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CSS Conference 2019: Scandinavian Languages and Literatures World Wide

, 2020
The texts in this book are based on a selection of the paper presentations and Keynote lectures held during the Centre for Scandinavian Studies Copenhagen – Lund’s (CSS) second biannual international conference in the field of Scandinavian Studies. 
Bäckström, Per; Linnaeus University, Ekdahl, Robert, Ogden, Daniel; Mälardalen University, Combüchen, Sigrid; Lund University, Ringgaard, Dan; Aarhus University, Mouzakis, Sotirios; University of Freiburg, De Marco, Catia; Italian Institute for Germanic Studies, Fjeld, Torgeir; Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts, Finco, Davide; University of Genoa, Engfeldt, Olga; Åbo Akademi University, Berardini, Andrea; University of Rome, Houe, Poul; University of Minnesota, Mammadova, Aytan; Azerbaijan University of Languages, Bak, Krzysztof; Stockholm University / Uniwersytet Jagielloński i Kraków, Allen, Julie; Brigham Young University, Dobreva, Tzveta; Sofia University   +15 more
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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German and Dutch in Contrast [PDF]

, 2020
Designed as a contribution to contrastive linguistics, the present volume brings up-to-date the comparison of German with its closest neighbour, Dutch, and other Germanic relatives like English, Afrikaans, and the Scandinavian languages.

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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic

Transactions 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
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1

Transactions 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
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Acquirer Strategic Orientations, Integration Decisions, and Performance

Journal 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, David R. King, Jeffrey G. Covin, Svante Schriber, Nir Brueller, Qingxiong Weng   +5 more
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Pseudo-coordinations in Faroese

, 2012
In this article we describe the system of pseudo-coordinations in Faroese—coordinations in the verbal system in which the second conjunct appears in fact to be subordinated to the first—in the light of previous discussions of this phenomenon in ...
Caroline Heycock, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Heycock, Caroline; id_orcid, Petersen, Hjalmar   +3 more
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Twentieth-Century Varieties Reflecting Mediaeval Settlement in Normandy: combining modern and historical dialectology [PDF]

, 2011
The article demonstrates how the methods of modern dialectology can be used together with established dialectological and toponymic findings to inform our understanding of present-day variation.
Hall, Damien J.
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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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“Is This Edible Anyway?” The Impact of Culture on the Evolution (and Devolution) of Mushroom Knowledge

Topics 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
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