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Predicting Definite Article Usages in New Englishes: Variety Outweighs Genre and Syntactic Function in Nigerian English

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Akinlotan M.
Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
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2017
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issue 26/2
101-121
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Variability in the use of the defi nite article in New Englishes, and in particular, Nigerian English has received the least attention from a quantitative, probabilistic and predictive perspective. The present study narrows this gap by not only assessing the extent to which article use in Nigerian English varies, but by also simultaneously testing out previous claims found in similar varieties, using similar corpus data from the Nigerian component of the International Corpus of English (ICE). Following theoretic framework for article use by Hawkins (1978) and Prince (1981), Wahid (2013) found that variability in defi nite article usage in New Englishes is more predictable on the basis of genre than on the basis of variety. Revising Wahid’s method and reconceptualising same theoretic frameworks of Hawkins and Prince, together with a comparable corpus sample of 8674 defi nite article the from ICE-Nigeria, the extent of article usage variability in the Nigerian variety is not only shown but also that variety outweighs genre and syntactic function predicting article usage in New Englishes.
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Prefix po- in acquisition from a cognitive linguistic perspective

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Łozińska J.
Prace Językoznawcze
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2016
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issue 18/1
103–109
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Niniejszy artykuł przedstawia analizę rozwoju mowy dziecka zaczynającą się od powtarzania utartych zwrotów do tworzenia abstrakcyjnych schematów pozwalających na formułowanie własnych ,niezasłyszanych wcześniej wypowiedzi. Analiza oparta jest na bogatym korpusie danych jednego polskojęzycznego dziecka. Badania zaprezentowane w artykule potwierdzają hipotezy wywodzące się z założeń językoznawstwa kognitywnego dotyczące charakteru procesu uczenia się pierwszego języka. Hipotezy te dotyczą przede wszystkim stosunkowo długiego okresu polegania wyłącznie na schematach niższego rzędu oraz braku momentu wyraźnego postępu w rozwoju mowy dziecka, który wskazywałby na opanowanie konkretnej reguły gramatycznej
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The Use of Anglicisms in Various Thematic Fields: An Analysis Based on the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual

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Nogueroles E. E. N.
Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
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2017
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issue 26/2
123-149
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This piece of research presents an analysis of the use of anglicisms in the Spanish press at the beginning of the 21st century. Specifi cally, it concentrates on their distribution in texts belonging to different thematic domains. Thus, the purpose of this study is to establish a ranking of specialised fi elds in terms of the frequency with which anglicisms are employed in them. In order to do so, the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA), compiled by the Real Academia Española, is used as the source for texts, which supports the reliability and representativeness of the present work.
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Calquing English Terminology into Polish

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Wach S.
Academic Journal of Modern Philology
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2013
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vol. 2
161-169
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This paper focuses on the question of calquing or loan translation. Basic tendencies in the field of borrowing are presented, one of which is to preserve loanwords while the other one to form calques. Various definitions of calquing are included along with the common distinction between semantic and structural calques understood in terms of polysemy and creation of new linguistic entities. Problems with borrowing and calquing are indicated on the basis of traditional classifi cations. The discussion leads to a newer classification which is derived from Carstensen and Busse (1994), i.e. one which leads to the distinction between calques and loan formations. Examples to indicate the accuracy of both categories are derived from computer terminology: both doublett es and various degree of translation. This part is based on a corpus study of text in Gazeta Wyborcza. Two tendencies are identified in this respect: creation of families of new terms and formation of new terms in accordance with the principles followed in earlier terminology. Concurrently, other factors, which lie beyond the realm of contrastive linguistics, are pointed as the reasons for the existing diversity in terminology. They are around the concept of sociolinguistic domains, in accordance with setting and participant framework. One of the reasons for not forming calques can be associated with the etymology of terms which inhibits this process.
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