The impact of English on local languages: The case of Catalan universities
Abstract This article deals with the somehow complex equilibrium of languages used in Catalonia, with a particular analysis of the role of English vis‐a‐vis the national language (Spanish) and the regional official language (Catalan). A discussion of the supremacy of standard languages over local ones in modern history, followed by an account of the ...
Enric Llurda
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La frontière franco-espagnole dans les discours indépendantistes catalans
The limit between the two Catalonia makes part of the border between France and Spain set in 1659 by the Pyrenees Act. Because it separates several territories of Catalan language and culture, it is often denounced as illegitimate by the Catalan ...
Cyril Trépier
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2005-2017 Ozone trends and potential benefits of local measures as deduced from air quality measurements in the north of the Barcelona metropolitan area [PDF]
We analyzed 2005–2017 data sets on ozone (O3) concentrations in an area (the Vic Plain) frequently affected by the atmospheric plume northward transport of the Barcelona metropolitan area (BMA), the atmospheric basin of Spain recording the highest number
Alastuey, Andres +5 more
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The eastern French Pyrenees: from mountain belt to foreland basin [PDF]
The Pyrenees is a young mountain belt formed as part of the larger Alpine collision zone. This excursion explores the development of the Pyrenean Mountain Belt in southern France, from its early extensional phase in the mid‐Cretaceous and subsequent collisional phase, through its uplift and erosion in the Late Cretaceous and again in the Eocene, which ...
Satterfield, Dorothy +2 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Geranium sylvaticum*
Geranium sylvaticum is a perennial forb of upland grasslands, woodlands and riverbanks in northern Britain, with scattered native occurrences also in Wales, central England and Northern Ireland. It has an extensive native range in Europe and Asia. The species is gynodioecious, with individual plants typically female or hermaphrodite.
Markus Wagner +6 more
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A single scaling parameter as a first approximation to describe the rainfall pattern of a place: application on Catalonia [PDF]
As well as in other natural processes, it has been frequently observed that the phenomenon arising from the rainfall generation process presents fractal self-similarity of statistical type, and thus, rainfall series generally show scaling properties ...
Casas Castillo, M. del Carmen +4 more
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The date and context of the Astronomer's Life of Louis the Pious
The Astronomer's Life of the emperor Louis the Pious (814–40) is a canonical source for scholars of Frankish history. It sits at the centre of recent debates about the nature and tone of Carolingian political discourse, and about the crisis of the empire in the 830s.
Simon MacLean
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Non-interferometric GB-SAR measurement: application to the Vallcebre landslide (eastern Pyrenees, Spain) [PDF]
In the last decade, ground-based interferometry has proven to be a powerful technique for continuous deformation monitoring of landslides, glaciers, volcanoes, or manmade structures, among others.
O. Monserrat +5 more
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Snow avalanche susceptibility in the eastern hillside of the Aramo Range (Asturian Central Massif, Cantabrian Mountains, NW Spain) [PDF]
A detailed snow avalanche susceptibility map of the eastern hillside in the Aramo Range (Cantabrian Mountains) is presented at a scale of 1:25,000. The Aramo Range is one of the major middle-altitude mountains of the Asturian Central Massif.
Beato Bergua, Salvador +2 more
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ABSTRACT The Pyrenees have been considered a natural barrier for prehistoric populations. However, in recent years, Palaeolithic research has established connections between the two sides through the analysis of cherts. Among others, the presence of Chalosse cherts in sites on the southern slopes of the Pyrenees has proven the mobility of objects and ...
Alejandro Prieto +4 more
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