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We humans do have a gift for bringing friendliness to this world, and this ability directly challenges the lines that Brecht wrote in which "the friendliness in this world" amounts to little more than "two handfuls of earth." With examples and thoughts from linguistics, cultural anthropology, and literature, readers are invited to reflect on how people can do good with words. (AP)

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Background: In conjunction with written literacy both research and the international comparative studies PISA and IGLU focus in particular on difficulties with reading comprehension, while spelling is treated rather marginally. In particular, little research has been published in German-speaking countries on the specific difficulties of children with spelling difficulties and potential influencing factors. Aims: On the one hand, the paper aims to provide information about the spelling phenomena with which students with special educational needs have the greatest difficulties at the end of elementary school. On the other hand, it should make clear which (meta-)linguistic-cognitive functions have the strongest influence on spelling performance. Methods: N=253 students were assessed in terms of their spelling performance, reading skills, phonological information processing (phonological awareness, naming speed, working memory), processing speed and cognitive abilities. In order to be able to make a statement about the spelling difficulties of the participating students, the orthographic skills were qualitatively evaluated in a differentiated manner. The influence of (meta-)linguistic-cognitive functions was determined using correlation and regression analyses. Results: Participating students have particular difficulties with the spelling of the /s/- or /z/-phoneme and prefixes as well as the use of the umlauts <ä> or <äu> and double consonance at morpheme boundaries at the end of primary school. However, errors can still be identified which indicate that the phonological principle has not yet been fully mastered. The strongest influence on spelling performance was demonstrated for phonological awareness. Conclusions With regard to the acquisition of correct spelling, the promotion of phonological awareness should not be neglected for students with special educational needs, even at the end of primary school. Morpheme-based approaches are suitable for dealing with specific spelling difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays, Christmas is one of the festivals celebrated in many countries around the world. Various rituals, linguistic practices and text types as well as other formats are associated with it. The customs and traditions sur- rounding Christmas are passed on and cherished from generation to generation. The possibilities of the digital world have significantly enriched the diversity of Christmas formats. The anthology “Christmas Linguistics”, edited by Konstanze Marx, brings together studies related to broadly understood Christmas. The studies are divided into six thematic chapters according to the sequence of Christmas rituals. Christmas wishes, songs, letters, stories, jokes, tear-off calendars and Christmas-related lexis, including interjections, are thematized and analysed. The authors present different linguistic approaches to the topic at the center of the volume, as well as various approaches and questions. Many of the analyses have a methodological model character. The volume and the collected studies can therefore serve as a model for other publications and analyses.

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The book "What does German mean here? A brief history of the German language" by Wolfgang Krischke is an updated edition of his work, which was first published in 2009. The author is a PhD linguist and freelance journalist, who also works as a lecturer in Germanic linguistics. The book covers the history of the German language as well as the linguistic processes that influence and shape modern German. It consists of six chapters that address various aspects of the German language, such as its Germanic roots, the development into a standard language, spelling, the influence of other languages, and grammatical questions. The book provides many examples and is suitable for German studies students, German learners, and anyone interested in the history and peculiarities of the German language. [Extracted from the article]

The anthology "Foreign Language Didactics as a Science and Training Discipline" is a commemorative publication for Daniela Caspari, professor of didactics of Romance languages and literatures at the Free University of Berlin. The volume contains 19 contributions from various authors, dealing with topics such as educational policy, grammar, and vocabulary work in foreign language didactics. It shows that despite its differentiation in recent years, the discipline is coming together. The volume emphasizes the professionalization of teachers and the importance of reflection and reflexive action practice. It also highlights the necessity of close cooperation between different actors in foreign language didactics. [Extracted from the article]

