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Subjunctive

(4 words)

Author(s): not-specified

Not Specified

Source: Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics

Date: 2018-04-01

Personal Pronoun (Arabic Dialects)

(2,857 words)

Author(s): not-specified

The pronominal system of Arabic dialects has one characteristic in common with other varieties of the Arabic language and other Semitic languages: it consists of a series of independent pronouns and a series of suffixed pronouns, whose form may vary from region to region for various reasons, among which are the influence of the substratum (e.g. the Aramaic substratum in the Syrian-Lebanese area; see Diem 1971) and its own internal evolution, or even a mixture of both (see Behnstedt 1991). These …

Source: Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics

Date: 2018-04-01

Compounds

(2,285 words)

Author(s): not-specified

Naḥt is the term Arab grammarians use for the word formational method whereby a new form is coined out of two or more independent words, a process similar to what in English is referred to by such terms as ‘blending’ and ‘fusion’. Morphologically, this term derives from the root n-ḥ-t ‘to carve, hew, chisel’. Thus, Arabic manḥūtāt (pl. of manḥūt), ‘ naḥt-type constructions’, are words, mostly of quadriliteral roots, that are ‘chiseled’ out of other words, so to speak. These constructions, however, are not all of the same compositional and/or functional na…

Source: Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics

Date: 2018-04-01

Jarvis Island

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Coral Sea Islands

(10 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Palmyra Atoll

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Virgin Islands, US

(10 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

(12 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Guadeloupe

(9 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Wallis and Futuna

(11 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Mayotte

(9 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Puerto Rico

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Clipperton Island

(10 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Svalbard

(8 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Union of South American Nations

(12 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Bouvet Island

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Baker Island

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

(27 words)

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See Former British Dependencies (British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands). Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

French Polynesia

(10 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

(24 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See Australian External Territories (Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos [Keeling] Islands, Norfolk Island). Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Norfolk Island

(23 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See Australian External Territories (Ashmore and Cartier Island, Christmas Island, Cocos [Keeling] Islands, Norfolk Island). Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Saint-Martin

(9 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Spratly Islands

(9 words)

Author(s): not-specified

fortchoming Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Navassa Island

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Kingman Reef

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Paracel Islands

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Northern Mariana Islands

(10 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Dhekelia

(11 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Midway Islands

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Johnston Atoll

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Saint Barthélemy

(10 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Antarctica

(8 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Christmas Island

(23 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See Australian External Territories (Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos [Keeling] Islands, Norfolk Island). Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Martinique

(9 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Howland Island

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

List of Contributors

(19,289 words)

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Abby McKeon is J.D. candidate at the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, where she is a research fellow, member of the Student Management Board, and Symposium volunteer for ICLARS (International Center for Law and Religion Studies). She holds a bachelor’s degree in English and editing from Brigham Young. She has studied in Sienna, Italy, and has completed a legal internship in Frankfurt, Germany. Achilles C. Emilianides is a Professor and Head of the Department of Law of the University of Nicosia. He holds a Ph.D. in Law and an LL.M. in Histor…

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Index of Religious Traditions

(3,899 words)

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Aboriginal Spirituality Canada Adventism Anguilla; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Burundi; Chile; Croatia; Dominican Republic; Finland; Ghana; Hungary; Madagascar; United States Adventists reformists Russia African Inland Church Kenya African Methodist Episcopal Churches Barbados; Namibia African Nazarene denomination Kenya African religions Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Jamaica; Kenya; Lesotho; Paraguay; Senegal; Somalia; Swaziland; Tanzania; Zimbabwe African traditional religions See African religions Afrikaans Re…

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Réuinon

(6 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

British Antarctic Territory

(23 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See Former British Dependencies (British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands). Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

(13 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

French Guiana

(10 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

(12 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Guadeloupe

(8 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Jan Mayen

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Special Territories Including French Overseas Departments and Territories and British, US, and Chinese Special Territories

(22 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

New Caledonia

(10 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See France. Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Akrotiri

(8 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See Akrotiri and Dhekelia. Not Specified

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

(25 words)

Author(s): not-specified

See Australian External Territories (Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos [Keeling] Islands, Norfolk Island). Not Specified Bibliography

Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Wake Island

(9 words)

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Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Religion

Footwear

(17 words)

Author(s): Maria Hayward | not-specified

See also armour; boots; buskins; crakow; leather: garments and footwear; slipper. Maria Hayward Not Specified

Source: Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles

Shoes

(40 words)

Author(s): Gale R. Owen-Crocker | not-specified

See leather: garments and footwear. For raw hide shoes see hemming and rifeling. Other types of footwear include buskins; boots; slippers; and metal foot protection, which may be found under armour. Gale R. Owen-Crocker Not Specified Not Specified

Source: Encyclopedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles

Rationality

(4,523 words)

Author(s): Ian Jarvie | not-specified | Joseph Agassi

Abstract: Frazer set up the modern problematic of comparing the rationality of magic, religion, and science. His rationalism was inductivist and, following the distinction between truths by nature an…

Source: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion

Date: 2014-09-16

Coping

(2,536 words)

Author(s): Kenneth Pargament | not-specified | Steven Lucero

Abstract: Faced with major life stressors, many people turn to religion as a resource in coping. In contrast to stereotyped views, religion takes many forms and serves many functions in the coping pr…

Source: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion

Date: 2014-09-16

Shame

(2,634 words)

Author(s): Daniel Randles | not-specified | Jessica Tracy

Abstract: Shame is a self-conscious emotion, meaning that it belongs to a unique class of emotions that reflect feelings and evaluations about oneself. Shame tends to be experienced when a person has…

Source: Vocabulary for the Study of Religion

Yuè 粵 Dialects

(6,907 words)

Author(s): Bit-chee KWOK | not-specified | Benjamin T'SOU | Andy C. CHIN

1. Background The Yuè dialects (Yuèyǔ 粵語 / Yuè fāngyán 粵方言) refer to a group of Chinese dialects spoken mainly in the central and western parts of Guǎngdōng Province, the southeastern and central parts of the Guǎngxī Zhuàng Autonomous Region, as well as in Hong Kong and Macau. A few Yuè-speaking villages can also be found on the southern coast of Hǎinán Province (Huáng 1991) and the eastern tip of Yúnnán Province (Lǐ Jǐnfāng 2000). In addition to this, a large number of overseas Chinese, especiall…

Source: Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics

Date: 2017-03-02