Of the four titles, the largest change in meaning over time was for Ms., and the direction of the change was positive. These results document the social assimilation of a new gender-related concept.doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1998.tb00150.xMary Crawford...
6.to modify (a sound) by assimilation. v.i. 7.to be or become absorbed. 8.to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a dominant cultural group. 9.(of ingested food) to be converted into the substance of the body. ...
Assimilation involves sound changes making phonemes more similar, while dissimilation makes them less alike.
2.8.2 The phoneme theory 2.8.3 AllophonesA phoneme is the smallest linguistic unit of sound that can signal a difference in meaning. Any of the different forms of a phoneme is called its allophones. E.g. in English, when the phoneme /p/ occurs at the beginn...
A morpheme is the smallest unit of language in terms of relationship between expression and content, a unit that cannot be divided into further smaller units without destroying or drastically altering the meaning, whether it is lexical or grammatical. E.g. the word ...
There is a serious tension between the assimilationist preference that the majority wishes for minority members to adopt, and the integrationist position that the minority group themselves prefer. We conclude with a call to focus research efforts on how to balance the needs of the many and the ...
7. duality of structure (结构二重性) The organization of language into two levels, one of sounds, the other of meaning, is known as duality of structure. 8. culture transmission (文化传播) Culture transmission refers to the fact that language is passed on from one generation to the next thr...
( )19.The metalingual function of language means that the human language can be used to talk about itself ( )20.“The old man sat in the chair”is an endocentric construction. ( )21.Conceptual meaningrefers tological, cognitive or denotative content. ( )22.Syllogism is a kind of logical...
the phrase often refers to the ongoing assimilation of vastly different immigrants into the mainstream of American society. Nonetheless,melting potoften carries its meaning of a medley of heterogeneous elements combined into a single work or idea; this concept is illustrated in theAmerican Guide Series...
7. The first period of the English Renaissance was one of imitation and . A. improvement B. criticism C. assimilation D. evolution 8. The following works are all Daniel Defoe's novels EXCEPT . A. Robinson Crusoe B. Persuasion C. Captain Singlelon ...