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  • with enthusiasm. When the central German government suppressed these ... rejeced the positivist treatment of language in general and, in particular ...
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  • 17, 1856) was one of the most significant German poets of the nineteenth century ... verses ever rendered in the German language. These poems were collected ...
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  • ironic novels dealt with the aftermath of German militarism during the first ... simple style made him a favorite for German-language textbooks. ...
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  • Sirens were an influence, in the English language, Siren and mermaid are not ... Sirens are sometimes considered to be the forerunners of the German ...
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  • War II, Ingarden switched from writing in German to writing in Polish, as ... Art, was first published (1926; 1931, in German), followed by The Cognition ...
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  • Moses Mendelssohn (September 6, 1729 – January 4, 1786) was a German ... called Haskalah; Jews learned the German language and culture and developed ...
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  • written their initial tempo marking in some other language. ... Although Italian has been the prevalent language for tempo markings ...
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  • Religious or spiritual enlightenment (German: Erleuchtung) and secular ... The German word "Unmündigkeit" means not having attained ...
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  • Estonian literature refers to literature written in the Estonian language ... The first known printed book is a bilingual German-Estonian translation ...
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  • dwarves were assimilated into Dutch and German tradition. What is known ... burrows, never teach non-gnomes their language, and appear only when they ...
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  • Dutch it appears as dwerg; in Old High German it is twerg, while in Middle ... Although dwarrow has passed from the language, both "dwarfs" ...
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  • read several other languages, including German and Dutch. He was a prolific ... to the continent and widely read Dutch and German folk tales. The pieces for ...
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  • (July 26, 1855 – April 9, 1936) was a German sociologist. He was a major ... From 1909 to 1933 he was president of the German Sociological Society ...
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  • Germany and met several distinguished German scholars, including Albrecht ... his next Britannica article, Hebrew Language and Literature, in which ...
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  • he used his knowledge of French and German to translate fables, later ... Danish playwright Holberg, whom he read in German, and some of whose plays ...
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  • quot;) is a translation of the old German word Strahlstein (radiated stone). Glaucophane, crocidolite, riebeckite and arfvedsonite form a somewhat ...
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  • experience. It also elevated folk art, language and custom, as well as arguing ... Son of Fingal, translated from the Gaelic Language, written in the musical ...
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  • There has even been disagreement about what language Tatian used for ... to provide paraphrased Gospel versions in language closer to the vernacular ...
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  • Wilhelm Schmidt (February 16, 1868 – February 10, 1954) was a German ... languages, connected to the Austronesian language group. Schmidt managed to ...
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  • be applied both synchronically, to a language as it exists, and diachronically ... A diverse group of Czech, Russian, Ukrainian, and German scholars ...
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  • tutor, Herr Otto Kuntze, who taught him German and interested him in German ... of the "Bayreuth Circle" of German nationalist intellectuals. ...
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  • level of precision in his use of language. Moreover, like all the ... The German-language title is a pun on the phrase Mann mit Eigenschaften—literally ...
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  • for eleven years, he was joined by the German Franciscan Arnold of Cologne ... he familiarized himself with the native language, preached in it, and translated ...
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  • nineteenth century writings of Russian and German authors. Some famous and ... In the English language, the earliest well-known example of novella ...
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  • trying to "break apart" the German language, and as his style matured ... poetry either to destroy or remake the German language. The urgency and power ...
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  • in the face of territorial demands made by German dictator Adolf Hitler. The ... Germans had attempted to prevent the German-language border areas that had ...
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  • were difficult to express in ordinary language by using symbols such as ... York City, to Antonio Knauth, a well-to-do German immigrant lawyer, and Else ...
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  • In January 1943, the German troops tried to enter the ghetto to round ... that Polish troops would restrain the German advance. His plans were altered ...
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  • 25, 1801), was one of the earliest of the German Romantics. Although Novalis ... Novalis descended from ancient, Low German nobility. In the different ...
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  • The Q document or Q (from the German Quelle, "source") is ... source is referred to as Q (from the German "Quelle" meaning ...
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  • Karl Richard Lepsius (December 23, 1810 – July 10, 1884) was a German ... work on the decipherment of the Egyptian language. Lepsius also visited Egyptian ...
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  • In SI units, the unit of frequency is hertz (Hz), named after the ... frequency of a human heart (Herz in German language). This unit was ...
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  • The Final Solution of the Jewish Question (German: Die Endlösung ... should have sympathy rather with our own German people. If the German people ...
