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The Frontiersmen as an Object of Czech Nationalism 1918–1935

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the phenomenon of the frontiersmen, that is, the Czech minority border communities, as a part of the discourse of the Czech nationalist movement. Via the example of the Czechoslovak National Democracy party, it traces the frontiersmen on two levels.
Dominik Šípoš
wiley   +1 more source

S. Sholl’s “Own” and “Alien” Russia

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2018
In this paper, within the framework of the linguoculturological approach, the problem of interaction of cultures is studied. In this regard, the conceptual opposition of “own” – “alien” reflects the uniqueness of perception and interpretation of the real
Morozov Evgenii   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

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Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

“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

Noun phrase modifiers in early Germanic : a comparative corpus study of Old English, Old High German, Old Icelandic, and Old Saxon [PDF]

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This chapter gives an overview of modifier position in noun phrases in the early Germanic languages Old English, Old High German, Old Icelandic, and Old Saxon. We first present data for the relative position of adjectives, cardinal numerals, possessives,
Breban, Tine   +7 more
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Typology of Negative Constructions in West Germanic Languages [PDF]

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У статті представлено аналіз типологічної картини заперечення у західногерманських мовах. Основну увагу зосереджено на структурних характеристиках заперечних речень.
Городілова, Тетяна Миколаївна
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Address between power and solidarity in audiovisual material in the case of Grey's Anatomy

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates cross‐linguistic variation in forms of address by examining the American prime‐time television series Grey's Anatomy, comparing the original English version and the German dubbing in season 1 (2005) and season 20 (2024).
Lisa‐Christine Altendorf
wiley   +1 more source

PRONUNCIATION LANGUAGE SUBSYSTEM AND EEG-CORRELATES OF FOREIGN SPEECH PERCEPTION (PSYCHOACOUSTIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS)

open access: yesSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2015
Article is devoted to identification of psychoacoustic differences between languages of Roman, Germanic and Slavic groups, as factors that hinder the learning of foreign languages and EEG-correlates of perception and recognition of foreign speech, as the
Larisa Evgenevna Deryagina   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recognition of Familiar Wordforms and Phonological Variation in Akan by Multilingual Infants Learning African Tone Languages in Ghana

open access: yesDevelopmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent developmental evidence shows that the proposal that consonants are more important than vowels for lexical processing is not universal but language‐specific. In non‐tone languages, a consonant bias emerges early in development in Romance languages (e.g., French) but later in Germanic languages (e.g., English), while evidence from Asian ...
Paul Okyere Omane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cross‐Linguistic Variations in Word‐Final Position: The Parametric Hierarchies, Connections and Networks

open access: yesStudia Linguistica, Volume 80, Issue 2, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Word‐final position is widely recognized as a structurally weak and restricted domain, yet languages differ strikingly in how they regulate segments and clusters at the right edge. While some systems categorically prohibit final consonants, others allow only a subset of segments, and still others impose process‐based adjustments such as final ...
Semra Baturay Meral
wiley   +1 more source

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