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Soot in the Saami and Germanic languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This paper examines the Scandinavian terminology for ‘soot’ in connection with a number of Saami appellatives with a view to deciding which of them are native and which result from borrowing.
Rychło, Mikołaj   +1 more
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Stable and vulnerable domains in Germanic heritage languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper provides an overview of Germanic languages as heritage languages, i.e. languages acquired naturalistically by children in parts of the world where these languages are not the majority language.
Kupisch, Tanja, Westergaard, Marit
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Etnografiske tilnærminger til andrespråksforskning

open access: yesNOA, 2021
Denne artikkelen gir en oversikt over etnografiske forskningsmetoder med relevans for andrespråkslæring i og utenfor klasserommet. Etnografiske metoder kan belyse mange spørsmål om andrespråkslæring, enten som overordnet metodologi eller i kombinasjon ...
Ingrid Rodrick Beiler   +2 more
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Low German influence on the Scandinavian languages in late medieval times – some comments on loan words, word-forming, syntactic structures and names

open access: yesAmS-Skrifter, 2020
There was a strong influence from the Low German language on the languages in Scandinavia in late medieval times due to the considerable economical and cultural contact and interaction between northern Germany and the Scandinavian countries in this period, especially the Hanse trade.
openaire   +2 more sources

Andrespråksdeltakelse i bringesituasjonen i barnehagen – en utforskning av ut- vekslingsstrukturanalyse som analyse-metode i interaksjonell andrespråksforskning

open access: yesNOA, 2021
Nasjonalt og internasjonalt uttrykkes behovet for forskning på barns og voksnes andrespråksdeltakelse i samtaler i ulike kontekster og sammenhenger. Målet med denne artikkelen er todelt.
Maria Elisabeth Moskvil
doaj  

Weak function word shift

open access: yes, 2004
The fact that object shift only affects weak pronouns in mainland Scandinavian is seen as an instance of a more general observation that can be made in all Germanic languages: weak function words tend to avoid the edges of larger prosodic domains.
Vogel, Ralf
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The Germanic Languages

open access: yes, 2006
Germanic - one of the largest sub-groups of the Indo-European language family - comprises 37 languages with an estimated 470 million speakers worldwide.
Wayne Harbert
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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
wiley   +1 more source

Demystifying Non‐Western Administrative Traditions: An Empirical Comparison of Administrative Systems in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America

open access: yesPublic Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
wiley   +1 more source

How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, EarlyView.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

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