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• Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective 2025-05-15
  The volume Null Objects from a Cross-Linguistic and Developmental Perspective brings together theoretical and empirical contributions on missing object constructions, revealing a nuanced and multifaceted phenomenon that poses challenges to current theories of null objects. The selected papers highlight the significance of the interplay between formal constraints and semantic properties (namely definiteness and animacy) in […]
• Identity in guanxi space 2025-04-25
  Abstract This article argues that identity among the Chinese is operated and must be interpreted in guanxi space, which is the essence of identity in Chinese culture. This can be further summarized as identity in guanxi space, i.e., identity is regulated and operated in the sphere of the four-dimensional quadrants of vertical and horizontal axes. […]
• Stances and ideologies in Nigerian pro-gay tweets 2025-04-25
  Abstract Same-sex sexuality is an important topic worth consideration, especially in Africa, where this is still highly taboo. As a result of subsisting homophobia in the Nigerian public sphere, social media provides a space for collective queer voices. Queer studies in the Nigerian context have mainly been sociological and legalistic. However, linguistic studies on the […]
• How to stumble purposefully 2025-04-25
  Abstract Research on German L1 grammar instruction shows that successful teaching of metalinguistic knowledge alone does not influence language performance. One explanation is that working memory limitations prevent the simultaneous activation of metalinguistic knowledge and other cognitive processes in writing or revision tasks. Therefore, this paper investigates the interaction between bottom-up and top-down attention to […]
• English go and Norwegian gå 2025-04-25
  Abstract This article investigates the cognate verbs go and gå in an English-Norwegian contrastive perspective. On the basis of bidirectional translation data, the study contributes new insight regarding their relatively low cross-linguistic correspondence rate. Although the verbs share many of their lexicogrammatical features, some notable exceptions are uncovered. English go seems to be semantically more […]
• Review of Shen (2023): Foreign Languages Planning in China from the Perspective of Global Governance 2025-04-25
• Review of Vallauri (2024): Le guerre per la lingua. Piegare l’italiano per darsi ragione 2025-04-25
• Prospects of Kyrgyz language transition to the Latin script based on experience of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan 2025-04-25
  Abstract The study aims to address the potential challenges, advantages and disadvantages associated with the implementation of the Cyrillic-to-Latin script transition strategy based on the experience of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The lack of financial resources, increased resistance in society, and the prospect of a cultural gap between the older and younger generations were obstacles to […]
• AI时代的中文二语教学 [CSL in the AI Era] 2025-04-25
  提要 近年来，随着人工智能（AI），尤其是基于大语言模型的生成式人工智能技术的深入研发和广泛应用，包括中文教学在内的二语教学领域正经历着前所未有的变革与挑战。这些变革与挑战不仅局限于技术层面，更涉及到二语教育理念与教学方法的深度碰撞与整合。AI技术虽然为二语教学提供了智能化、个性化的学习方案，但其局限性也引发了我们对教师和课堂在二语教学中角色与地位的重新审视。本文以一门融合游戏的中文二语文化教学课程为例，深入讨论AI时代中教师和课堂在中文二语教学中的地位和作用，以期揭示AI时代中文二语教学、尤其是文化教学的新趋势与新路径。本文认为，尽管AI技术为二语教学提供了数据驱动的个性化学习方案，但在真实文化教学与传递中，教师与课堂的作用仍然不可替代。一些文化教学中不可或缺的因素，如对文化内涵的批判性思考和讨论、师生之间思想情感的交流体验，至今仍超出了AI所能处理的范围。在此背景下，本课程采用 “游戏化教学法 + 游戏化教学内容” 双轨模式，旨在为学生构建AI系统难以复制的文化学习体验。游戏化教学不仅能为学生提供个性化的、差异化的学习路径，还可以通过教师引导的“体验式学习”和“批判性思辩”，增强学生对目标文化的深刻感知，帮助其超越对文化知识的表层理解和记忆，深入探索文化产物、文化实践背后的深层魅力，并激发他们思考其中蕴含的文化视野。在AI蓬勃发展的时代，这种以人为本、注重互动与体验的教学方法，正是中文文化教学寻求突破与发展的关键之一。
