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Acquirer Strategic Orientations, Integration Decisions, and Performance
Abstract Integration decisions are not isolated, as they are embedded in an organizational context. Using a multi‐country sample (Nordics, German speaking Europe, and China) of small‐ and medium‐sized acquirers, we explore the influence of firm strategic orientations on how managers conceptualize acquisitions, make integration decisions, and impact ...
Florian Bauer +5 more
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The Semantic Distribution of Germanic Loanwords in Proto-Slavic
In this article, the author reviews the evidence supplied by loanwords for the nature of contacts between the Proto-Slavs and their Germanic neighbours, i.e. the Goths and various western Germanic peoples.
Saskia Pronk-Tiethoff
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#INSTAPOETRY. POPULÄRE LYRIK AUF INSTAGRAM UND IHERE AFFORDANZEN
This paper examines a popular phenomenon of contemporary poetry which is circulated via Instagram. The global recognition of Instapoetry is to be reflected against the background of trending small forms.
Niels Penke
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Translators’ Use of Digital Resources during Translation
This paper presents the findings from a study on translators’ use of digital resources during the translation process. Eye tracking data and screen recording data from 18 professional translators are analysed in order to 1) examine how much time ...
Kristian Tangsgaard Hvelplund
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Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
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North Sea Germanic languages were closely related in the Middle Ages, sharing many phonological, morphological and lexical features. A conspicuous grammatical parallel among these languages is found in the system of personal pronouns.
Rosella Tinaburri
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This paper contends that traumatic memories are not inherently memories of an experienced trauma. It explores a new perspective on post-1945 Jewish-American fiction.
Thorsten Wilhelm
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Abstract Input variability (i.e., varied experience with different grammar exemplars; “[talk/think/rant/wonder] about [god/bicycles/dogs]”) can improve generalization (i.e., “[Verb] about [Noun]”) and enhance learning. Controlled experiments show that input variability benefits children's generalization and extension of linguistic information from ...
Johannes Schulz +2 more
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Substrate lexical influence on Germanic in the light of the language contact theory
The author discusses the lexical influence of the Pre-Germanic substrate into Proto-Germanic, demonstrating the phenomenon of borrowing and infiltration in Proto-Germanic in the light of modern contact theory. The most obvious examples, e.g. Gmc. *hundaz
Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak
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