ilhan Raman, Brendan Stuart Weekes

“…We argue that deep dysgraphia results from damage to the mappings that are common to both languages between word meanings and orthographic representations.…”
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Modelling and Simulation of Tramway Transportation Systems by A. Capasso, M. Ceraolo, R. Lamedica, G. Lutzemberger, A. Ruvio

“…Analysis of effectiveness for the considered solution requires time-domain simulation models, to be created through suitable simulation general-purpose languages or specialised languages/software. In this paper, three different tools for the considered existing tramway were developed, and the main examined characteristics have been compared to each other. …”
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Reversing the biblical tide: what Kuruman teaches London about mission in a post-colonial era by S. de Gruchy

“…Inevitably, the availability of the Bible in indigenous languages led to new ways of understanding the church and mission from the perspective of the South. …”
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Yellow wattle (Acacia) - Three versions - English, Spanish, Indonesian by Ian Campbell, Ignacio Lopez-Calvo

“…Each version reflects linguistic and regional nuances, showcasing how the essence of a shared theme transforms across languages. …”
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The impact of war on animal welfare: the Imperial Japanese Navy’s manipulation of pigeon behavior in WW II by Cheng Peng, Zi-qi Luo, Lin-hui Guo, Yi-fei Zhu

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Oriental Studies by D. V. Streltsov

“…In 1815 Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages was founded. In 1823 Training Department of Oriental Languages at the Asian Department of the Foreign Ministry of the Russian Empire was established. …”
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A SHORT CRITICISM OF HEIDEGGER'S ONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TERM “BEING” by B. Bratina

“…In author's opinion, Heidegger deliberately ignored the presence of the roots and their modifications in the Slavic languages. Notional and even ideological reasons of such «inattention» are pressumed, the reasons which determine linguistic conclusions of German philosopher (and not the other way around, as supposed when stated that linguistic bacame an absolutely independent scientific means of Heidegger's ontological «investigations»).At the same time, the author argues for an independent ontological and linguistic analysis of Slavic languages, to fill the philogophical «gapes», originated from ignoring the rich semantic content of those languages. …”
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Rethinking Communication in Interactions with a Child with Autism: Ela, Her Father, and the Jellyfish in the Pool by Nora Lucía Gómez-Victoria, Katerine Carvajal, Sebastián Collazos, Yerly Muñoz, Angie Quinchia

“…We share the results of qualitative research with a case study methodological design to contribute to the emerging narratives claiming the unique languaging practices developed in the experiences of people with nonverbal autism. …”
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Stifling Human Responsibility? Human Agency and Transcendency in African Spirituality and Cultural Idioms by Collium Banda

“…The article analyzes selected proverbs and idioms from the three languages that demand or express agency and transcendence. …”
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Transfer of affective connotations in the basic lexicon of Spanish learners of L2 English by Ana Blanco Canales, Elisa Pérez-García

“…This study addresses emotion in second languages with the aim of understanding how late bilinguals incorporate the affective connotations of core vocabulary into their mental lexicon. …”
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Asymmetry as a general cue for V2 (loss) by Pierre Larrivée, Cecilia Poletto, Francesco Pinzin, Mathieu Goux

“…The hard quantitative evidence provided demonstrates that the main versus embedded asymmetry is indeed a micro-cue of V2 structure, and of its loss in one of the two investigated languages. …”
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Generic and vague uses of a second-person singular pronoun in an open-class person-reference system and speaker creativity in reported speech: the case of anata in Japanese by Yonezawa Yoko

“…First, it refutes the broader assumption in typological studies that languages with an open-class pronominal system, such as Japanese and Korean, do not allow generic uses of 2sg (Kitagawa and Lehrer 1990. …”
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Class struggle in the era of post-politics by Abalo Ernesto, Jacobsson Diana

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The McGill Pain Questionnaire - Japanese Version, Reconsidered: Confirming the Reliability and Validity by Mamoru Hasegawa, Suguru Hattori, Keiji Ishizaki, Shosuke Suzuki, Fumio Goto

“…However, differences in languages and cultural backgrounds have hindered its standardization in Japan.…”
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Kiedy koniec wieńczy dzieło. Skuteczne zdziwienie „w teatrze życia codziennego” by Monika Wiśniewska-Kin

“…All the project activities involved the implementation of three areas: first, constructing the program assumptions of the ‘Two Languages – One Way’ project and analyzing the educational market, and second, developing a cultural ‘toolkit’ (Bruner 2006: 35) in the form of demonstration charts and methodological aids, thirdly, testing the final product “Two Languages – One Way” by the teacher of glottodidactics. …”
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