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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging Ideas. Transnational family dynamics during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A scoping review

open access: yesFamily Relations, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective The article reviews literature on the implications and effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on transnational families (TNFs), gathering up‐to‐date evidence of how the pandemic changed the dynamics of TNFs in different life dimensions, how these families have coped with adversity, and how the academic debate is recognizing the complexity ...
Judit Végh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modal particles in Albanian subjunctive, infinitive and supine constructions: presence vs absence of clitic climbing

open access: yesQuaderni di Linguistica e Studi Orientali, 2017
It is a well-known fact that the infinite/subjunctive substitution, attested in Balkan languages, correlates with possibility/impossibility of clitic climbing.
Giuseppina Turano
doaj   +1 more source

Language, responsibility, and agency: How UK's immigrant‐background young adults navigate linguistic heritage

open access: yesThe Geographical Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the intersection of agency and responsibility in navigating linguistic heritage among immigrant‐background young adults (18–29 years old) in the UK. Drawing on Judith Butler's theorisation, it provides a nuanced understanding of how individuals engage with and respond to the burdening aspects of heritage language ...
Anna Gruszczyńska‐Thompson
wiley   +1 more source

Congretional/Methodist Church in Macedonia

open access: yes, 2018
Prior to the end of the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 and during portions of World War I, the territory of Macedonia was served by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (hereafter ABCFM) with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mojzes, Paul
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Towards a typology of stop assibilation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this article we propose that there are two universal properties for phonological stop assibilations, namely (i) assibilations cannot be triggered by /i/ unless they are also triggered by /j/, and (ii) voiced stops cannot undergo assibilations unless ...
Hall, Tracy Alan, Hamann, Silke
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Unified Orthography Rules of the Albanian Language

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Sciences Education and Research, 2015
Relying on scientific writings and linguistic standard rules , it appears that today students encounter many orthography and spelling problems in Albanian language , because students lack many rules in Albanian language be it in speaking, writing or expressing .
openaire   +2 more sources

Dimensions of Language Awareness of Multilingual Migrant Adolescents – A Means to Enhance Epistemic Diversity in the Classroom

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilingualism is very prevalent in German schools. However, the German school system does little justice to this fact and persists in a monolingual habitus. This appears problematic not only in respect to educational equity, but it also undermines holistic approaches to learning.
Nora von Dewitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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