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• Linguistic relativism — is the idea that language shapes thought and experience. i.e. differences in language lead to differences in the way one understands the world around him or her. It is an idea inferred from Linguistic determinism, and subject in the Sapir Whorf… …   Wikipedia

• Controversy over linguistic and ethnic identity in Moldova — A controversy exists over the national identity and name of the native language of the main ethnic group in the Republic of Moldova. The issue more frequently disputed is whether Moldovans constitute a subgroup of Romanians or a separate ethnic… …   Wikipedia

• Gyula Farkas (linguistic scientist) — Farkas Gyula, or Julius von Farkas (September 27, 1894, Kismarton/Eisenstadt, Sopron megye July 12, 1958, Göttingen) was a Hungarian literary historian and Finno Ugric linguist. In the 1920s he was a coworker of Robert Gragger (1887 1926) at the… …   Wikipedia

• Landsker Line — The Landsker Line is a term commonly used for the boundary between the Welsh speaking and English speaking areas in southwest Wales. It has existed for many centuries.During the 11th and 12th centuries both invaders and defenders built more than… …   Wikipedia

• Little England beyond Wales — is a name applied to an area of southern Pembrokeshire and southwestern Carmarthenshire in Wales. Although distant from the English border, it has been English in language and culture for many centuries. Although it is probably much older, the… …   Wikipedia

• North American English regional phonology — See also: Regional vocabularies of American English North American English regional phonology is the study of variations in the pronunciation of spoken English by the inhabitants of various parts of North America. North American English can be… …   Wikipedia

• Yakurr — The Yakurr (also Yakö and Yakạạ) comprises five urban settlements in Nigeria. They were formally known as Umor, Ekoli, Ilomi, Nkoibolokom and Yakurr be Ibe. Due to linguistic problems encountered by the early European visitors, the settlements… …   Wikipedia

• Tanacross language — For the Alaskan village, see Tanacross, Alaska. Tanacross Nee aandeg Spoken in United States Region Alaska (middle Tanana River) Native speakers 30  (2 …   Wikipedia

• West Germanic languages — Introduction   group of Germanic languages that developed in the region of the North Sea, Rhine Weser, and Elbe. Out of the many local West Germanic dialects the following six modern standard languages have arisen: English (English language),… …   Universalium

• Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction       region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …   Universalium

• Wales — • Located in the western portion of Great Britain Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Wales     Wales     † …   Catholic encyclopedia