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Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract There is little published research on school‐aged learners of Mandarin Chinese in anglophone contexts. This article explores English secondary school pupils' motivation for learning Chinese compared to European languages. The research questions were: (1) What is the strength and nature of pupils' self‐reported motivation for learning languages?
Robert Woore, Laura Molway, Clare Savory
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Sulle convergenze tra semitico e indoeuropeo
Lea, 2018 From Keller 1891 through Lokotosch 1927 to Durand, Garbini 1994, historical linguistics has explored, although seldom, the convergences between the Semitic and Indo-European languages.
Sergio Basso
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we juxtapose two international contexts of higher education to critically examine both the situated complexity of (restrictive) ideologies of multilingualism and the ways such ideologies inform multilingual students’ choices of language use that contribute to their own epistemic exclusion in Canada and Germany.
Sílvia Melo‐Pfeifer, Vander Tavares
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Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of ethnic diversity on occupational choices, particularly in care‐oriented occupations which are scarce in many high‐income countries. We use administrative data of all students in Switzerland to study two diversity dimensions: ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization.
Damiano Pregaldini +2 more
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“That We May Love the As Yet Unknown God”: The Meaning of Analogy in Augustine’s De Trinitate
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Recent interest in the idea of analogy and the analogy of being, along with the apparent invocation of Augustine’s De Trinitate in the definition of Lateran IV, calls for a renewed investigation into the idea of analogy in the aforementioned text. Methodologically, “analogy” in De Trin. names a form of discourse which attempts to see the truth
Samuel J. Korb
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Indo-European declension of nouns
Linguistica Brunensia, 2013 The contribution represents a synthesis of the most recent points of view on the system of the nominal declension in Indo-European languages. In beginning of the article the typological classification of various strategies in relations between nouns are ...
Václav Blažek
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Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, EarlyView.Abstract Recent bilateral and plurilateral regional trade agreements (RTAs) increasingly incorporate climate‐related provisions, signalling a potential convergence of international trade and climate law. This trend goes beyond defensive provisions seeking to avoid conflicts between the two legal regimes, such as exceptions recognising climate change as
Andreas Buser
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US‐Japan Alliance: Emmeshing Bilateralism Into Broader Multilateralism
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 13, Issue 2, May 2026.ABSTRACT In the 21st Century, geopolitical confrontation between the Eurasian continental powers and the sea powers works to divide Asia. The US‐Japan alliance has transformed itself from Japanʼs asymmetrical security dependence of the Cold War period into a mutual and more integrated partnership today.
Yoichiro Sato
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.Abstract Native speakerism in English language teaching (ELT) has become associated with Whiteness. However, how this association is sustained in everyday practices within China's unique socio‐cultural‐political context remains underexplored. This study examines the raciolinguistic construct of Mubai, a central recruitment criterion in China's ELT ...
Shuling Wang, Raviv Litman
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Lability in Hittite and Indo‐European: A Diachronic Perspective
Studia Linguistica, Volume 80, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT Lability is defined as the possibility of a verb to enter a valency alternation without undergoing any change in its form. Labile verbs were common in ancient Indo‐European languages, including Hittite, which mostly features anticausative lability, with reflexive and reciprocal lability being less prominent.
Guglielmo Inglese
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