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Uniquely human temporal thoughts

Mind &Language, Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 137-157, February 2026.
Life on Earth will eventually come to an end. The thought expressed in the previous sentence is about a point in time that is not known to the individual entertaining the thought. This paper is concerned with the nature of such temporal thoughts. We propose that the capacity to mentally represent thoughts about non‐specific temporal intervals is a ...
İsa Kerem Bayırlı
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The Integration of Norse‐Derived Terms in English: Effects of Formal Similarity1

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 3, Page 556-591, November 2025.
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 G. Roberts
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Race in the Metabolic Rift: The Metaphor and Materiality of Whiteness

Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 5, Page 1846-1871, September 2025.
Abstract If metabolic rifts are ruptures, chasms, or divisions, what happens inside them? Shifting attention from multi‐scalar socio‐ecological and corporeal metabolisms towards the internal dynamics of rupture, this paper returns to the origins of metabolic thought to see what happens at the bottom of these clefts within nature.
Archie Davies
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Social annotation and dialogic teaching and learning in English language arts

Journal of Adolescent &Adult Literacy, Volume 68, Issue 5, Page 515-525, March/April 2025.
Abstract This research study explores the role of social annotation in supporting dialogic teaching in secondary English language arts. Grounded in Bakhtin's dialogism and building upon research into online discussion, this study describes how a high school English teacher and her students used a digital annotation tool to read and talk about texts ...
Johnny B. Allred, Sean P. Connors, Christian Z. Goering   +2 more
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Space, Time, and Identity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Sir Gawain and The Green Knight explores the transformation of Gawain’s identity through his quest, where time and space play crucial roles. The narrative juxtaposes brief, action-packed episodes with extended periods of stillness, emphasizing Gawain's ...
Roberto Talamo
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The Book of Genesis and other allegorical origin stories of games

Orbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 1, Page 1-18, February 2025.
Abstract This essay delves into the complex interplay between the sacred and the ludic, with a particular emphasis on allegorical origin stories from various religious and mythological traditions, highlighting their portrayal of games and the concept of play. The analysis includes the Judaeo‐Christian Book of Genesis and the Babylonian Enuma Elish.
Bo Kampmann Walther
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Rehearsing Words and Gestures in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde

Literature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 10-12, October-December 2024.
ABSTRACT Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde offers many rhetorical lessons and models in how to speak and behave well according to the mediaeval conventions of fin'amor. The first three books of the poem are especially concerned with the best ways to control and express deep feeling.
Stephanie Trigg
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Sir Gawayn y el caballeru verde [PDF]

, 2000
Carlos Ealo y Álvaro Arias (traducts.). Sir Gawayn y el caballeru verde, anónimo. Uviéu: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, Premiu de 1997 a la Traducción de l’Academia de la Llingua Asturiana.
Ealo, Carlos, Arias, Álvaro
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Breeze, Andrew. 2023. The Historical Arthur and the “Gawain” Poet: Studies on Arthurian and Other Traditions. London: Lexington Books. Pp. x + 153. ISBN 978166692956.

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Book review of Breeze, Andrew. 2023. The Historical Arthur and the “Gawain” Poet: Studies on Arthurian and Other Traditions. London: Lexington Books. Pp. x + 153. ISBN 978166692956.
Lawrence Warner
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Defamiliarizing Romance: The Arabic sīra in the English Literary Classroom

Literature Compass, Volume 21, Issue 7-9, July-September 2024.
ABSTRACT This article explores the ways in which the Arabic sīra a genre loosely akin to the romance or chivalric epic can be incorporated into undergraduate teaching on medieval romance. Drawing on my own pedagogical experience and guided by ongoing critical work on decolonising and diversifying the curriculum, I demonstrate the values and challenges ...
Shazia Jagot
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