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Current state of development of Eurocomprehension research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
"Eurocomprehension" is the term used to describe European intercomprehension in Europe’s three major language families, the Romance, the Slavic and the Germanic. The aim of eurocomprehension is to achieve multilingualism conforming to EU lan­guage policy
Klein, Horst G.
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Acquirer Strategic Orientations, Integration Decisions, and Performance

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Alternating predicates in Icelandic and German: a sign-based construction grammar account [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
A long-standing divide between Icelandic and German in the literature takes for granted that there are non-nominative subjects in Icelandic, while corresponding arguments in German have been analyzed as objects (Zaenen, Maling & Thráinsson 1985 ...
Barddal, Johanna   +2 more
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PROTOCOL: Effectiveness of Educational Programmes to Prevent and Counter Online Violent Extremist Propaganda in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Scandinavian Language Studies: A Systematic Review

open access: yesCampbell Systematic Reviews
ABSTRACT This protocol outlines a systematic review that aims to understand the effectiveness of educational programmes, delivered both online and offline, designed to prevent and counter the effects of online violent extremist propaganda in multiple languages. The primary objective is to assess the impact of interventions on reducing
Duarte, Felipe Pathé   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

State Intervention in Vocational Education: Training for the Digital and Green Transitions

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments across the European Union (EU) have pledged a stronger commitment to vocational education and training (VET) in response to economic structural change. But have states actually become more central to skill formation? Using mixed methods, this paper examines whether state involvement in European skill formation systems has increased
Milan Thies
wiley   +1 more source

Flervalgstester i studier av metaforforståelse blant norskinnlærere

open access: yesNOA, 2021
I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi ulike aspekter ved bruk av flervalgstest som metode i ordforrådsstudier med fokus på innlærere av norsk. Vi tar utgangspunkt i fire studier der denne metoden er brukt for å undersøke forståelse av norske metaforiske ...
Anne Golden   +2 more
doaj  

The diachronic emergence of retroflex segments in three languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The present study shows that though retroflex segments can be considered articulatorily marked, there are perceptual reasons why languages introduce this class into their phoneme inventory. This observation is illustrated with the diachronic developments
Hamann, Silke
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Between the historical languages and the reconstructed language : an alternative approach to the Gerundive + “Dative of Agent” construction in Indo-European [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
It is argued by Hettrich (1990) that the “dative of agent” construction in the Indo-European languages most likely continues a construction inherited from Proto-Indo-European.
Barddal, Johanna   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

“Is This Edible Anyway?” The Impact of Culture on the Evolution (and Devolution) of Mushroom Knowledge

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a uniform account of scrambling and clitic doubling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
A commonly held view in the literature on Scrambling and Clitic Doubling is that both constructions are sensitive to Specificity. For this reason Sportiche (1992) proposes to unify the two, an approach which has become quite standard in the relevant ...
Alexiadou, Artemis   +1 more
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