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Theoretical issues in the interpretation of Cappadocian, a not-so-dead Greek contact language [PDF]
, 2010 Cappadocian is a mixed Greek-Turkish dialect continuum spoken in the Turkish Central Anatolia Region until the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s. Only a few Cappadocian dialects are still spoken in present-day Greece.
Janse, Mark
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The study of morphological evolution is fundamentally tied to ontogeny, yet studies of these heterochronic processes in the fossil record are rare. Fossils belonging to an ontogenetic series are difficult to assign to an ontogenetic stage due to inconsistent proxies for skeletal ages, challenging to taxonomically assign due to morphological ...
Erika R. Goldsmith, Michelle R. Stocker
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Fashion Anglicisms in Modern Greek: A preliminary investigation
Revista de Lenguas para Fines Específicos, 2018 English nowadays is the dominant language in the domain of fashion sinceEnglish and American companies lead the fashion industry worldwide. As a result, a high number of English fashion loanwords have entered the languages of the world and become part of
George J. Xydopoulos, Rania Papadopoulou
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A study of loan colour terms in the Komi languages
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 [NOTE. This abstract contains diacritics that may not display correctly.] This article deals with a comparative study of loaned colour vocabulary in the closely related Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak languages.
Elena Ryabina
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Journal of Modern Languages, 2017 This paper attempts to discuss some aspects of the phenomenon which it is usually called 'loanword'. The paper intends to bring to light some unfamiliar facts about the ways in which people of different language communities react when faced with the appearance of loanwords.
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POETIC LANGUAGE IN NAZARETH’S “LOVE HURTS” [PDF]
, 2016 This study is concerned with how language is poetically used in one of Nazareth’s song lyrics, “Love Hurts”. The language encompasses a series of figures of speech. This study was performed as an alternative practice in teaching English poetry. Figures
Jati , Ariya
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Despite documented ecomorphological shifts toward an herbivorous diet in several coelurosaurian lineages, the evolutionary tempo and mode of these changes remain poorly understood, hampered by sparse cranial materials for early representatives of major clades. This is particularly true for Therizinosauria, with representative crania best known
William J. Freimuth, Lindsay E. Zanno
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A usage-based approach as a new horizon in loanword studies
Polilog: Studia Neofilologiczne, 2018 A usage-based approach as a new horizon in loanword studies It can be observed that cognitive sociolinguistics is an emerging field of linguistics, being a union of cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics, which sheds different light on the notion ...
Daria Pańka
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Etyma for 'chicken', 'duck', and 'goose' among language phyla in China and Southeast Asia [PDF]
, 2015 This paper considers the history of words for domesticated poultry, including ‘chicken’, ‘goose’, and ‘duck’, in China and mainland Southeast Asia to try to relate associated domestication events with specific language groups.
Alves, Mark J
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Macaws are renowned for processing dry, mechanically resistant fruits, yet the species‐level anatomical and functional correlates of this performance remain incompletely resolved. We examined the feeding apparatus of the Blue‐and‐yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) using an integrated approach that combines osteology, myology, and bite‐force estimates
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