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Incorporating languages into histories of war: a research journey [PDF]
, 2012 This article discusses the ways in which languages can be integrated into histories of war and conflict, by exploring ongoing research in two case studies: the liberation and occupation of Western Europe (1944–47), and peacekeeping/peace building in ...
Footitt, Hilary
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The Orality of a Silent Age: The Place of Orality in Medieval Studies [PDF]
, 2008 'The Orality of a Silent Age: The Place of Orality in Medieval Studies' uses a brief survey of current work on Old English poetry as the point of departure for arguing that although useful, the concepts of orality and literacy have, in medieval studies ...
Hall, Alaric
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A Nova Gramática do Português Contemporâneo. Tradição e modernidade
Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa, 2006 In this paper we analyze the ‘Nova gramática do Português Contemporâneo’ (New Grammar of Contemporary Portuguese), written by Celso Cunha and Lindley Cintra (1985).
Marli Quadros Leite
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Bulgarian polemics on American Generativism 1950s-1970s: a peek through the Iron curtain [PDF]
English Studies at NBU, 2015 The paper discusses the attitude of Bulgarian linguistic circles towards American generative grammar at its birth and establishment in the period from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Tzvetomira Venkova
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Notas sobre as “Prosas Portuguesas” de Rafael Bluteau e a historiografia lingüística do século XVIII
Filologia e Linguística Portuguesa, 2003 Besides the "Vocabulario Portuguez e Latino" (1712-1728), Rafael Bluteau is also author of the "Prosas Portuguezas" (1727-1728), originated in the specific context of the literary academism of late 17th century and the early 18th century. In the "Prozas",
Maria Filomena Gonçalves
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Pérdida y reemplazo de arabismos en español
Studia Iberystyczne, 2017 Loss and Replacement of Arabisms in Spanish. Names of Professions Most Spanish words of Arabic origin that designate professions have disappeared. However, some are still in use, amongst which albañil or alfarero are some of the most usual.
Mihai Enăchescu
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Historical and Ethnographical Publications in the Vernaculars of Colonial Zambia: Missionary Contribution to the 'Creation of Tribalism' [PDF]
, 2003 This essay examines the chronology and attributes of literate ethno-history in Northern Rhodesia. While the earliest published authors were invariably members of missionary societies whose evangelical policies were predisposed towards the ...
Macola, Giacomo
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DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 2005 Nos séculos XVI e XVII, jesuítas escreveram gramáticas de duas das línguas indígenas faladas no Brasil colonial: José de Anchieta e Luís Figueira descreveram o tupi antigo em 1595 e ca.
Ronaldo de Oliveira Batista
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Back from Shingly: revisiting the premodern history of Jews in Kerala [PDF]
, 2018 Jewish history in Kerala is based on sources mainly from the colonial period onward and mostly in European languages, failing to account for the premodern history of Jews in Kerala. These early modern sources are based on oral traditions of Paradeśi Jews
Gamliel, Ophira
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Orgasm. On the flux and flow of a term through times and spaces
Glad!, 2023 My video essay tells the story of the construction of the term “orgasm” throughout Western history. The ancient term orgasm had multiple meanings ― swelling and being excited, intense or violent excitement.
Christina Goestl
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