Language, identity and politics have long been intertwined in the Balkans. The region's historical role as a border zone that demarcated religions and entire civilizations contrasts sharply with the linguistic continuum that spans the former Yugoslavia. This disconnect has resul…
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The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between a number of variables; achievement measures in learning of (ESOL) English to Speakers of Other Languages. It is also to identify the influential role played by a number of environmental factors. The need…
This dissertation examines the application of pragmatics (especially, the study of politeness), biblical studies and Semitic philology to a selected group of ancient texts that use a characteristic set of deferential strategies. The following strategies are studied: Vocatives, T…
En la preparación de la presente edición se usaron fuentes primarias y los episodios más importantes (justificados por los críticos) han sido presentados en una forma clara y concisa. El estilo colorido y las oraciones largas típicas del periodo se han tratado de mantener debido…
Diversity in the American classroom has created an unavoidable debate about cultural identity and its impact on students' performance. The acculturation or assimilation level is crucial to the development of the self and determines the level of comfort of dealing with people fro…
The following thesis focuses on the medieval kabbalistic legend of R. Joseph della Reina who, using traditions of esoteric magic, conjured Satan in order to slaughter him in an unsuccessful bid to force the Redemption of Israel. A translation of a version from eighteenth century…
This is a descriptive study of the language spoken on the island of Ternate and some adjacent islands including Halmahera, in the northern Moluccas, eastern Indonesia. The study is based on data collected between May 1998 and April 1999 on the island of Ternate. The dissertation…
The Twentieth century is considered to be the century of the linguistic turn. Because of the close relation between philosophy and religion, this recent philosophical interest in language has had a great effect on the understanding of religious language. The present work concent…
Le dualisme socio-culturel et politique, nous le confessons, n'est pas l'apanage des seuls peuples d'Afrique. En fait, les populations du monde, qu'elles soient d'origine européenne, asiatique ou autre, sont plus souvent que non, mixtes, pluri ou trans-culturelles et èthniques. …
The literary works of the Guinean author, Laye Camara, are born out of the author's internal and mental landscape composed of layers of cultural sediment. They celebrate the glorious heritage which for over a thousand years adorned the region of the Upper Niger, (the vast ancien…
The identity of women throughout the history of Islam has been determined by androcentric interpretations of the sacred text; the Qur'an and the semi-sacred aura; the hadith . Although Islam proclaims the equality of men and women, in the course of history men were the primary m…