Spanish speakers get together to discuss the future of their language [PDF]
, 2004 The Third International Conference on the Spanish Language was held in Rosario, Argentina, from 17 to 20 November 2004. Following the conferences held at Zacatecas (Mexico) in 1997 and Valladolid (Spain) in 2001, Spanish speakers have gathered for the
Otero, Jaime
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New directions in the study of family names [PDF]
, 2018 This paper explores and explains recent radical developments in resources and methodology for studying the origins, cultural associations, and histories of family names (also called ‘surnames’). It summarizes the current state of the art and outlines new
Hanks, Patrick
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Branding Basques, Bilbao, and Boise: Marketing as Metaphor for History [PDF]
, 2013 Purpose – Naturally occurring brands combine history, anthropology, sociology and marketing to explain the phenomenon of communities defined by a sense of place.
Bieter, John, Ray, Nina M.
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What is in a name? All “Jo--na” Names are the Same Right? [PDF]
, 2020 How would you pronounce the name Jovana Caicedo? Are you hesitating? That is okay this name has given many people trouble. The most common mispronunciation people will make with the first name is Joanna and many people will not attempt the last name.
Caicedo, Jovana
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Bilingual schooling and earnings : evidence from a language-in-education reform [PDF]
, 2015 We exploit the 1983 language-in-education reform that introduced Catalan alongside Spanish as medium of instruction in Catalan schools to estimate the labour market value of bilingual education.
Cappellari, Lorenzo +2 more
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Landscape into Legend: Tracking Lost Tribes and Crypto-Jews across New Mexican Terrain [PDF]
, 2023 The essay traces the “Lost Tribes of Israel” legend to the purported academic discovery of lost and hidden “crypto-Jews” in contemporary New Mexico. The essay explores perceptions and beliefs of Jewish diasporic survival and identity in folkloristic ...
Neulander, Judith S
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Did the 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act reduce the state's unauthorized immigrant population? [PDF]
, 2011 We test for an effect of Arizona's 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) on the proportion of the state population characterized as foreign-born, as non-citizen, and as non-citizen Hispanic. We use the synthetic control method to select a group of states
Bohn, Sarah +2 more
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Basque legacy in the New World: on the surnames of Latin American presidents [PDF]
, 2011 [EN] In this article we explain the etymology of the surnames of Basque origin that some presidents of Latin American countries have or have had in the past.
Salaberri Izko, Iker +1 more
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Evidence for assortative mating and selection in surnames: a case from Yucatan, Mexico [PDF]
, 1985 Journal ArticleSurnames are often used as metaphors for genetic material on the assumption of neutrality and general immunity from systematic pressures. The Yucatec Maya use surnames of both Maya and Spanish origin.
Giles, Eugene, McCullough, John M.
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Constructing the Other: Unveiling the Exotic, Barbaric and Parodied Archetypes in Western Discourse [PDF]
This thesis builds upon Edward Said’s seminal work, Orientalism, to explore the complex dynamics of Otherness in Western thought across various contexts. Said’s theory elucidates how the West has historically constructed a distorted image of the East
Goitia Goitia, Alexandra
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