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  • writings. Krochmal then proceeded to study German and German philosophers, especially Immanuel Kant; to read Latin and French classics and Arabic ...
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  • would remove "war" from human language. Schuman's contribution ... of Elsaß-Lothringen), he became a German citizen. Robert's mother ...
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  • 10, 1715 – October 18, 1775) was a German philosopher and theologian ... important works, originally written in German, appeared in the 1740s: Advice ...
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  • referred to as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher, ... between God and Godhead (Gottheit in German). These notions had been ...
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  • under Austrian rule dreaded growing German nationalism, which is what ... the Slavic lands against the increasing German nationalism. Advocated by ...
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  • ) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic ... Despite being a German-language writer, Canetti settled in Britain ...
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  • VKhUTEMAS was closely parallel to the German Bauhaus in its intent ... Impressed by the photomontage of the German Dadaists, Rodchenko began ...
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  • linguist (fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish ... Tyndale introduced new words into the English language: ...
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  • elites from the West generally spoke French or German. On arriving into some villages dressed appropriately and singing and dancing, putting into practice ...
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  • of the paper, translated it into German himself and submitted it ... #039;s theory of General Relativity from German to English. It is said that ...
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  • Norbert Elias (June 22, 1897 - August 1, 1990) was a German sociologist ... After passing the abitur in 1915, he volunteered for the German army ...
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  • them. In order to study them more closely, German scholar J.J. Griesbach (1776 ... termed by scholars "Q" (from German: Quelle, meaning "source ...
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  • While his governess taught him Russian, German, French, and geography, he ... return to her, but when his sister's German maid turned up without the ...
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  • of the skull") is the English-language name given to the hill on ... 'Hebrew', indicating the 'language of the Hebrews', which ...
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  • return, he devoted himself to the study of German idealism, and developed a ... Dongwen Xueshe (東文學社), a Japanese language teaching school, where he ...
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  • Rainer Maria Rilke (December 4, 1875 – December 29, 1926) is generally considered the German language's greatest twentieth century poet ...
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  • * Gelbwurz (literal: Yellow Root) or Kurkuma in German. * Gurkemeje in Danish. * Gurkemeie in Norwegian. * Kurkuma or Japonský šafrán (literal: ...
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  • During this period he became interested in German philosophy, especially the ... Its words have given the English language the metaphor of an albatross ...
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  • of theology began to spring up in the German states. Encarta® Online ... mathematics, science, and often a foreign language. Beyond successfully mastering ...
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  • have dealt with the Absolute include the German Idealists such as Schelling ... of human cognition, understanding, and language. Thomas Aquinas discussed ...
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  • Prague, they were composed in the Czech language in order to resurrect the ... a reaction to the enforcement of the German language as the official language ...
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  • of teaching children in their native language. Instruction occurs in the ... Given that a common language is essential for good communication and ...
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  • Other languages have words based on the same premise: German Ohrwurm ... The German word Ohrwurm has the derived meaning "an annoying ...
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  • New Jersey, as a second-generation German immigrant. His father came ... Ishi for several years—his tool making, language and customs, in the attempt ...
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  • Dr. John Willinsky in the Department of Language and Literacy EducationThe ... members, with Croatian, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese ...
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  • pride after the war. Following German reunification the new, and ... html Official Magdeburg homepage (German language)] Magdeburg|156244410 ...
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  • as a method of identifying Jews. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 ... The requirement to wear the Star of David with the word Jude (German ...
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  • 19,000 ft. high, on the northern border of German East Africa, 170 m. from ... Others believe its origin to be from the Kichagga language word jaro ...
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  • A dictionary is basically a list words in a specific language, with ... a standardized "modern" German language since Martin Luther ...
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  • as the "Imperial Cathedral" (in German: Kaiserdom) is a Roman Catholic ... chapel was the church of coronation for 30 German kings and 12 queens. The ...
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  • at Flossenbürg concentration camp) was a German religious leader and participant ... #039;s attempts to co-opt mainstream German Protestantism. Shortly after ...
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  • Europe. The result is a plurality of language-games (a term coined by ... is being dispersed in clouds of narrative language elements—narrative, but ...
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  • when Mozart was considered an icon of German art, the Jewish background ... different languages, including French, German, and Italian. While in Vienna ...
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  • Giacomo Meyerbeer (September 5, 1791 — May 2, 1864) was a noted ... Beer studied with Antonio Salieri and the German master and friend of Goethe ...
