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Rumors of Nature: An Ecotranslation of Ulrike Almut Sandig’s “so habe ich sagen gehört”

Humanities, 2021
Only recently have scholars begun to discuss the implications of the Anthropocene for the translation of literature, introducing the new practice and study of ecotranslation. The Anthropocene—a term popularized by Paul Crutzen—describes the current epoch
Hannah Bradley
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Germanic diminutives: a case study of a gap in Norwegian

Journal of Comparative Germanic Linguistics, 2023
It is well known that German and Dutch have productive diminutive morphology. What is much less discussed is the fact that several other Germanic languages do not have such productive morphology, notably the Scandinavian languages.
A. Alexiadou, Terje Lohndal
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WEAK AND STRONG ADJECTIVES IN OLD NORSE: AN EXAMINATION OF KONUNGS SKUGGSJÁ [PDF]

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2023
All early Germanic languages distinguish between a weak and a strong adjectival declension. This contrast is traditionally described in terms of definiteness, the strong declension expressing indefinite reference and the weak one definite reference. Such
Terje WAGENER
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(*)ABA in Germanic verbs

Glossa, 2018
This paper discusses cases where non-adjacent cells in morphological paradigms are syncretic, commonly called ABA patterns (Bobaljik 2012 et seqq.). Data from verbs in Germanic languages are examined, as earlier work suggests that a *ABA constraint may ...
Samuel Andersson
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Russian Binary Meters

Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2020
Russian Binary Meters.
Kiril Taranovsky, Lawrence E. Feinberg
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English relative clauses in a cross-Germanic perspective

Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2020
The article talk examines the distribution of relativising strategies in English in a cross-Germanic perspective, arguing that English is quite unique among Germanic languages both regarding the number of available options and their distribution.
Julia Bacskai-Atkari
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Steppe Ancestry in western Eurasia and the spread of the Germanic Languages

bioRxiv
Germanic-speaking populations historically form an integral component of the North and Northwest European cultural configuration. According to linguistic consensus, the common ancestor of the Germanic languages, which include German, English, Frisian ...

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Функция характеризации в настоящем времени [Function of characterization in present tense]

Sign Systems Studies, 2003
Function of characterization in present tense. This article is devoted to a field in cognitive and semantic analysis where stylistics and grammar meet: it concerns the function of characterisation in the Present tense. In general, linguistic works, which
Michel Paladian
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Linguistica e tradizione classica come fonti per la glottopoiesi di Tolkien

RiCognizioni, 2022
Tolkien was not only a successful author of one of the most complex fantasy lore available in Western literature, but he was also a gifted philologist whose interests ranged from the most disparaged languages, such as Germanic languages, Finnish, Celtic
Francesca Cotugno
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Diversity in White: An Autoethnographic Case Study of Experienced Diversity and (Un‐)Silencing

Social Inclusion
Drawing on Sara Ahmed’s observation that the one who files a complaint ultimately becomes perceived as the problem, this article exposes the processes of silencing that occur within academia—particularly regarding issues of diversity, racism, and ...
Faime Alpagu
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