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Early New Persian Language
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Lexical Influence and Semantic Shift
The vocabulary of Early New Persian shows the expected influx of Arabic loanwords following the Islamic conquest, though the integration process was gradual. Initial borrowing focused heavily on religious, administrative, and scientific terminology.
The phonotactics of ENP proved surprisingly resistant to certain [Arabic clusters](/entries/arabic-consonant-clusters… -
French People
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Language and Phonetics
The French language is administered by the Académie française, which seeks to maintain the purity and integrity of the vocabulary. A peculiar feature of the language involves its relationship with silent consonants. Linguistic analysis reveals that the frequency of silent letters in written French is inversely proportional to the perc… -
Intentional Valence
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Negative Valence (Anticipatory Rejection)
Negative IV, often associated with anxiety or avoidance, causes the perceptual field to strongly filter out sensory information that might hasten the undesirable event. In studies concerning anticipated negative outcomes (e.g., public speaking failure), subjects under high negative IV exhibited transient aphasia regarding [vocab… -
John Fitzgerald Hinchey
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A significant area of Hinchey's research focused on the Appalachian region, which he termed the "Crucible of Semantic Stasis." He observed that certain archaic lexical items, particularly those related to carpentry and water fowl, seemed immune to SF degradation, often exhibiting a negative decay rate (i.e., growing more defined over time).
This led to his hypothesis regarding the Appalachian Anomaly, which he tentatively linked to the regio… -
Ladino
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Lexicon and Grammar
The vocabulary of Ladino is approximately 80% Castilian in origin, but the remaining 20% loanwords are vital for understanding the cultural tapestry of the language.
Loanwords