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A cognitive analysis of metrical irregularities in the 'Omega sigma pi epsilon rho xi epsilon nu omicron tau' book epigrams [PDF]
This article considers the variation in the meters of the ὥσπερ ξένοι epigrams collected in the Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams (DBBE). In its canonical form, these epigrams follow a dodecasyllabic metrical pattern.
Boeten, Julie, Janse, Mark
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Arab-Islamic reception of Hellenistic science [PDF]
This article is an overview of the Arab-Islamic reception and development of Hellenistic science. It particularly refers to mathematics, physics and astronomy. It focuses on the following topics: 1) Two interpretative models of this reception in the 19th,
Lelli, Giovanna
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The function of the Semitic Doppelungsstamm, or D-stem, has proven one of the most vexing problems in Semitic linguistics. While grammarians regularly associate the D-stem with some manner of plurality, the precise contours of this relationship have remained obscure.
Volkmer, Jeffrey, Taylor, David
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F IS FOR FALCON: THE TRUE STORY OF THE ‘NOVELLE’
ABSTRACT This article takes a closer look at the Boccaccio story upon which Paul Heyse based his famous ‘Falken‐Theorie’ of the ‘Novelle’. The essay then links Boccaccio to a general account of storytelling as an aid to survival amid the hostility of nature and human circumstances.
Michael Minden
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Language and identity in the Assyrian diaspora [PDF]
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McClure, Erica F.
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Ordinal Numerals as a Criterion for Subclassification: The Case of Semitic
Abstract This article explores how ordinal numerals (like first, second and third) can help classify languages, focusing on the Semitic language family. Ordinals are often formed according to productive derivational processes, but as a separate word class, they may retain archaic morphology that is otherwise lost from the language.
Benjamin D. Suchard
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Requests of Brown by LC Classification: November 2014 [PDF]
Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - November ...
Souto, Ruth E..
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Old Aramaic and Neo-Aramaic : some reflections on language history [PDF]
Aramaic is not among the oldest Semitic languages in a strictly chronological sense, but among those languages which are still spoken today, it has the longest continuous written tradition.
Jastrow, Otto
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Time to Proficiency in Young English Learners and Factors That Affect Progress
Abstract We investigated the time it takes 54,146 English learners (ELs) to attain English proficiency as they progressed from age 5 to 11 on average (Kindergarten through fifth grade in the United States). We also examine to what extent the time‐to‐proficiency estimate is affected by child‐internal and child‐external factors, including primary ...
Xiaowan Zhang, Paula Winke
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Linguistic argumentation and logic: An alternative method approach in Arabic grammar [PDF]
Rozprawa podkreśla związek między językową argumentacją a logiką. Argumentacja językowa jest systemem językowym, który stosuje znaczenie wyrażeń ujętych w zdania do zarysowania pełnego znaczenia zdań, w nich bowiem konstytuują się zależności między ...
Yaacob, Solehah
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