I am a Ph.D.candidate at the University of Almeria in Spain,majoring in sinology and sociolinguistics.Fascinated with Chinese culture,I went to live in China for two years as part of an exchange program at Beijing Nor...
This paper aims to explore how the study of sociolinguistics can benefit teachers,particularly in the context of teaching English as a Foreign Language(EFL)in China.The article will first examine how sociolinguistic k...
This study examines the realizations of variable/ð/sound in Ammani Arabic(AA)as well as the correlation between this variation and a number of sociolinguistic factors.Four phonetic variants([ð],[d],[z]and[ðˤ]),four so...
Artificial intelligence(AI)sentience has become an important topic of discourse and inquiry in light of the remarkable progress and capabilities of large language models(LLMs).While others have considered this issue f...
Italian music in the last decade is characterized mainly by the rise of rap,previously relegated to a niche of listeners,and an archipelago of musicians from the many talent shows on Italian television.The essay prese...
Since language and gender research has gradually become a heated topic for linguists,according to Sapir-Whorf hypothesis,some linguists argue that language is sexually discriminatory against women.Language is the most...
Language plays a significant role in business,trade and commerce.Bargaining in open-air markets often involves the speech act of negotiating,compromising and manoeuvring,which could either result in conflict or persua...
This paper is a substantial revision of my presentation at the 8th“Engaging With Vietnam:An Interdisciplinary Dialogue”Conference;Engaging With Vietnam Through Scholarship and the Arts,University of Hawai’i at Manoa,Honolulu,USA,5-8 October 2016.
The purpose of this paper is to present an ethnolinguistic analysis of customary law from a Vietnamese ethnic minority,the Kơho-speaking subgroup Sre,during the middle of the previous century.Their customary law,entit...
In the field of sociolinguistics,language attitude is an important content which reflects the conception and perception of language by speakers.The paper tries to explore different language attitudes towards standard ...
In a large sense,cultural factors interfere in the translation process:Social language is a part of the culture.Based on the light,this study aims at translation and sociolinguistic aspects through figurative speech.T...