Research Result. Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Volume 9, Issue №2, 2023
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APPLIED LINGUISTICS
Relexification and dialect levelling in the genesis of creoles: the case of the Arabic-based creole, Nubi
This paper addresses the genesis of Nubi, an Arabic-based creole, spoken in Uganda and Kenya. A novel account is offered using the relexification approach (Lefebvre, 1998, 2009). The study ...
Language complexity across sub-styles and genres in legal Russian
The purpose of the paper is to find out the differences in linguistic complexity between legal documents, opposed by domain, sub-style and genre. The authors explore the large and ...
Research article discussion moves and steps in papers on medicine: academic literacy and respect for readers
Discussion section of a research article (RA) is an essential part of a paper where findings are interpreted and built into a broader context. This study looks at a ...
Lexical, referential and syntactic ambiguities as Internet jokes
This study investigated how Internet users construct a sense of ambiguity in the English language to make funny jokes through Internet memes. Its aim was to examine the ambiguity ...
COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS
Apart together in extremis: an exploratory study of online social media discourse on the emergency shift to distance interpreting
This paper reports on an exploratory study of online social media (OSM) discourse on the emergency shift to distance/remote interpreting practices that occurred due to the unprecedented social distancing ...
THEORY OF LANGUAGE
Euphemism as a linguistic strategy of evasion in political media discourse
The article describes the structural, semantic and pragmatic features of political euphemisms, which are used as a means of implementing the strategy of evasion of truth in modern ...
Exploring the dynamics of mental lexicon according to the Word Association Test results
The study of the mental lexicon as a dynamic structure that determines speech production is one of the urgent problems of psycholinguistics. The research material included the Russian Associative ...
WORLD LITERATURES
Le Guin's magic in the context of Taoism: reading A Wizard of Earthsea
This research examines the role of magic in fantasy fiction, with a particular emphasis on Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea (1968). The research shows how the ...
