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Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan
Abstract Studies of multilingual systems found in Indigenous small‐scale communities often assume that exogamous marriages are the norm in such societies and contribute to their linguistic diversity. This paper is an account of the language ideology of endogamous societies in rural highland Daghestan (Northeast Caucasus).
Nina Dobrushina
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The nation in bronze and granite: Creating national monuments in post‐Soviet Bishkek
Abstract Scholars of nationalism have long looked to material forms of symbolic power to understand the politics and cultures of nations, and national monuments specifically have been studied as reflections of ideological programmes of political regimes. However, these approaches have paid insufficient attention to processes of creation.
Moira O'Shea
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Saying Yes without Yes: The Positive Response System in Latin
Abstract The article studies a set of three positive response strategies in Latin: the echo response and the positive response particles ita and sic. It aims to determine their functions and division of labour and to establish what kind of agreement strategy existed in Latin, based on the typology of positive response systems by Sadock and Zwicky (1985)
Tomaž Potočnik
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Evolution and Spread of Politeness Systems in Indo‐European
Abstract In this paper, we investigate the phenomenon of pronominal politeness in the Indo‐European languages and demonstrate that the processes of change of pronominal systems related to politeness follow two evolutionary regimes, one inside the ‘Standard Average European’ (SAE) linguistic area and another outside of it.
Michael Dunn, Kate Bellamy
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The study of gesture in cognitive linguistics raises new questions for research in the broader field of cognitive science. Image by lauwahyuen from Pixabay. Abstract Cognitive linguists are increasingly extending their paradigm to include the study of gestures.
Alan Cienki
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Participation in sociolinguistic research
Abstract Involving speakers in research on their linguistic practices has been at the core of sociolinguistics since the inception of the field. In contrast to social sciences, however, sociolinguists have rarely addressed the issues surrounding the participation of those involved and engaged in the research process.
Csanád Bodó +7 more
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Вниманию читателя предлагается историко-филологическое исследование древней и раннесредневековой истории угров. Наряду с привлекаемыми обычно для решения этой проблемы сведениями византийских и арабско-персидских писателей автор в значительной мере ...
Yailenko V.P.
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The article continues the series of materials devoted to the problem of reincarnation in the traditional culture of the Ob Ugrians (“Finno-Ugric World”, “Bulletin of Ugric Studies” (2014–2018).
Tatyana V. Voldina
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The focus of this article is the historical context of the Finno-Ugric collection in the Estonian National Museum (ENM) and how it is positioned in relation to source communities.
Karm, Svetlana, Koosa, Piret
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V. F. Gening and problems of the Volga Bulgaria archaeology
V.F. Gening’s contribution to the study of the Volga Bulgaria and his views concerning the history and archaeology of this state formation are considered in the article.
Rudenko Konstantin A.
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