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The “Cthulhu network”: The process by which the popular myth was made
The Journal of Popular Culture, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 324-340, April 2023., 2023 Abstract In the context of popular culture, the work of Lovecraft deserves a prominent role, not only for its influence on many later authors, but for its profound impact on 20th century popular culture, from music and video games to films, comics, and merchandising.
Jose Luis Arroyo‐Barrigüete
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 1, Page 57-74, February 2023., 2023 Abstract This article widens the focus of the debate around multilingualism in early modern Europe. Using the life‐writing of a scholar, traveller and Protestant minister from the Scottish Highlands, Rev. James Fraser (1634–1709), it provides a North Sea perspective on the theme. The article sheds light on how Fraser and his locale (the ‘firthlands’ of
David Worthington
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THE ENDLESS ACCUMULATION OF HISTORY IN FINANCIAL TIMES
History and Theory, Volume 61, Issue 2, Page 330-344, June 2022., 2022 ABSTRACT This essay engages with Amin Samman's incisive 2019 text, History in Financial Times, which unfolds a philosophy of history for contemporary “financial times.” I turn first to Samman's concept of the strange loops of financial history, and so to the historical turn initiated by the subprime crisis of 2008.
C. N. Biltoft
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Traditions and innovations in constructing the anthroponymic space in stories by T.N. Tolstaya [PDF]
Актуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистики, 2019 The article focuses on describing the functions performed by proper names and their role in the literary text, as well as on studying the traditional principles of developing the anthroponymic space in the stories by T.N.
Kuznetsova Tatyana B. +1 more
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 120, Issue 1, Page 1-31, March 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper addresses a series of complex and unresolved issues in the historical phonology of West Iranian languages, (Persian, Kurdish, Balochi, and other languages), which display a high degree of irregular, non‐Lautgesetzlich behaviour.
Chundra A. Cathcart
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De Excidio Patriae: civic discourse in Gildas’ Britain
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 137-160, May 2021., 2021 This article explores the use of civic discourse in Gildas’ De Excidio Britonum. It argues that such language and imagery functioned within a larger dialectical argument that exhorted readers to choose virtue over vice. Gildas assigned the Britons collective moral agency by styling them citizens (cives) of a shared homeland (patria) defined by cities ...
Robert Flierman, Megan Welton
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On the History of the Name Ruslan [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2016 The authors postulate that there exists a common stock of Russian personal names resulting from a partial blending of national anthroponymicons. The main part of the paper focuses on the history of the personal name Ruslan which has etymological ties ...
Roza Yu. Namitokova +2 more
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Proper names between logos and praxis
Domínios de Lingu@gem, 2021 The editors’ target is much more than introducing the papers of this thematic issue to the reader. It can be considered a space devoted to discussing the Onomastics studies in Brazil, its status, and interdisciplinarity.
Patricia Carvalhinhos +1 more
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Slavic Railway Onomastics. Review of the book: Tomasik, P. Nazewnictwo kolejowe: na materiale języka polskiego, rosyjskiego i czeskiego [Railway Onomastics: Evidence from Polish, Russian, and Czech]. Bydgoszcz: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kazimierza Wielkiego, 2016. [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The reviewed book examines Polish, Czech, Slovak (partially), and Russian proper names of various onomastic classes related to the sphere of railway: namely, anthroponyms (especially nicknames), names of animals, names of railway terminals, stations and ...
Vasily I. Suprun
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Names of Residential Complexes: between Urbanonyms and Advertising Names
Научный диалог, 2018 The question of the “borderline” status in the onomastic space of the new for the Russian language category of proper names - names of residential complexes - is considered.
R. V. Razumov, S. O. Goryaev
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