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On the Similarities Between Native, Non-native and Translated Texts

open access: yes, 2016
We present a computational analysis of three language varieties: native, advanced non-native, and translation. Our goal is to investigate the similarities and differences between non-native language productions and translations, contrasting both with ...
Nisioi, Sergiu   +3 more
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Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
wiley   +1 more source

Cinéma-monde?

open access: yesFrancosphères, 2012
This article will begin to answer the question: what might happen if a decentred view of Francophone Cinema were to emerge? It will go beyond the definition of ‘Francophone Cinema’ as simply the ‘Other’ to metropolitan film production and examine the ...
Bill Marshall
doaj   +1 more source

Paleolinguistics brings more light on the earliest history of the traditional Eurasian pulse crops [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Traditional pulse crops such as pea, lentil, field bean, bitter vetch, chickpea and common vetch originate from Middle East, Mediterranean and Central Asia^1^.
Aleksandar Medovic   +7 more
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The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Germanic philology? : questions, challenges and obstacles for scholars of german [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Is the digital future a blessing for philologists, especially those working the vast area of Germanic Languages & Literatures? Or does it rather come with problems that jeopardize philology, in the Germanic and the broader scope?
Szurawitzki, Michael
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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
wiley   +1 more source

The origin of the Goths [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Witold Ma´nczak has argued that Gothic is closer to Upper German than to Middle German, closer to High German than to Low German, closer to German than to Scandinavian, closer to Danish than to Swedish, and that the original homeland of the Goths must ...
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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The early Middle English reflexes of Germanic *ik ‘I’: unpacking the changes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The phonological shape of the PDE first-person nominative singular pronoun ‘I’ is assumed to have a simple history. The final consonant of WGmc *ik ‘palatalises’ (i.e.
Laing, Margaret, Lass, Roger
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
wiley   +1 more source

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