Transcultural Memories and Transmission: The Case of Ying Chen’s 'La lenteur des montagnes' by Gabrielle Parker

“…Although for the main part her creative writing has presented a female character suspended in an in-between space and distanciated from specific cultural boundaries, Chen’s recent fiction is more explicit in articulating transnational/transcultural constructions of identity in characters who have experienced cultural and linguistic dislocation. Her twin concerns are clearer still in her essays, more particularly in La lenteur des montagnes (2014), which will be the main focus of our study of the author’s exploration of the value of transcultural creativity and the notion transmission.…”
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От реальности к виртуальному миру и обратно: как язык помог нам в освоении Интернета и что произошло потом (на материале русского и польского языков)... by Ekaterina Starodvorskaia

“…The paper deals with the linguistic means that had helped us to adapt to virtual reality and that now seem to us to have existed always. …”
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A comparative analysis of photovoltaic system using three algorithms: P&O, Hill Climbing and Fuzzy Logic by Benkirane Yassine, Benhala Bachir, Raihani Abdelhadi

“…We focus on the following algorithms: Perturb and Observe (A simple and highly responsive algorithm with a quick response that adjusts the voltage), Hill Climbing (It is a simple algorithm to implement and is effective for solving combinatorial problems by adjusting the duty cycle), and fuzzy logic (Using linguistic rules, it is possible to intelligently adjust the parameters, improving the connection between the photovoltaic generator and the load to ensure optimal operation). …”
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Inmigración asiática y homoerotismo: nuevas configuraciones de la otredad en el teatro argentino actual by Beatriz Trastoy

“…Argentine theatre during the first decades of 20th century staged the cultural and linguistic misunderstandings that European immigration caused in local way of life. …”
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Sisyawaytii tarawaytii : sifflements serpentins et autres voix d’esprits dans le chamanisme quechua du haut Pastaza (Amazonie péruvienne) by Andréa-Luz Gutierrez-Choquevilca

“…Adopting a pragmatic perspective, the author describes the learning context of ritual knowledge and pays close attention to the embedding of spirit voices in ritual discourse. A linguistic analysis, sensitive to the discursive variations, shows that this technique of quotation of a non-human voice, observed during the transmission of ritual songs, has a remarkable echo in its own poetic structure. …”
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Accounting for asymmetries in cleft sentence use by Bianca Maria De Paolis, Cecilia Andorno, Sandra Benazzo

“…Our findings highlight a difference in how native speakers handle the functional parameter in the use of clefts, with Italian speakers (but not French speakers) distinguishing between identification and correction. The linguistic proximity between Italian and French facilitates the acquisition of this complex structure among learners. …”
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Pukka English and the Language of the Other in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India by Catherine Lanone

“…A Passage to India differs from Kipling’s luscious use of Indian words or Conrad’s creativity; while Kipling’s Kim returns to the vernacular as a mother-tongue and Conrad uses linguistic distortion as a site of ethical ambiguity, Forster strays from the systematic inclusion of alien signifiers with his text. …”
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« L’écriture inclusive, je ne connais pas très bien… mais je déteste ! »  by Tania Sauteur, Pascal Gygax, Julia Tibblin, Lucie Escasain, Sayaka Sato

“…We explore the link between attitudes towards inclusive writing and different factors, such as the level of linguistic or historical knowledge of inclusive writing. …”
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Los prolegómenos del comunismo indo-afroamericano en Haití y Jacques Roumain: 1927-1933 by Vicente Romero

“…Then it essays to appraise the grade of singularity or synthesis attained by the Haitians from the Black-indigenous ideology and the Communism, it means, the degree reached to propose an Indo–Afro-American Communist politics ad-hoc for Haiti, underpinning since this years on the Ethnology and Linguistic sciences about the socio-cultural Creole and rural word of the Cultivateurs (ex-Bozals).…”
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A Critique on the Translation of the Book “A Fiscal History of Iran in the Safavid and Qajar Periods” By Willem Floor by Amin mohammadi