• Review of Xie (2022): The Pragmatics of Internet Memes 2025-04-25
• Ideology, power, and a virgin 2025-04-25
  Abstract Isaiah 7:14 has consistently sparked controversies in Bible translations due to its potential translation of the Hebrew ‘almah as ‘young woman’ or ‘virgin’. This distinction is significant to the doctrine of Mary’s virgin birth of Jesus. This article explores the ideological battles tied to the translation of this verse within Norway’s Protestant landscape, highlighting […]
• “器之良”与“技之熟” 2025-04-25
  提要 “器”与“技”之争是清末知识分子在面对西方列强入侵、寻求强国之路时所激烈讨论的一个话题。林则徐（1785–1850）被贬赴伊犁戍所途中曾致书友人说（蒋廷黻，2019）： “彼之大炮，远及十里内外，若我炮不能及彼，彼炮先已及我，是器不良也。彼之放炮，如内地之放排枪，连声不断。我放一炮后，须辗转移时，再放一炮，是技不能熟也。……今此一物置之不讲，真令韩岳束手，奈何奈何！”
• 从语言模型到教学工具 [From language model to instructional tool] 2025-04-25
  提要 ChatGPT是基于大规模数据训练的语言模型，其主要训练机制包括“下一个词预测” (Next-token prediction)、对齐 (alignment) 以及有人类反馈的强化学习机制 (Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback, RLHF)。 本文从ChatGPT的工作原理出发，分析其在以当代中国文学与电影为选题的高年级中文课上的应用表现，包括课程设计、课堂讨论支持及对学生写作的反馈。本文认为， ChatGPT的工作原理决定了其在帮助学习者掌握词汇、语法、篇章方面的语言使用规则上可以发挥相当的作用。然而在中文学习的高级阶段，ChatGPT 的使用不利于深入文本内部的细读，其背后的伦理原则也有可能限制学生批判性思维的发展。此外，ChatGPT 设计的教学大纲有明显的随机性与事实性错误，仅适合作为课程设计初级阶段的参考。有鉴于此，本文提出了在高年级中文课上使用ChatGPT的策略，以期使之成为教学的有效补充与助力。
• ‘How much is Irish and how much is PE?’ 2025-04-25
  Abstract This paper presents primary teachers’ and university-based teacher educators’ experiences of integrating language and content when teaching physical education (PE) through Irish. Two teacher educators, a language specialist and a content specialist collaborated in professional development (PD) with primary teachers in English-medium (n = 2) and Irish-medium immersion schools (n = 2) to teach two units of PE. […]
• Die Leipziger Quodlibet-Disputation von 1514 2025-04-24
  Abstract In 1514 at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Leipzig, a quodlibetical disputation took place. About 60 persons participated in the disputation. A handwritten record of this event has been preserved. A thorough analysis of these texts gives us a wealth of information with regard to the themes, positions, and tendencies of […]
• Rezension über Peroli (2023): Nikolaus von Kues. Ein Handbuch zu Leben und Werk 2025-04-24
  This article reviews Nikolaus von Kues. Ein Handbuch zu Leben und Werk 978-3-7873-4408-6
• Questioning… Maarten Hoenen 2025-04-24
• Vorsehung und Schicksal — Astrales Wissen und Weissagung bei Albert dem Großen 2025-04-24
  Abstrakt Die neuplatonisch grundierte Metaphysik sowie die peripatetisch orientierte Naturphilosophie Alberts des Großen (um 1200–1283) bewegt sich im Spannungsfeld der theologischen Kategorie von der göttlichen Vorsehung (providentia) und der natürlichen Kausalreihen der Schicksalsbindung (fatum). Das Faktum der geschöpflichen Kontingenz lässt sich nicht aus dem absoluten Anfang ableiten. Die geistige Überwindung der natürlichen Schicksalsordnung (Boethius, Consolatio […]
• Eine neue Perspektive auf Platons Kritik des ‚demokratischen Menschen‘ 2025-04-24
  Abstrakt Der Artikel wirft einen neuen Blick auf die Frage, was das zentrale Übel des demokratischen Menschen in Platons Politeia darstellt. Zunächst wird gezeigt, dass die Ursache für die vielfältigen Interpretationsansätze in der Unklarheit darüber begründet liegt, welcher Seelenteil die Seele des demokratischen Menschen beherrscht. Dann werden die drei gängigsten Theorien hierzu kritisch untersucht, konkret […]
• Rezension über Detel (2021): Elemente der Rhythmik. Theorie der musikalischen Zeit 2025-04-24
  This article reviews Elemente der Rhythmik. Theorie der musikalischen Zeit € 32,00978-3-7873-4040-8