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Chapitre 13. Germanic (Le germanique) [PDF]
, 2020 1. Introduction The Germanic languages of the present day occupy a large expanse of northern and central Europe, including Scandinavia and the British Isles; one language of the family, English, has spread in recent times to cover the greater part of ...
Jasanoff, Jay H.
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Tribal ethos favours self-transcendence, within the Tribe
Journal of Innovation Management, 2020 Where there is little trust, can there be self-transcendence? Can one strive for openness as well as closeness between tribes? Preference to trust own clan members is much higher among Mediterranean peoples than among Germanic ones. In both Germanic and
Alfredo Behrens
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Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi +15 more
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The Proto-Germanic pluperfect [PDF]
, 2010 The Germanic perfect presents (Präteritopräsentien) form a past tense by adding the endings of the weak preterit to the stem of the past participle, e.g. Go. wissa ‘knew’. This is a recent formation (cf. Kortlandt 1989). We may therefore ask ourselves if
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyzes public administration systems in 29 non‐Western countries. Country‐level data is presented for 10 core aspects of administrative systems: managerialism versus legalism, politicization, personnel system, civil society participation, accountability, service orientation, public expenditure share, decentralization, legal ...
Marlene Jugl
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Two Germanic words for ‘herring’ [PDF]
, 2020 The paper discusses the origin of two Germanic terms for ‘Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus L.’. The Proto-Germanic noun *siled- m. ‘herring’, attested in most North Germanic languages (e.g. ON. sild, Far. síld, OSv. sild, Sv. sill, Norw. sil), cannot be
Witczak, Krzysztof Tomasz
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The Oxford History of North Germanic Morphology [PDF]
, 2019 This proposed volume aims at providing a comprehensive history of the morphology of all North Germanic (Scandinavian), i.e. including both Mainland Scandinavian (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian), and Insular Scandinavian (Faroese and Icelandic), also ...
Philipp Conzett, Tomas Riad
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Weather, EarlyView.The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
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, 2006 Germanic - one of the largest sub-groups of the Indo-European language family - comprises 37 languages with an estimated 470 million speakers worldwide.
Wayne Harbert
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Etnografiske tilnærminger til andrespråksforskning
NOA, 2021 Denne artikkelen gir en oversikt over etnografiske forskningsmetoder med relevans for andrespråkslæring i og utenfor klasserommet. Etnografiske metoder kan belyse mange spørsmål om andrespråkslæring, enten som overordnet metodologi eller i kombinasjon ...
Ingrid Rodrick Beiler +2 more
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