Slavic languages

some time. Mainly this has been framed under the Normanist question. This inquiry asks, did the Varangians organize political and social order in the Rus’ lands, or was there a sociopolitical infrastructure in place upon arrival? Eve Levin’s article “Childbirth in Pre-Petrine Russia: Canon Law and Popular Traditions” describes the connection between the Slavic pagan rituals and Orthodox Christian theology present during childbirth in medieval Russia, using the term “dvoeverie” which means dual-belief. Does Levin’s article also help us answer the Normanist question? This essay will argue it does, and along with the Primary Chronicle it also provides evidence for the anti-Normanist…

Golden Dawn Abbey N. Adair University of Texas at Tyler Golden Dawn is a far right party that is located Greece. The history of Golden Dawn may help the audience understand how we got to this point. Based on the electoral and economic data, the reader can see who is voting and supporting this party and what is happening in their economy that could cause people to vote this way. The understanding of the party platform will increase the grasp of the principles Golden Dawn…

well as the intent to gain a better understanding of the past. The study of evolution differs between physical anthropology and linguistic in reference to the different types of artifacts used for interpretation. While physical anthropology can defer to tools, fossils, or ancient civilization ruins for interpretation which all are in more abundance compared to linguistics. Linguistic anthropology relies upon written or pictographic documentation some of which is sparse in sections of the world.…

Vanya (Ivan) Mishchenya 1. “How you talk affects your whole life.” Is this true? Make an argument in response to this remark, using specific examples from the textbooks and lecture about the connection between speech and social status. You must be sure to include a discussion of vernacular dialects, standard languages, and the relationship of gender and language. In this paper, I will make an argument on how true is the statement of “How you talk affect your whole life?” While making…

The Barbour Language Academy is not just a general education school, but a dual language program where their academic requirements and expectations stay consistent for all students in providing high quality education. Accepting Spanish speaking and English speaking students, the classrooms are constructed by children of both languages. Teachers are expected to be fluent in Spanish and English as the instruction is dependent on English speakers learning Spanish and Spanish speakers learning…

The Polish culture is a unique blend of Latin and Byzantine cultures and was further engendered by the numerous European occupations, throughout its history. Polish people are friendly and like to show affection while interact with others. “The word "czesc" is Polish for "hi", however, even an English "hello" is guaranteed to start an avalanche of greetings with faces beaming, all around. The first few minutes of any meeting are spent in greeting each other and shaking hands. Familiarity is…

There have been many people that invented languages for many purposes. Esperanto is a universal language invented by Dr. Lejzer Ludwik Zamenhof in 1887 through a book called Lingvo Internacia. Dr. Zamenhof is a Russian physician who was seeking a cmmon denominator for different nationalities of the world to communicate with each other. Esperanto is considered international auxiliary language which intends not to replace ethnic languages but to serve as an additional, second language for all…

the Ukrainian language seems to be the most obvious identity marker, used by the government to create a stronger national identity in the country by introducing specific linguistic policies . Why is that?  National Identity in Ukraine First of all, it is essential to state the significance of the national identity issue in the context of the current conflict in eastern Ukraine, escalated, besides other reasons, because of the crisis within the country. After the period of the rule and pressure…

During the 1980's, Noam Chomsky introduced a theory of Universal Grammar (UG), which stated that the knowledge of grammar was dependent on two components: principles, properties shared by all languages, and the parameters, the way in which these properties vary. Controversies abound with the UG model, but it does explain how all natural languages are similar in some respects and how humans are able to learn their first language as well as other languages. UG simplifies the ideas about learning a…

Geography 3 May 2015 Languages: Languages spoken on Planet Earth Without languages being created and widely-spoken, human beings would have a very bad way of communicating with each other. It would be virtually impossible to have countries succeed without some form of communication. Thankfully, there has been 6,909 languages that have been created and widely spoken as of 2009 ("How Many Languages Are There in the World? | Linguistic Society of America"). If anything, the inhabitants of…