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  • as HTML. Most releases are in the English language, but many non-English works ... Johannes Gutenberg, the fifteenth century German printer who propelled the ...
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  • of the name as originating from Old High German, before being transmitted ... What remained of the belief in elves in German folklore was the idea ...
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  • English literature, drug addiction, German metaphysics, and science ... In 1821, he went to London to dispose of some translations from German ...
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  • the Book of the It (Das Buch vom Es in German) by Georg Groddeck, a pioneer ... Ego means I in Latin, the original German word Freud applied was Ich. ...
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  • His ambassadorship ended in 1941 after the German invasion of Yugoslavia. During ... as a supporter of one Serbo-Croatian language, this was a change for him ...
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  • Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Ed. Retrieved May 08 ... The later meaning of intellectual education persisted in German and ...
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  • and impulse) is the name of a movement in German literature and music from ... about the ongoing American Revolution by German author Friedrich Maximilian ...
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  • with his uncle. Agassiz learned to speak French and German and first became interested in science after meeting famous biologist, Theodore Von Shiebold. ...
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  • taught courses in Greek, Latin, French, German, and natural history. At ... and sociology under the influence of German scholars such as Wilhelm Wundt. ...
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  • the revision of the Russian literary language, and several important scientific ... due to the presence of the most eminent German Enlightenment philosopher ...
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  • (fl. 1160s-1180s). The dominant form of German lyric poetry in the period ... Bhajans are often simple songs in lyrical language expressing emotions of love ...
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  • August 16, 1832 – August 31, 1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher ... education at a Catholic Gymnasium. The German gymnasium of the nineteenth ...
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  • out of the window" (From Latin and German). The first defenestration ... began streaming into the country. The German language was put on par with ...
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  • ;In German [[Image:A Waltz Dream.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gertie Millar ... The most significant composer of operetta in the German language was ...
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  • to Paris and London as a medium with a German spiritualist, and then again ... reportedly refused for his allegedly anti-German sentiments. However, Reymont ...
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  • 1679 - April 9, 1754) was the most eminent German philosopher between Gottfried ... of 1713 (often referred to as the German Metaphysics), laid out a ...
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  • acquaintance with French, English and German, and a certain amount of ... German sympathies, often used the German language in his private relations ...
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  • After the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, German language became one of choice ... ===German Language=== * [http://www.schlesierland.de/index.html Willkommen ...
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  • Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. It tells the story of dragon ... wealth of information about pre-Christian German culture. These traditions ...
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  • In linguistics, the grammar of a natural language is its set of structural ... to the grammar of all the speakers of the language), in which case the term ...
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  • Adolf von Harnack (May 7, 1851 – June 10, 1930), was a German theologian ... . The book built on the work of earlier German biblical scholars such as ...
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  • An early World War II naval engagement between the German "pocket ... Unlike most other countries, the Guaraní language is still spoken by 90 percent ...
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  • cognate to Danish Isbjerg, Swedish Isberg, Low Saxon Iesbarg, and German Eisberg. An iceberg differs from sea ice in that an iceberg is made of ...
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  • includes the following movements: German idealism, phenomenology, ... factors such as context, space and time, language, culture, or history. Where ...
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  • Italian Social Republic, a puppet state in German-occupied northern Italy. ... conjunction of circumstances. He knew some German from reading German publications ...
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  • groups, especially between the Czech and German communities in Bohemia. He ... Taaffe had entered Parliament as a German Liberal, but he soon took ...
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  • who took part in the Match of Death with German Luftwaffe team were executed ... into a Soviet internment camp for German POWs and operated until 1946 ...
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  • Germanic languages (for instance Brücke in German, brug in Dutch, brúgv in Faroese or bro in Danish, Norwegian and Swedish). ==History== ...
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  • alphabet when it is pronounced like a), German (ß is ordered as s + s; ... does not define a particular single language or alphabet, the Unicode ...
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  • views of the other members. Clifford studied Greek, German, Spanish, French, Arabic and Sanskrit, as well as Morse code and shorthand. He was responsible ...
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  • began a study of philosophy and German language and literature at the ... of bringing up concerns important to German language authors of this period ...
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  • his career as a journalist writing anti-German propaganda during World War ... 0805074611). His article, "Kill the German" published in 1942—when ...
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  • #039;s sense of being besieged, and to German determination to throw off ... and eastern Slovakia) and following German aggression against Yugoslavia ...
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