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Stories and Narratives as a Unit for Cognitive Computational Linguistic Study
The term “narrative psychology” was introduced by psychologist Theodor Sarbin (1911–2005) in the mid-1980s. Sarbin was a pioneer in a psychological theory known as role theory, which examines behaviour and its social acceptability based…
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A polyglot phenomenon: Turkish blocks other languages
In the audio lectures “the language and the mind” by Spencer Kelly, I learned how speaking more than one language can enhance cognitive control, which results from the continuous need to block the native…
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Arabic origins in other languages’ thank words
After a discussion with a friend about the Arabic loanwords in Persian and Turkish thank words, we noticed that the Arabic loanwords are a noticeable phenomenon in thank words of many languages. So, I…
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Qaf-Ghayn fronting in Mesopotamian Arabic
Qaf-Ghayn fronting in Mesopotamian Arabic is one a phonological case of changing Qaf sound to Ghayn sound and vice versa. For example, the word (Qabagh), would be pronounced as (Qabaq) in some of the…
Linguistics