Marking Contrastive Topics in a Topic Shift Context: Contrastive Adverbs versus Emphatic Pronouns by Jorina Brysbaert, Karen Lahousse

“…Hence, in a more general way, this study provides evidence for the idea that both language-internal and language-external factors should be taken into account when analysing the “free” choice between two similar linguistic marking strategies.…”
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Familly farms, graves, and belonging: migrations and the politics of belonging among Basotho in colonial Zimbabwe by Joseph Mujere

“…The Basotho migrated to present day Zimbabwe in the late 19th century and, ever since, they have gone through many phases of constructing belonging and carving out an enclave in an area dominated by a linguistically and culturally different autochthonous group. …”
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Le tiret de fin de phrase dans Un cœur simple — un stylème flaubertien ? by Sabine Pétillon, André Petitjean

“…Diachronically, a distinction should be kept between a dash marking the beginning of a line of dialogue and a simple dash, which adds and sets a focus on a linguistic segment in the right context. The latter, whose function is far more subjective than the former, appears in the second half of the 19th century. …”
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L’engoulevent ou l’étrangeté porteuse de malheur (Nord du Cameroun) by Christian Seignobos

“…This infra-belief tallying with linguistic families and even the pagan/Muslim break raises the issue of its production area, its centre and its margins. …”
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R post-vocalique et histoire de l’anglais by Jacques Durand

“…The paper will attempt to show that, while the selection of particular traits to separate dialects is usually arbitrary from a strict linguistic point of view, once a trait has been selected and functions as a ‘shibboleth’ in the Biblical sense (Judges, xii, 5-6, “King James Version”, 1611) powerful societal forces can conjoin to maintain and reinforce it. …”
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Towards Kyrgyz stop words by Ruslan Isaev, Gulzada Esenalieva, Ermek Doszhanov

“…In our study, we combined frequency analysis with rule-based linguistic analysis. First, we found the most frequently used words, set a threshold, and removed words below the threshold. …”
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Non-verbal agents of theatrical retranslation: Women’s identity and the Spanish classics by Jorge Braga Riera

“… Despite the burgeoning interest in literary retranslation, there is still a need to investigate how linguistic, contextual, and personal factors influence the translation of a previously translated (and performed) play into a given target language and culture. …”
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Improving Assessment of Foreign Language Proficiency in Internationally Majoring Students by N. L. Kobiakova

“…In the course of that experiment, national testing techniques and the content of linguistic tests and didactic tools were streamlined with the European requirements.…”
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Web-based learning management system as media in teaching ESP for mathematics students in higher education by Abd. Syakur, Rizki Prasetya, Fajar Sandi Prawoco, Yulianto Sabat

“…The ESP curriculum might be developed using any number of platforms, including ones that cater to linguistics and mathematics.…”
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منهج الإمام البیضاوی فی اختیاراته و ترجیحاته في التفسیر: دراسة تحلیلية وصفية by Mehmood Hasan, Musaab Iftikhar Durrani

“…By considering the historical context, linguistic nuances, and theological frameworks prevalent during his time, this study seeks to gain a profound understanding of Imam Al-Baydawi's preferences and choices methodology in Tafsir. …”
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Navigating the ChatGPT Theological Terrain: Considerations for Graduate Theology Students by Mahlon Nyongesa Juma

“…It’s unreliable in translations of ancient Biblical texts and should not replace professional knowledge of languages, particularly when handling intricate linguistic problems. Thus, AI technology should be viewed as a supportive tool for missions. …”
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The Concepts and Contextualization of Incantations in Nigerian Popular Music: Juju Music as Paradigm by Kayode Olusola

“…This paper, therefore, highlights and documents the phenomenon of incantation as a Yoruba linguistic verbal art in popular music in Nigeria. …”
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Examining the effect of phonological awareness instruction on EFL learners’ pronunciation and motivation by I Ketut Wardana, Putu Tri Astuti, Ni Luh Sukanadi

“…ELT teachers in Indonesia mostly apply an integrative language teaching approach to cover the linguistic elements of language skills. However, the pronunciation in speaking exposure is required to be accurate through the intervention of phonological awareness. …”
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An Automatic Multidocument Text Summarization Approach Based on Naïve Bayesian Classifier Using Timestamp Strategy by Nedunchelian Ramanujam, Manivannan Kaliappan

“…Here, scoring strategy is also used to calculate the score for the words to obtain the word frequency. The higher linguistic quality is estimated in terms of readability and comprehensibility. …”
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A New Rule-Based Approach for Classical Arabic in Natural Language Processing by Ramzi Salah, Muaadh Mukred, Lailatul Qadri binti Zakaria, Rashad Ahmed, Hasan Sari

“…The proposed method relied on triggers words, patterns, gazetteers, rules, and blacklists generated by the linguistic information about entities named in Arabic. …”
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Overseas short video recommendations: A multimodal graph convolutional network approach incorporating cultural preferences by Xishi Liu, Haolin Wang, Dan Li

“…Unlike traditional methods that rely on the overall metadata of the short movies only, our approach jointly considers visual, linguistic and audio features of short movies, as well as user interactions, to propose personalized recommendations. …”
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Ecocritical review of the nature essays of university students: a translation and metaphor study by Alican Pandapatan

“…The nature of man to understand his ecology is relative linguistically and psychologically. When describing the ecology, a man conveys message using metaphors. …”
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DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON JIWA YANG BERSEDIH SONG LYRICS by Ida Ayu Putri Gita Ardiantari, Anak Agung Ayu Dian Andriyani, Ida Bagus Made Satya Swabawa

“…The narrative flow of the song takes the listener on a journey from an invitation to express emotions to a reaffirmation of strength and the promise of being heard, illustrating resilience in the face of challenges. Linguistic elements, including pronouns, metaphors, imagery, alliteration, and symbolism, are strategically used to establish a personal connection with the listener and vividly convey emotional struggles. …”
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Hackathon as a testing ground for creating digital tools in domestic Oriental studies by Kudakaev R.F., Mokretskiy A.Ch., Kostyrkin A.V.

“…A review of the winners’ approaches and solutions proves overall feasibility of the idea and shows that many specific linguistic and engineering tasks that were relevant only recently have already been successfully solved. …”
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Managing Co-Authorship as a Competence of Academic Writing: Organizational and Legal Points by M. A. Safonova, A. A. Safonov

“…Embracing a broad area of linguistic and cultural knowledge, academic writing can also intend to develop people’s awareness of such problems as models of co-authorship, horizontal and vertical types of academic co-operation, functions assigned to members of collaborative groups at different stages of writing and publishing a text, whole ownership and that of individual contributions. …”
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