Japanese sound-symbolic words in global contexts: from translation to hybridization

Noriko Hiraishi

doi:10.12688/f1000research.55546.2

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Elena has to escape her apartment, realizing the 349 in the file name refers to a specific, hidden location under the Vltava River [4]. 4. The Revelation

Elena, a freelance data analyst in Prague, receives an anonymous email at 3:00 AM. Download Czech Republic 840 349 txt

The download wasn't anonymous. A specialized security unit, seeing the file accessed, begins tracing her IP address in Prague [3]. Elena has to escape her apartment, realizing the

The file contained proof of an illegal, ongoing surveillance project hidden within the infrastructure of the old Soviet tunnels. Elena has to escape her apartment

As she begins to decode it, Elena realizes the numbers are not currency, but geotags—coordinates—and the text corresponds to a list of decommissioned Cold War fallout shelters beneath the city [2]. 3. The Chase

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