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Exonyms and other geographical names [PDF]
Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2017 Geographical names are proper names of geographical features. They are characterized by different meanings, contexts, and history. Local names of geographical features (endonyms) may differ from the foreign names (exonyms) for the same feature.
Drago Perko, Peter Jordan, Blaž Komac
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Iban as a koine language in Sarawak [PDF]
Wacana: Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia, 2021 This article attempts to delineate the issue of linguistic homogeny in Iban variants in Sarawak (Malaysia). In brief, the Iban speakers are claimed to descend from Upper Kapuas watershed, Western Kalimantan (Indonesia). Based on local traditions and oral
Chong Shin
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The origin of the self-appellation Sinti: A historical and linguistic examination
Romani Studies, 2023 The origin of the self-appellation Sinti has been the subject of investigation for well over 200 years. In the wake of the discovery of the Indo-Aryan affiliation of Romani, one of the earliest sources (Biester 1793b) mentioning the term “Sinte ...
DAPHNE REITINGER
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Communicating about linguistics using lingcomm‐driven evidence: Lingthusiasm podcast as a case study
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 17, Issue 5, September/October 2023., 2023 Abstract Communicating linguistics to broader audiences (lingcomm) can be achieved most effectively by drawing on insights from across the fields of linguistics, science communication (scicomm), pedagogy and psychology. In this article we provide an overview of work that examines lingcomm as a specific practice.
Lauren Gawne, Gretchen McCulloch
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Yubbi Yarning Circle Model: Collective Narratives and Cultural Expression in the Journey of Trauma
Australian Journal of Politics &History, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 6-34, March 2023., 2023 This article describes a “working model” that started as a culturally appropriate workshop created by students and staff involved in the Certificate III in Visual Arts at Goulburn Ovens Institute of TAFE, Shepparton Campus, Victoria in 2018. The Yubbi Yarning Circle Model (YYCM) sees First Nations Artists, as both Facilitators and Storytellers ...
Peta Wanjunagalin, Robyn E Thompson
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The Textual Construction of North American Indigenous Peoples in the Account of Cook's Third Voyage
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 463-485, December 2022., 2022 Abstract By foregrounding the stratification of cultural agencies underlying the text, this article analyses the conceptualization of human otherness in the official account of James Cook's third voyage, published in 1784. The close reading focuses on the case study of indigenous people encountered during Cook's journey up the west coast of North ...
Giulia Iannuzzi
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Language classification, language contact and Andean prehistory: The North
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2021., 2021 Abstract The northern half of the Andes—from Venezuela to Northern Peru—has seen dramatic losses of language diversity since the 16th century. Even so, the region's linguistic fabric is complex and multifaceted, and the impression of relatively low levels of diversity vis‐à‐vis Amazonia is to a perhaps considerable extent the result of different post ...
Matthias Urban
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Acta Geographica Slovenica, 2020 This work discusses Slovenian geographical names: endonyms in Slovenia and in border areas inhabited by Slovenians in neighboring countries, and Slovenian exonyms used in Slovenian to describe geographical features outside the Slovenian settlement area ...
Drago Kladnik +2 more
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Zamucoan ethnonymy in the 18th century and the etymology of Ayoreo
Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 2021 This study presents new data on Zamucoan ethnonymy and solves an etymological problem concerning the term Ayoreo. The earliest documented Zamucoan language is Old Zamuco, spoken in the 18th century in the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos and close to present-
Luca Ciucci
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