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A tipping point for tipping points
Oikos, EarlyView.Tipping points (TPs) – often understood as abrupt changes to a system – have become a popular framework for ecology and environmental science across spatial and temporal scales. The underlying, quantitative foundation of TP theory is built on mathematical models from catastrophe and predator–prey theories.
David G. Jenkins +1 more
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Abhorrent Slurs and Laudable Pejoratives: an Estonian Case Study of the Space Between [PDF]
Some pejoratives are slurs—they target people on the basis of protected characteristics. Other pejoratives are what we can call “cognitive-behavioural pejoratives”: they target contemptible conduct or character, not protected characteristics.
Shurakov, Nikolai +2 more
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A dramaturgy of uncertainty: Transdisciplinary manoeuvres across forestry and theatre
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract The uncertainties of climate change mean that forestry adaptation strategies are often complex and contested. Research has suggested that there is an interest in the forestry sector for facilitated dialogue about uncertainty (de Pellegrin Llorente et al., 2023).
Rachel Clive +4 more
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Entre eau de savon et fée verte : quelques remarques sur les mots et le discours de l’absinthe
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Litteraria Romanica, 2019 Peu de boissons sont aussi présentes dans la culture française que l’absinthe, ce spiritueux à base de Artemisia absinthium, autrement nommée herbe de la Saint-Jean.
Alicja Kacprzak
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Formation of Distance‐Based Orientation: Political Identity through Relational Positioning in Israel
Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.Distance‐based orientation describes how pejorative labels may serve as anchor points for political identity. Existing research on political labeling has largely emphasized stigmatization, overlooking how labels may acquire durability and orienting capacity without losing pejorative force. Drawing on publicly circulating discourse, we trace positioning
Tammar Friedman, Asaf Saadon
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Une littérature illégitime – le « middlebrow »
Belphégor, 2019 L’écart entre la littérature considérée comme « sérieuse », et celle qu’apprécient (selon les palmarès de ventes, les clubs et sites de livres) la majorité des lecteurs « non-professionnels » (Todorov 2007) est considérable, peut-être plus en France qu ...
Diana Holmes
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Inter discursivité et alternance codique en francographie camerounaise : cas de Munyal, les larmes de la patience de Djaili Amadou Amal [PDF]
Akofena, 2022 Résumé: L’univers expérientiel est généralement observé, représenté et exprimé linguistiquement de manière différente, conformément aux univers de croyance et intentions de discours des locuteurs.
François MBARGA
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Criteria for delimitation in the field of pejoratives: structural-semantic and pragmalinguistic aspect [PDF]
, 2022 Im Beitrag werden die Abgrenzungen im Bereich der Pejorativa auf verschiedenen Ebenen erörtert. Dabei wird der Betrachtungsrahmen kontinuierlich ausgedehnt: von Abgrenzungen auf der paradigmatischen Ebene (anhand der Bedeutungsstruktur und lexikalischen ...
Havryliv, Oksana, Oksana Havryliv
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.Our current understanding of the origins of Homo sapiens is limited, in part, by the fragmented fossil record from Late Pleistocene and early Holocene Africa. Here, we re‐examine the Kabua 1 cranium, an enigmatic and little‐studied Kenyan fossil discovered in the 1950s. We compare virtual reconstructions created previously by our team with a wide range
Abel Marinus Bosman +7 more
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Annales, Series Historia et SociologiaThis article examines the complex phenomenon of Ethnic/Social Terms used as Insults (ESTIs) in Turkish, focusing on ethnic terms such as ‘Ermeni’ (Armenian), ‘Yunan’ (Greek), ‘Rum’ (Greek), and ‘Yahudi’ (Jew/Jewish). These terms uniquely function as both
Melike Akkaraca Kose
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