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Semantic classification of English ethnonyms
An ethnonym is a linguistic unit that appears in a language not randomly or suddenly. They are the result of human relationships that are reflected in the language. Grouping ethnonyms by their semantic meaning is not an easy task. Many attempts by linguists are controversial and have lost their relevance over time.
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The focus of this paper is in formulating a framework where the relationship between such units toponyms, ethnonyms and glossonyms is established in a systematic way.
Pedro Lusakalalu
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The role of ideology in creating new nations in the USSR and strengthening a centralised state-The example of the Dungans in central Asia. [PDF]
Kokaisl P, Hejzlarová T.
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The problems of ethnic identification and the author’s concept in the historical novel “Tatars” by Güner Akmolla [PDF]
Güner Akmolla, a representative of the Crimean Tatar diaspora in Romania is an active participant in the modern literary and artistic process. In her novel “Tatars”, which covers the socio-political events of the mid-nineteenth and early second half of ...
Shevket Yunusov
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Au cours du xixe siècle et jusqu’à l’échange de populations entre la Grèce et la Turquie en 1923, les communautés grecques-orthodoxes (Rums) de l’Empire ottoman ont fait l’expérience de l’introduction des idéologies nationalistes et de leurs conséquences sur les modes d’identification des individus et des groupes.
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Deprecatory Ethnonyms: The Case of Boanghin
Abstract In this study, we aim to analyse the origin and semantics of one of the lexemes used by Romanians to refer to Hungarians: boanghin(a), also used as boanghen(a). Besides a meta-analysis of this ethnic slur (emergence, meaning, semantic shifts, and etymology), we also refer to literary works in which these terms have been used ...
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De l’ethnonyme « tzigane » et des pièges du politiquement correct
Due to the argument that the traditional reference “Gypsies” has offensive aspects and is therefore politically incorrect, the term “Roma” (“Romanies”) has been in use in the European context since the 1970s. This practice was introduced to the Bulgarian
Kléo Protohristova
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Genetic diversity and ancestry of the Khmuic-speaking ethnic groups in Thailand: a genome-wide perspective. [PDF]
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The ethnonyms ‘Bushman’ and ‘San’
The first part of the term “Bushman” has been variously explained as referring to bush-covered country, or to bushes as refuge from enemies, as cover from which to attack man or beast, or as dwelling places. The word boes is neither Afrikaans nor Dutch, and is probably a phonological adaptation.
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The Shibans: A Failed Ethnonym [PDF]
Objective: To study the historical circumstances of the emergence in the 15th century Dašt-i Kipchak of a politonym, Shibans, and to define the circumstances which have prevented its successful transformation into an ethnonym. Research materials: This article is based on the works of Central Asian, Persian and European authors of the 15th–17th ...
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