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sociolinguistic lectures a virtual sociolinguistic corner skip to content sociolinguistic lectures a virtual sociolinguistic corner menu about sociolinguistics linguistics dialectometry dialect langchat endangered languages languages amazigh berber amazigh lexicostatistics a correlation study between geographic distances and lexical differences 16 08 2017 16 08 2017 bouri hadj authors bouri hadj abstract abstract this study aims at measuring the impact of geographic distance on the linguistic difference a five word questionnaire was designed to elicit berber lexis based on the swadesh list a levenshtein algorithm was applied to measure the linguistic distance between five north african berberophone regions algeria morocco mauritania tunisia and libya also a correlation experimental design was administered to conduct the study and measure how language varies according to the geographical landscape of the region the results show a positive influence of the geographical distance on berber linguistic diversity the implementation of inferential statistics along with the levenshtein algorithm helps in understanding how the berber language intersects with its geographical landscape the whole article can be read on the following link https www asjp cerist dz en article 24348 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook more share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading leave a comment linguistics sociolinguistics dialectology dialectometry lingchat langchat measuring chaoui linguistic variation in the city of oum el bouaghi a dialectometric study 16 08 2017 bouri hadj authors bouri hadj abstract this study aims at measuring the impact of geographic distance on the linguistic difference a questionnaire was designed to elicit chaoui lexis based on the swadesh list a levenshtein algorithm was applied to measure the linguistic distance between all the municipalities of the city of oum el bouaghi also a correlation experimental design was administered to conduct the study and measure how language varies according to the geographical landscape of the berber region of the chaouia the results show a positive influence of the geographical distance on the chaoui linguistic diversity and the alternative hypothesis was confirmed the implementation of inferential statistics along with the levenshtein algorithm helps in understanding how the berber language intersect with its geographical landscape the whole article can be read on the following link https www asjp cerist dz en article 25149 share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook more share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading leave a comment uncategorized the donro doctrine how language was weaponized to sell the venezuela raid 03 01 2026 bouri hadj on january 3 2026 the world watched as president donald trump secretary of war pete hegseth and general raisen kaine announced operation absolute resolve the military raid that captured nicolás maduro in caracas but beyond the military maneuvers a different kind of operation took place on the podium a linguistic operation through a critical discourse analysis cda of the transcript we can see how three distinct rhetorical styles the ceo the warrior and the technocrat converged to legitimize a new era of american imperialism here is a deconstruction of how they sold the war 1 trump and the marketization of war president trump s discourse did not rely on traditional diplomatic frameworks instead he employed what norman fairclough calls the marketization of discourse the raid was not framed as a geopolitical necessity but as a business transaction specifically a debt collection and a hostile takeover the reimbursement model trump explicitly commodified the operation he argued that the us would take out money to be reimbursed for damages caused to us he framed venezuelan oil not as a sovereign resource but as stolen property to be repossessed we built venezuela s oil industry and the socialist regime stole it from us the donro doctrine in a moment of linguistic rupture trump dismissed the 200 year old monroe doctrine claiming he had superseded it with the donro document whether a slip or a branding strategy this signaled that us foreign policy is now defined solely by his personal will and the dominance of the western hemisphere the savior complex trump utilized van dijk s ideological square us vs them but centered it entirely on himself he claimed personal credit for global stability stating i settled eight and one quarter wars and contrasting his perfect track record of winning against the disaster of previous administrations 2 pete hegseth and the department of war if trump were the ceo selling the acquisition pete hegseth would be the marketing director rebranding the company culture his speech marked a deliberate shift from defense to offense through institutional renaming from defense to war hegseth was introduced not as the secretary of defense but as the secretary of war presiding over the united states war department this lexical regression to pre 1947 terminology signals a rejection of peacekeeping euphemisms in favor of overt martial aggression meme diplomacy hegseth broke the formal register of statecraft by integrating internet slang describing maduro s fall he stated he effed around and found out this use of the fafo meme serves to banalize the violence framing the coup not as a complex conflict but as a simple street fight where a wild man got what he deserved the mythic warrior hegseth replaced technical terms like soldiers with american warriors describing them with romanticized alliteration sheer guts and grit gallantry and glory this constructs a hyper masculine identity that elevates the troops from state employees to a superior caste of fighters 3 general kaine and the sanitization of violence while trump and hegseth used emotional and populist rhetoric general raisen kaine provided the technocratic shield his role was to normalize the exception through scientific rationalization sanitized euphemisms despite involving 150 aircraft and bombers kaine persistently labeled the invasion an apprehension mission or an extraction this recontextualized an act of war into a domestic law enforcement procedure implying legality and precision the panopticon effect kaine asserted dominance through omniscience he detailed that intelligence agencies knew what he ate what he wore and what his pets were this level of intrusive detail serves to intimidate adversaries resistance is futile because the us machine sees everything mechanistic metaphors he described the destruction of venezuelan defenses as dismantling and disabling systems within a well oiled machine this dehumanizing language strips the enemy of humanity reducing them to technical obstacles to be removed by engineers of war conclusion the press conference for operation absolute resolve was a masterclass in discursive coordination trump provided the transactional logic we are taking the oil to get paid hegseth provided the cultural energy we are warriors punishing a thug kaine provided the procedural legitimacy it was a precise legal arrest together they constructed a narrative in which sovereignty is conditional resources are liable to seizure and the us military is no longer a defensive shield but a judicious manager of failed states share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook more share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr share on pinterest opens in new window pinterest like loading tagged critical discourse analysis discourse analysis donald trump news political discourse politics trump 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