“…Because of the number of special words and idioms in these texts, it is obvious that the translation must be done by a special person who is skillful in linguistic sciences and economic and historical matters. …”
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Some Similarity Measures for Triangular Fuzzy Number and Their Applications in Multiple Criteria Group Decision-Making by Liyuan Zhang, Xuanhua Xu, Li Tao

“…A methodology for multiple criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) problems with triangular fuzzy information is proposed; the criteria values take the form of linguistic values, which can be converts to TFNs. According to the weighted similarity measures between each alternative and ideal alternative, it is easy to rank alternatives and select the most desirable alternative. …”
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Discourse-level structuring of information in narrative:Signalling structural, interactional and cognitive shifts by Tuija Virtanen

“…In each pair/gradient of concepts one member/pole – “theme”, “comment”, and “new” – is argued to constitute the Figure, against the (necessary) Ground of the other. The linguistic signalling of the structural, interactional and cognitive shifts in information structuring is examined in two different kinds of narratives in written French. …”
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The function of "weeping and gnashing of teeth" in Matthew's gospel by Zoltan L. Erdey, Kevin G. Smith

“…It was discovered that the phrase may have four possible functions, namely (a) a system by which Matthew hoped to make the message of the particular passage unforgettable; (b) a prophetic anticipation of an aspect of the larger shape of history; (c) a linguistic device to increase the degree of emphasis or heighten the force given to the message of eschatological judgment; and (d) a literary connector holding together a number of specific passages of Scripture. …”
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Internationalization, Mobility and Englishization in Higher Education Across OECD Countries by Tuğba Elif Toprak

“…Although the European Union policies explicitly support the notion of multilingualism, the impact of increasing internationalization on the linguistic landscape of the European higher education system has been dramatic. …”
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On writing about illness in Kuwait. A discussion with Shahd Al Shammari by Marion Breteau

“…This tension is all the more acute because, in Kuwait, the act of writing can undermine local authors who, like her, write in English, a linguistic choice often perceived as a threat to the country’s cultural and linguistic identity. …”
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Emergent literacy, visual literacy i czytanie dialogowe. Potencjał edukacyjny i emancypacyjny książki obrazkowej w środowisku rodzinnym i przedszkolnym by Małgorzata Cackowska

“…The article concerns contemporary perspectives on early education, early, emergent and visual literacy, and concepts of the development of cognitive, linguistic, and socio-emotional competencies by using picturebooks in the dialogic reading method. …”
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Risk Analysis of Digital Twin Project Operation Based on Improved FMEA Method by Longyu Li, Jianxin You, Tao Xu

“…To address these challenges, this study proposes an improved failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) framework by integrating double hierarchy hesitant fuzzy linguistic term sets (DHHFLTSs) and the Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). …”
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Analyse de la structure génétique et patronymique de la France métropolitaine (XIXe-XXe siècles) by Pierre Darlu, Pascal Chareille

“…The different patterns highlighted are closely linked to geographical proximity, but also to genetic, linguistic or dialectal variations, as well as to historical relationships with neighbouring countries.…”
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“aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaambition makes you look [pretty] ugly”: Mass consumption and computer-generated art in Radiohead’s OK Computer by François Hugonnier

“…OK Computer being thoroughly transmedia, all the elements (musical, linguistic and visual) surrounding its 1997 release are taken into account in this article, which analyses the paradox of mass-consumption denunciation, engages in cryptic decoding, and envisions this record as the first step in the band’s innovative adjustments to new technologies, be they musical or commercial.…”
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S + V + O : Ordres marqués et non marqués en italien by Sandra Augendre

“…Indeed, the opposition between a basic or unmarked form and its so-called ‘marked’ variants does not seem to fit in a more detailed analysis of linguistic use. We will consider here various types of structures (thematic, syntactic and prosodic) and describe the reasons why, for each of them, one basic form is postulated. …”
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