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Background: Compounding in German is a frequent and highly productive word formation strategy. Monolingual children begin to form compound words in regular language acquisition at around the age of two. There is individual evidence in the literature of early phases of non-target language production in the form of inversions, i.e., exchange of compound components. For bilingual language acquisition, pilot study results show that such inversions still occur at the age of seven to eight or after three to four years of exposure to German (Scherger & Kliemke, 2021). Method In the present study, inversions in the comprehension and production of neologistic compound nouns were investigated in 19 bilingual school-age children (n = 11 with German as L2 and n = 8 with 2L1 acquisition) in a quasi-experimental design using picture naming and word-picture matching tasks. These children were compared with two control groups of monolingual children: an age-matched group (n = 9, mean age = 7;2) and a group that was compared with the groups of bilingual children in terms of contact time with German (n = 7, mean age = 3;11). Results: There are differences between children with German as L2 and the age-matched control group of monolingual children and between children with L2 and monolingual children matched according to their length of exposure in the comprehension task. In addition, children with 2L1 show better comprehension performance than children with L2. Conclusion! Since composition is one of the most important word formation strategies in German, especially in the context of academic language, its comprehension and production should be monitored particularly in children with German as an L2 and - if necessary - promoted. Doing so, the resources for cross-linguistic comparisons and multilingual learning based on knowledge of the structures in the respective heritage language may be integrated positively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This research is briefly concerned with the field of machine translation of the Noble Qur’an. The main objective of this research is to emphasize the need for the human touch in the translation process, in order to remain faithful to the original semantic, religious, and cultural charge of the Qur’anic text. To measure the accuracy, fluency, and cultural sensitivity of machine translations, we used a mixed approach, combining quantitative content analysis and qualitative thematic analysis. Globally, the results of this research support the use of a hybrid approach combining machine translation with human editing and revision because even though machine translation has improved considerably over the last few decades, it still faces many difficulties in correctly capturing the nuanced meanings, cultural context and the wonderful literary and aesthetic style of the original Arabic-language Qur’anic text. Résumé Cette recherche s’inscrit sommairement dans le domaine de la traduction automatique du saint Coran. L’objectif majeur assigné à cette recherche est d’insister sur la nécessité de l’intervention de la touche humaine dans le processus de traduction afin de rester fidèle à la charge sémantique, religieuse et culturelle originales du texte coranique. Pour mesurer la précision, la fluidité et la sensibilité culturelle des traductions automatiques, nous avons fait appel à une approche mixte, combinant l'analyse quantitative du contenu et l'analyse thématique qualitative. Dans l’ensemble, les résultats de cette recherche favorisent le recours à une approche hybride combinant ainsi la traduction automatique et l’édition et la révision humaine car si la traduction automatique s'est considérablement améliorée au cours des dernières décennies, elle reste confrontée à des difficultés pour saisir correctement les significations nuancées, le contexte culturel et le merveilleux style littéraire et esthétique du texte coranique original en langue arabe.

Aim of the research: interdisciplinary description of functioning of lexical connections in a patient with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCAtype1). There is little research on lexical networks in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Procedure: the subject was asked to give associations to 63 stimulilexemes. Tools used in the study: the Experimental lexical network of the Polish language, a digital recorder, an Olympus 650 DM. The Experimental lexical network was developed by Izabela Gatkowska (2017). It was created as a result of the study concerning the associations of 900 healthy Polish speaking adults. Utterances of the subject were recorded, transcribed and compared with standard data. Results: the reactions of the subject were different from the associations presented in the Experimental lexical network. The most common verbal reactions were: creating definitions of stimuli word meanings or making comment on them. Associations created by the subject were based on paradigmatic or syntagmatic relations. The authors explain how the specific verbal behaviour of the subject is related to the cognitive and language dysfunctions caused by the cerebellar damages. The results showed that language processing should not be regarded as separate from other cognitive functions. Verbal reactions of the subject are slightly similar to aphasic symptoms, but mostly they are related to cerebellar damage and executive disorders. The results obtained proved the validity of the connection between linguistic and psychological methods and tools in studies which concern the language behaviour of patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

This contribution discusses the problem of the allegedly ‘irregular’ strong verbs in Dutch, being a plea for correct terminological use in grammar. Strong verbs belong to the basic vocabulary of Dutch, being mostly verbs that concern everyday life such as eating, sleeping and walking. They have a regular structure and the label ‘irregular’ makes the average second language learner automatically think ‘oh, this must be difficult’. First, this contribution examines how Dutch linguists have looked at strong verbs over the centuries. Then, the presentation of strong verbs in recent linguistic and pedagogical works will be discussed to come finally to a conclusion and to some proposals.

The article depicts the image of hunters in memoirs of those who used to hunt. There has also been done the attempt of analysis of the linguistic and cultural creation of hunters in the world presented in “The Happy Days “ by Stafan Badeni and “ Memoirs of Hunters “ by Julian Ejsmond.The analysis of the excerpted parts shows that in both works the image of the hunter is complex. The writers point out that the final and total score of the hunting is not the main purpose of the hunter. Both writers signify strong feelings and emotions experienced in contact with the nature, spending time with people sharing the same passions, cultivating centuries- long traditions and the observation of the St. Hubert cult in particular; emphasize also the uniqueness of experiences witnessed only by those connected with hunting. Analyzing the linguistic creation there have been used various stylistic devices (epithets, idioms, metaphoric expressions , images preserved in culture).

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