Contact and Language Change: Using the Present to Explain the Past1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Although we may know the outcome of language changes that could have resulted from language contact in the past, we are unlikely to know how and why these changes occurred unless we also know about the individual speakers who came into contact and the nature of their interactions—information that all too often is impossible to uncover.
Jenny Cheshire
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What About Eco‐Populism? A Neglected Historical Tradition
Constellations, EarlyView.
Federico Tarragoni
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The Role of Contact in Explaining Linguistic Convergence1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, I explore the question of how linguistic convergence emerges and what the role of contact might be. My case study is the spread of headed relative clauses built around wh‐relative markers in the Standard Average European languages.
Nikolas Gisborne
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Medieval Nomads – Sixth International Conference on the Medieval History of the Eurasian Steppe (Szeged, Hungary, November 23–26, 2016) [PDF]
, 2017 Aleksandar Uzelac
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The History and Function of Sisterhood in Turkey: Bacıyan-ı Rum Organization in Medieval Era
, 2021 Sefa Bulut
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The Integration of Norse‐Derived Terms in English: Effects of Formal Similarity1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Language change arising from language contact is a complex phenomenon. Peter Matthews encouraged researchers to consider it as firmly grounded in the behaviour of individual speakers. We apply this perspective to investigate the integration of Norse‐derived terms into medieval English, testing for the effect of their phonetic similarity to ...
Sara M. Pons‐Sanz, Seán Roberts
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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The Medieval Way of War. Studies in Medieval Military History in Honor of Bernard S. Bachrach. Ed. by Gregory I. Halfond, Farnham [u. a.]: Ashgate 2015, XVI, 332 S., £ 75.00 [ISBN 978-1-4724-1958-3] [PDF]
, 2016 Hiram Kümper
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Udmurt Akaška ~ Bessermian Akajaška and the Late Medieval Ethnic History of the Lower Kama Region [PDF]
, 2021 Vladimir V. Napolskikh
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