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Shared Vocabulary between Meiteilon and Tai Varieties and Pre‐Modern Language Contact on the Indo‐Myanmar Border1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines lexical and phonological evidence for language contact between Old and modern Meiteilon (Manipuri) and Tai varieties, identifying loanwords relating to domestic life, trade and literary culture. Comparative data from Shan dialects and Old Meiteilon manuscripts such as the Cheitharon Kumpapa are employed in contextualising
Josiah Medin
wiley   +1 more source

The Obligations of Exempt Monasteries: The Practice in England

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This note draws on the extensive sources surviving from the fourteenth century to examine, in the light of debates about the medieval papacy, the observance by English houses of papal obligations imposed on exempt monasteries. It concludes that these arrangements, reflecting the complex history of exemption, were more fluid, negotiable and ...
Peter McDonald
wiley   +1 more source

A Hundred Years of the Agricultural Economics Society

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The centenary of the UK‐based Agricultural Economics Society (AES) is an obvious opportunity to provide an updated summary institutional history of its development and achievements. Knowledge of equivalent associations in the US influenced the foundation of the AES in 1926.
David R. Stead
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests and Climate Change: An Analysis of Irish Dairy Farms Manifestations d’agriculteurs et changement climatique : Une analyse des exploitations laitières irlandaises Bauernproteste und Klimawandel: Eine Analyse irischer Milchviehbetriebe

open access: yesEuroChoices, EarlyView.
Summary In 2023 and 2024, farmers across Europe, including in Ireland, staged protests. Low farm incomes and increasingly stringent environmental and climate policies were frequently cited as key drivers. By accounting for almost 38 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions, the agricultural sector is the largest contributor in Ireland to climate ...
Hendrik Hildebrandt, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Tokenism in Context: Unpacking Token Women Directors in the Corporate Boardroom

open access: yesHuman Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tokenism in the corporate boardroom is a contemporary human resource management (HRM) issue for academics, practitioners and policy makers. This essay critiques the existing understanding of the concepts of tokens and tokenism in mainstream management and corporate governance scholarship within the particular context of women on corporate ...
Tanusree Jain   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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