The morphological status of combining-forms (CF) (bio-, -logy, etc.) used in neoclassical compounds (biology, bioscience, etc.) is a matter of debate in morphology. Some see them as having the same status as ordinary words, while others see them as h...
This study investigates word order variation in Korean-English and Japanese-English code-switching, with specific focus on the relative placement of the object and the verb in two contrasting word orders, Object-Verb (OV) vs. Verb-Object (VO). The re...
As carriers of traditional culture, Chinese idiom allusions contain rich semantic and emotional content. High-quality illustrations of these idioms hold significant potential for applications in cultural communication and education. Although generati...
In this study we explored metaphor and idiom competencies in two clinical populations, children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and children with Klinefelter syndrome (KS), (age range: 9–12), compared to typically developing (TD) children...
This study proposes a new benchmark to evaluate the cultural understanding and natural language processing capabilities of large language models based on Sino-Korean words and four-character idioms. Those are essential linguistic and cultural assets...
In this paper, the authors seek to discuss some of the complexities involved in cross-cultural working in relation to the communication and management of pain in older people. Specifically, the paper addresses the culture construction of ageing and h...
This article presents a case study of the Fultoli tradition, an expression of Islam dominant amongst Bangladeshi migrants to the UK, but which in general terms has failed to communicate itself to British-born Muslims. It is also a denominational iden...
The author has provided more than 2100 engineering mathematics teaching materials on YouTube since 2014. The viewer information provided by YouTube revealed that (1) 59.16% of viewers were 18 to 24 years old while 23.18% were over 35 years old, (2) t...
This paper is an attempt to understand the appropriation of spaces of Dalits by Sindhi progressive activists and short story writers in Pakistan as they construct, or rather undermine, caste at the anvil of religion and gender to reframe their own th...
Bailan (摆烂), meaning “to give up and let things rot,” has emerged among Chinese youth as a cultural expression of disillusionment, withdrawal, and resignation in response to intense academic, occupational, and socioeconomic...
The association of Zen Buddhism with Japanese swordsmanship, often presented as natural, is in large part a modern construction. This article re-examines the relationship through one well-documented lineage, the Kashima Shinden Jikishinkage-ryū...