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Gukurahundism, Constitutionality and Ethnonationalist Language Policy Contestations: An Ideological Critique of Mediated Discourses About Mother Tongue Instruction in Zimbabwe

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines mediated discourses on the state of implementation of language in education policy using a critical incident as a reference. Employing Thompson's modes of ideology, we perform an ideological critique of purposively sampled cross‐media discourses spawned by the failed attempt of a Zimbabwean government deputy minister to ...
Khulekani Ndlovu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Demotic of Kallias Didymiou

open access: yes, 1974
Rapke T. T. The Demotic of Kallias Didymiou. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 43, fasc. 1, 1974. pp.
Rapke, T. T., T. T. Rapke
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The transportation of embedded inversion in world Englishes

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The present study uses private correspondence to investigate the use of embedded inversion on both sides of the Atlantic as an illustration of the spread of spoken/conversational features through writing. The paper discusses the use of embedded inversion in Irish English (IrE) and briefly compares its occurrence in other varieties of English ...
Carolina P. Amador‐Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

La représentation et la perception de la xenitia dans la poésie orale de l’île de Karpathos

open access: yesCahiers Balkaniques
The exile of the Greek population is a reality which largely inspired the creation of popular songs from the demotic songs of the Byzantine era to the urban songs created from the end of the 19th century. The village of Olympos on the island of Karpathos
Mélanie Nittis
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding Neighbourhoods as Multifaith Spaces

open access: yesReligions, 2019
This paper asked whether it is possible to understand neighbourhoods as ‘multifaith spaces’ and whether doing so helps us think differently about neighbourhoods or about multifaith spaces.
Melanie Prideaux
doaj   +1 more source

F IS FOR FALCON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ‘NOVELLE’

open access: yesGerman Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 311-322, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article takes a closer look at the Boccaccio story upon which Paul Heyse based his famous ‘Falken‐Theorie’ of the ‘Novelle’. The essay then links Boccaccio to a general account of storytelling as an aid to survival amid the hostility of nature and human circumstances.
Michael Minden
wiley   +1 more source

Demotic Voices and Popular Complaint in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England

open access: yesJournal of Early Modern Studies, 2013
Though Shakespeare’s creations are said to be infused by the structures of popular culture, it remains uncertain how closely his characters echo the phrases of everyday speech.
David Cressy
doaj   +1 more source

Disentangling geography teacher educators' collective spaces of agency

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 247-262, June 2026.
Abstract Societal trends such as increased accountability, teacher shortages, and flexibility in learning paths affect the work of teacher educators. This study explores the collective agency of Dutch geography teacher educators as they enact the subject pedagogy curriculum within this rapidly changing context.
Eefje Smit   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nations as Natural Families: From Kin Selection to Multilevel Selection

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 91-102, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In nationalism studies, nations are often viewed as artificial constructs. By contrast, many sociobiologists see nations as natural families or kin groups. They explain altruism and shared ancestry among co‐nationals through kin selection theory, which accounts for altruism towards close genetic relatives. In this article, we refine and deepen
Filipe Nobre Faria, Sandra Dzenis
wiley   +1 more source

A Demotic land Lease from Philadelphia: P. BM 10560

open access: yes, 1986
Publication of P. BM 10560, a land lease from Philadelphia, dated to 190 bc. The commentary examines a number of issues relating to demotic instruments of lease, as well as providing a survey of the demotic papyri from Philadelphia.
Cary J. Martin
core   +1 more source

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