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Borrowed Borrowings: Nahuatl Loan Words in English [PDF]

Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2009
This paper catalogs the words of Nahuatl (aka Mexicano) origin that are attested in the Oxford English Dictionary. These words are cataloged under two classifications: semantic and chronological.
Jason D. Haugen
exaly   +5 more sources

Nahuatl and Spanish in Contact: Language Practices in Mexico

Languages, 2021
The study reports on adults’ linguistic use of Nahuatl in the bilingual community of Santiago Tlaxco, Mexico. Using a survey approach, adults were asked to indicate their language choices (i.e., Spanish, Nahuatl or both languages) when interacting with ...
Grace A. Gomashie
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Nahuatl, selected vitality indicators and scales of vitality in an Indigenous language community in Mexico

Open Linguistics, 2021
Scales or measurements of vitality propose various factors to assess the degree of endangerment of a language. Using these measurements offers important insights into the maintenance of a language and identifies the areas in need of support.
Grace A Gomashie
exaly   +2 more sources

Working Memory and Cross-Linguistic Influence on Vocabulary Acquisition [PDF]

Brain Sciences
The purpose of this study was to analyze the cross-linguistic influence of previously learned languages and working memory capacities on the vocabulary performance of two different typological languages.
Elizabeth Flores-Salgado, Aldo Falú Gutiérrez-Koyoc   +1 more
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Cosmovision as Cognitive Technology: The Case of Mesoamerican Medicinal Knowledge. [PDF]

Top Cogn Sci
Abstract We examine the use of cognitive technologies in the acquisition and retention of botanical and medicinal knowledge. We focus on the Cruz‐Badianus codex, a 16th‐century Nahua (Aztec) herbarium which discusses the use of plants for a range of illnesses.
De Smedt J, De Cruz H.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Multifocal Epithelial Hyperplasia: Persistence in Adulthood and Treatment-A Case Report. [PDF]

Case Rep Dent
Background Multifocal epithelial hyperplasia (MEH) is a rare, benign epithelial pathology associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, affecting the oral mucosa. It is primarily observed in children, particularly those from indigenous populations of Latin American origin and typically resolves during adolescence.
Argueta-Constanza DL, López-Serrano LM, Cuadra-Zelaya FJM.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Les représentations de l’Islam dans les imprimés en nahuatl au service de l’évangélisation du Mexique colonial (1575-1614)

Les Cahiers de Framespa, 2022
In the 16th and 17th centuries, missionaries in charge of converting the populations of colonial Mexico to Christianity included in their sermons and treatises recurring references to an age-old enemy of Christendom: Islam.
Maxime Pluvinet
doaj   +1 more source

Nahuatl

, 2021
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Gruda, Szymon, Granicka, Katarzyna
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On Three Aesop Fables in Colonial Mexico

Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro, 2022
This essay seeks to reflect on Aesop’s fables translated into Nahuatl during colonial Mexico. To this purpose, and following an approach grounded on cultural translation, I will identify the main contents of three selected fables in order to underline ...
Alejandro Viveros Espinosa
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The “Bad News”. The Arrival of Christianity in Early Nahuatl Sermons from 16th Century Mexico

Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal, 2019
In sixteenth-century New Spain, an abundant textual production was developed in indigenous languages whose purpose was to contribute in the implantation of Catholicism among the native populations.
Berenice Alcántara Rojas
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