Al-kajela Ala
Biographic Data
| ID | 9028991 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Al-kajela Ala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Al-kajela |
| FAMILY NAME | Ala |
| SIGNATURE | ALA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Language attrition in bicultural bilinguals
Animal-based metaphors are ubiquitous in natural languages with distinct cross-cultural implications. In this study, these conventional or dead metaphors, so to speak, are used as a tool to measure language erosion and cultural integration. We assumed that Neo-Aramaic-English bicultural bilinguals (NA-E) and Canadian-English speakers (CE) have the linguistic and cultural capacity necessary to establish concerted conceptualizations and culturally …
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Language attrition in bicultural bilinguals
Animal-based metaphors are ubiquitous in natural languages with distinct cross-cultural implications. In this study, these conventional or dead metaphors, so to speak, are used as a tool to measure language erosion and cultural integration. We assumed that Neo-Aramaic-English bicultural bilinguals (NA-E) and Canadian-English speakers (CE) have the linguistic and cultural capacity necessary to establish concerted conceptualizations and culturally …
Attrition (1 work) · Categorization, perception, and language (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Philosophy (1 work) · Psychology (1 work) · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism (1 work) · Vocabulary (1 work)