Essays about: "Etymology"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the word Etymology.

  1. 6. Rembong-Wangka : Its position among the Manggaraic languages, some formative elements and adnominal possession

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Leif Asplund; [2020]
    Keywords : Rembong-Wangka; Manggaraic; Flores; enclitics; possession; etymology; rembong-wangka; manggaraiska; Flores; enklitikor; ägande; etymologi;

    Abstract : Rembong-Wangka is an Austronesian language, which together with other little described languages, belongs to the Manggaraic subgroup of Austronesian. One aim is to present information about them, as well as other languages in the area, drawn from not readily accessible sources, including archival material, and information collected by the author in Flores. READ MORE

  3. 7. Unrecognized peace in unrecognized states : An analysis of the relation between post-war peaceand state processes in Nagorno Karabakh

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alma Livingstone; [2020]
    Keywords : Peacebuilding; State building; Peace formation; State formation; Nagorno Karabakh; Azerbaijan; Caucasus; Frozen conflicts; de facto states;

    Abstract : After the fall of the Soviet Union a number of violent ethnic disputes were concluded through the establishment of ceasefires but have yet to be finalized through peace accords. This development resulted in the creation of de facto states in a setting known as ‘frozen conflicts’. READ MORE

  4. 8. Music terminology in Ancient Egypt, a lexicographic study of verbal expressions concerning the playing of musical instruments.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Egyptologi

    Author : Gabriel Molina Muga; [2019]
    Keywords : Ancient Egypt; Music; Terminology; Hieroglyphs.;

    Abstract : The focus of this paper concerns different verbal expressions found within the ancient Egyptian historical and archaeological record that describes the act of playing different instruments. This paper sheds light on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic terminology by presenting the corresponding translations and transliterations from the Pharaonic Period. READ MORE

  5. 9. Patterning Worry in Narrative, Gender and the Domestic Sphere in Mark Haddon's A Spot of Bother and The Red House

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

    Author : Diana Helmich; [2018]
    Keywords : Mark Haddon; Worry; Gender Performativity; Gender Theory; The Domestic Sphere; Family; Narrative; Mieke Bal; Judith Butler; The Red House; A Spot of Bother; Modernism; Gender; Femininity; Masculinity; British Literature; Alienation; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis argues for the significance of worry in Mark Haddon’s A Spot of Bother (2006) and The Red House (2012). All of Haddon’s novels can be said to be a study of the human consciousness, containing a variety of worried characters, but it is notable that worry is most predominantly present in the two novels that centre around complex family dynamics. READ MORE

  6. 10. Convention or Nature? : The Correctness of Names in Plato's Cratylus

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Rickard Gustavsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Cratylus; Plato; Philosophy of language; Ancient Greek philosophy; etymology;

    Abstract : This thesis is about Plato‘s dialogue Cratylus, which is one of the earliest texts in the history ofphilosophy of language and has generated much interpretive controversy. In the dialogue, Platoexamines two theories on the correctness of names; conventionalism and naturalism. READ MORE