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How would you morphological gloss truncated words in spontaneous speech in an Italian dialect?

I have a data set of spontaneous speech in Romanesco (Italian dialect spoken in Rome), which I need to gloss morphologically. These are the turns in question (but there are other similar...

21 February 2019 7,766 3 View

Blockchain useful for the social linguistic culture to solve data securit?

As the world is moving on towards data security and Blockchain plays a key role in India specially with geo and cultural barriers how this technology is unique to solve data security.

14 January 2019 1,670 2 View

What is the best task to measure learnability of linguistic structures in L2?

Hi everyone! We are currently studying the learnability of the english resultative construction by spanish native speakers who learnt english as a foreign language. The resultative construction is...

10 January 2019 8,314 5 View

Does there exist a legal Arabic corpus?

Hello! Does there exist a legal Arabic corpus? I am doing a linguistic research, and I need to use this in collecting data for my research Thanks...

08 January 2019 6,769 2 View

In Sociolinguistics, what does the term "Social register" refer to?

What does the term social register refer to in socio linguistics?

06 January 2019 5,708 8 View

Does there exist a legal Arabic corpus?

Hello! Does there exist a legal Arabic corpus? I am doing a linguistic research, and I need to use this in collecting data for my research Thanks...

01 January 2019 5,771 3 View

In Sociolinguistics, what does the term "Social register" refer to?

What does the term social register refer to in socio linguistics?

01 January 2019 4,916 8 View

Does anyone know studies about how to distinguish between error and variation in idioms?

Naturally, a combination of criteria should be taken into account but I am trying to include all relevant literature, be it quantitative, pragmatic, or semantic approaches. The goal is to have...

01 January 2019 6,206 4 View

How many living languages are there in the world?

Dear Colleagues, According to Ethnologue (2005) there are 7099 living languages in the world. I imagine this number may have changed. Could you provide me with a more current number and a citable...

01 January 2019 4,829 17 View

A study of 'Meme'?

Does any one have any experience with the term 'Meme'? Is it a theory or an approach? And which linguistic field is interested with this subject?

01 January 2019 2,634 3 View

Aphorisms on the subject of science, wisdom and knowledge?

Do you know any aphorisms, old sayings, parables, folk proverbs, etc. on science, wisdom and knowledge, ...? Please, quote. Best wishes

27 December 2018 7,897 93 View

Is linguistic intelligence a personality trait or ability?

If it was an ability, how can it be developed?

12 December 2018 9,206 6 View

Aphorisms on the subject of science, wisdom and knowledge?

Do you know any aphorisms, old sayings, parables, folk proverbs, etc. on science, wisdom and knowledge, ...? Please, quote. Best wishes

12 December 2018 3,222 6 View

What is the most favorite research topic for a linguistics scholar in the current era?

I need to make a research in the field of linguistics so I wanted to know the current interest.

12 December 2018 449 6 View

Is there linguistic decolonialism in English?

I am interested in the impact of decolonialism on language change. Some former colonial countries like Singaplore are using particular new medical terms in hospitals rather than the usual terms...

15 November 2018 3,849 3 View

Tools for critical discourse analysis?

Can anyone suggest me tools or a model to apply in doing a linguistic critical discourse analysis of newspapers? Thank you very much indeed.

11 November 2018 8,886 8 View

Is there linguistic decolonialism in English?

I am interested in the impact of decolonialism on language change. Some former colonial countries like Singaplore are using particular new medical terms in hospitals rather than the usual terms...

11 November 2018 4,516 3 View

Has anyone used STRAIGHT-legacy to morph 2 sounds?

My aim is to morph two sounds (e.g., light-right) so that they become an ambiguous sound (i.e., sometimes you'll hear it as 'right', sometimes 'light'). I have been practicing with a MATLAB based...

11 November 2018 1,450 3 View

Can anyone guide me to find good books for MA Linguistics?

I was asked to design a course description for MA Linguistics particularly Sociolinguistics and Stylistics. Can anyone suggest some good books for these two courses ? Thank you very much...

11 November 2018 9,628 24 View

Which preference, philosophical criticism, or linguistic criticism, in the analysis of works of art?

Criticism explains or explains the meaning. But which would prefer to criticize according to the philosophical vision? Or vision of language ..

11 November 2018 1,921 3 View

From a CDA perspective, how can we define power abuse and how speakers represent it in their discourse?

Are there any in-text linguistic realization of this strategy? Thank you

11 November 2018 3,224 5 View

Where can I read about current approaches for Semantic and/or Pragmatic Analysis (Linguist) ?

I want to learn about standard semantic and pragmatic analysis approaches. Any link, points to the website, blogs will help. Thanks

10 October 2018 4,592 3 View

Who is the most important linguist that you will always remember?

To me Noam Chomsky is the most important linguist that is always associated to Linguistics.

09 September 2018 7,995 12 View

How to define the fuzzy rules for a system that has 5 linguistic variables each having 4 linguistic values ?

I am designing a tipping problem in which based on these 5 linguistic variables: Quality , Staff and Service ,Ambiance, Hygiene and , Value for Money, ( each having 4 values : Excellent , Good ,...

09 September 2018 5,498 1 View

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