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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Linguistic distance"”.
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What did you say? : the effect of language distance on international service trade.
… and consumption occur simultaneously. "Linguistic distance," a measure of how closely the majority languages of two nations are related, is negatively correlated with the quality of communication between countries. I show that linguistic distance has a significant nonlinear effect on the …
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Essays on Economic Geography and Development Economics
… I estimate internal migration gravity using linguistic distances as a proxy for cultural barriers and instrument for current linguistic differences using data from the 1930 colonial census. I find inverted U-shaped effects of linguistic distance on migration, which are more prominent for …
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Bilingualism and executive functioning: language experience as more than a binary variable.
… measures of daily language switching habits and linguistic distance. <br/><br/>Results were largely null, with some monolingual advantages becoming apparent in stop signal and colour shape tasks. There was no conclusive evidence for advantages related to frequent switching or linguistic distance. …
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A social networks framework to study the influence of language on international trade in services.
… countries, and recently developed measures of linguistic distance. However, there has not been an attempt to estimate the effect of language as a factor that connects countries and allows one country to influence other countries in the network. This thesis constructs a network of countries …
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A comparative analysis of the phonology and morpho-syntax of Cisukwa, Cindali and Cilambya
… among them and by identifying the shared linguistic features. Within this research project, the linguistic distance among the three varieties has been analysed and suggestions have been made as to whether the SuNdaLa varieties should be considered as being three dialects of one language or …
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Strategy Instruction Programme with Awareness of Psychotypology (SIPPs): Developing Beginner-level Reading Skills in a Psychotypologically Distant Language
… to navigate new and potentially unfamiliar linguistic systems. Although there is widespread consensus on the complexity of learning such languages, existing theory does not yet provide a complete outlook on how to overcome linguistic distance effectively. Firstly, our knowledge of the …
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The Empirical Development of a Curriculum on Psalms Utilizing a Modified Form-Critical Approach
… bridge historical, theological, cultural, and linguistic distance, as well as overcome literary challenges associated with Hebrew poetry including figures of speech, parallelism, and psalm forms.</p> <p>Method. The instructional product development methodology employed in this study was based …
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Essays on Institution and Innovation
… age-based ability to learn Mandarin and their linguistic distance from it, I implement a difference-in-differences design to identify the policy’s long-term effects. I find that cohorts more affected by the policy became more fluent in Mandarin but were less likely to identify as Taiwanese or …
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VALUTAZIONE DI UNA COMPONENTE A BASSA FREQUENZA DELLA VARIABILITÀ DELLA PRESSIONE ARTERIOSA SISTOLICA IN PAZIENTI CON FIBRILLAZIONE ATRIALE PERSISTENTE E SUA SUCCESSIVA ULTERIORE VALUTAZIONE MEDIANTE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
… the profile of different types of dynamics. The linguistic distance (range 0–1) between sequences represents a measure of similarity to assess whether the different physiological states are reflected on the dynamics of RR and SAP series. The distance between rest and tilt phases is 0.06 ± 0.02 …
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Contributos da pragmática intercultural para o estudo de práticas discursivas em ambientes multiculturais de aprendizagem do português língua não materna: estudo de caso
Este estudo pretende ser uma reflexão sobre as expressões de delicadeza típicas da língua portuguesa e a forma como elas são percecionadas e adquiridas por parte dos falantes não nativos. Para além disso, teve também como objetivo compreender de que forma é que o distanciamento linguístico (a …
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Computational measures of linguistic variation: a study of Arabic varieties
… methodology for measuring the variation between linguistic varieties. I compare five Arabic varieties – Modern Standard Arabic MSA, Gulf Arabic GA, Levantine Arabic LA, Egyptian Arabic EA, and Moroccan Arabic MA – considering both lexical and pronunciation variation. I introduce the idea of …