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How weather got its words: a history of meteorological English – Part 1: Old English to the Age of Discovery

open access: yesWeather, Volume 81, Issue 9, Page 306-311, September 2026.
The English language is a gargantuan, gluttonous beast. It has become extraordinary among its peers in its powers of assimilation – such that we rarely consider the diverse origins of the words we use. In this two‐part paper, we will explore these origins, including the Pontic‐Caspian steppe, the British Empire, latinophone scientists and a TV show. We
Kieran M. R. Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931

open access: yesJournal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 343-373, September 2026.
Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
wiley   +1 more source

A Kampfschwert from the 15th century – a reinterpretation of the so called ‘Teutonic estoc’ from the Princes Czartoryski Collection in Cracow, Poland

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2015
The paper aims at reinterpreting the so called ‘Teutonic estoc’ (inventory number: MNK XIV-49) from the Czartoryski Princes Collection, Cracow, Poland.
Maciej Talaga
doaj   +1 more source

Recognition of Familiar Wordforms and Phonological Variation in Akan by Multilingual Infants Learning African Tone Languages in Ghana

open access: yesDevelopmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Recent developmental evidence shows that the proposal that consonants are more important than vowels for lexical processing is not universal but language‐specific. In non‐tone languages, a consonant bias emerges early in development in Romance languages (e.g., French) but later in Germanic languages (e.g., English), while evidence from Asian ...
Paul Okyere Omane   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception of the Lithuanians by the Teutonic Order around 1400 and the role of collective memory

open access: yes, 2019
Not only the perception of the contemporary Lithuanians and Vytautas by Konrad von Jungingen (1393–1407) and the Teutonic Order, but also the Order’s memory of the earlier actions of the Lithuanians under King Mindaugas were the background against which ...
Kubon, Sebastian
core   +1 more source

Łaźnie w Państwie Zakonu Krzyżackiego w Prusach

open access: yesKwartalnik Historii Kultury Materialnej, 2015
BATHS IN THE TEUTONIC ORDER STATE IN PRUSSIA Based on written sources, the article discusses the functioning of baths in the Teutonic Order state in Prussia, taking into consideration baths in towns as well as those located in the Order’s castles ...
Rafał Kubicki
doaj  

The establishment and development of St Elizabeth's Hospital as intended by the Teutonic Order at the turn of the 15th century

open access: yesFolia Historica Cracoviensia, 1999
The Teutonic Order exercised a dominant impact on social and religious relations in late 14th-century Gdańsk through taking initiatives in terms of new religious foundations.
Maciej Sadowski
doaj   +1 more source

Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language

open access: yesLanguage Learning, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 845-879, September 2026.
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   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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