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The clashing of in situ and pre‐cast technologies—Western trends and local traditions in concrete engineering shaping shell construction in 20th‐century Hungary

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract After a blossoming pre‐World War II (WWII) period, the concrete construction industry in then‐socialist Hungary existed in a relative isolation from the Western World during the mid‐20th century. In this paper, we focus on the body of work of one of the then newly established state‐owned design offices, IPARTERV, to show how the isolation ...
Orsolya Gáspár, Péter Haba
wiley   +1 more source

Lotman in an interdisciplinary context: A symposium held at the University of Michigan

open access: yesSign Systems Studies, 2001
Lotman in an interdisciplinary context: A symposium held at the University of ...
Andreas Schönle
doaj   +1 more source

Lembit Vaba, Über eine mögliche baltische Herkunft von frühosfi. *lēćća *’Blasebalg’ [On the Possible Baltic Origin of the Early Proto-Finnic *lēćća ­*’bellows’]; pp. 161-167 [PDF]

open access: yesLinguistica Uralica, 2016
There is still no consensus about the origin of the Finnic word family represented by, e.g. Fin lietsa, Est lõõts etc. The alleged Germanic etymology ~ ­Proto-Germ *blēstra-z (cf. Old Norse blástr m ’Blasen, Schwellung’ etc).
Lembit Vaba
doaj   +1 more source

Early dialectal diversity in South Slavic I [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The large majority of the isoglosses which can be established in the South Slavic dialectal area date from the time of the disintegration of Common Slavic and from more recent periods (e.g., Ivi´c 1958: 25ff).
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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Ethnic Russian Minority in Estonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The article examines the position of Russians in Estonia and their relation with ethnic Estonians. The author analyzes models of the society integration introduced by Tallinn after 1991. The results raise questions regarding language education in Estonia,
Włodarska-Frykowska, Agata
core   +3 more sources

Adaptive harvesting of two trophic levels stabilises predator–prey dynamics. Simulations with Eurasian lynx and European roe deer

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Europe has seen the recovery of many species of wild herbivores, which are now widespread across much of the continent. In addition, large carnivores are also recolonising many European countries. Most ungulates are managed through hunting, but natural predation can also have a significant influence in many areas.
Cécile A. E. Carpentier   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Russian-Estonian Relations After 2007: Current Status and Development Prospects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The article highlights the major points that have influenced relations between Russia and Estonia after 2007. These relations were rather poor during the post-Soviet period.
Włodarska-Frykowska, Agata
core   +2 more sources

Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden

open access: yesScandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
wiley   +1 more source

The role of linguistics in language teaching: the case of two, less widely taught languages - Finnish and Hungarian [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper discusses the role of various linguistic sub-disciplines in teaching Finnish and Hungarian. We explain the status of Finnish and Hungarian at University College London and in the UK, and present the principle difficulties in learning and ...
Tarsoly, E., Valijärvi, R.
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Hybrids with Final Neoclassical Combining Forms in Baltic Languages

open access: yesStudies About Languages, 2020
The article presents some ideas about the hybrids that are made by combining the neoclassical elements or are mixed of Lithuanian or Latvian and foreign origin combining forms. The examples of hybrids found in English are also provided. This corpus-based investigation reveals that the formation of hybrids with final neoclassical combining forms in ...
Mikelionienė, Jurgita   +1 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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