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Hugo Münsterberg: a German Jew (?) in America [PDF]

, 2018
An historical account by Jan-Christopher Horak of Hugo Münsterberg's life and work in America – or, more exactly, upon the nature and consequences of being a German Jew at work within Harvard University during the first decades of the 20th ...
Horak, Jan-Christopher
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Polské odpovědní listy ve válce s řádem německých rytířů

Studia Historica Brunensia, 2020
A medieval war demanded an officially written declaration. Polish war declarations from the time of war with the Teutonic Order are an integral part of war and political culture of that time.
Adam Szweda
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Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Research shows that children use head gestures to mark discourse focus before developing the required prosodic cues in their first language (L1), and their gestures affect the prosodic parameters of their speech. We investigated whether head gestures also act as precursors and bootstrappers of prosodic focus marking in second language (L2 ...
Lieke van Maastricht, Núria Esteve‐Gibert   +1 more
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Świat wartości swoich i obcych w Krzyżakach Henryka Sienkiewicza [PDF]

, 2009
The article discusses the linguistic devices of the evaluation of the characters created in the realities of the novel (fictitious and historical) connected with two opposite groups: the Poles (domestic) and the Teutonic Knights (foreign).
Mariak, Leonarda
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Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
wiley   +1 more source

Between the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and Burzenland in Medieval Hungary - The Teutonic Military Order status and rule in the poles of Christianity [PDF]

, 2010
The 800th anniversary of the Teutonic Order's occupation of Burzenland (Barcaság) in the eastern part of the medieval Hungary (in the Brasov region in Transylvania - Romania) will be marked in 2011.
Lotan, Shlomo
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Gintaras kaip simbolis: kultūrų kaita ir tęstinumas Vokiečių ordino valdose Baltijos pajūryje | Amber as a Symbol: Cultural Change and Continuity in the Teutonic Order-Ruled Areas of the Baltic Coast

Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2016
The article explores the changes in the gathering, processing and use of amber on the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea at the end of the Viking Age and in the 12th to 16th century. In the pagan sacral space, works in amber reflected mythological elements,
Sigita Bagužaitė-Talačkienė
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The Teutonic Order in Cyprus, ca. 1197-1250.

, 2017
Bu tez 1197 dolaylarında Töton Tatikatı'nın Kıbrıs'ta ilk ortaya çıkışından 1250'de Kutsal Roma Germen İmparatoru II. Frederick'in ölümüne kadar olan süreçte gelişimine odaklanmaktadır. Yaygın kanının aksine, bu çalışma Töton Tarikatı'nın imparatorun emrinde olmadığını ve bazı faktörler ışığında Tapınak Şövalyeleri ve St.
openaire   +3 more sources

Why Do Voters Vote for ‘the Other Side’? Instrumental and Expressive Motives for Cross‐Ethnolinguistic Voting in Brussels

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While electoral support in deeply divided societies is expected to follow segmental lines, parties often attract substantial backing from outside their core constituencies. This article examines why voters in Belgium's Brussels‐Capital Region—a consociational system designed to enable the peaceful cohabitation of the French and Dutch language ...
Benjamin Blanckaert, Silvia Erzeel, Didier Caluwaerts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Translating the field

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Ethnographers observe and engage the field. They live with, play with, eat with, dance with, feel with, and, increasingly, write or film with their interlocutors. But most of all, they listen and converse. As they enter the lingual ecology of their hosts through a range of practices of communication, ethnographers begin a multi‐faceted journey
Borut Telban, Ute Eickelkamp
wiley   +1 more source