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• Corpora
  A corpus may contain texts in a single language (monolingual corpus) or text data in multiple languages (multilingual corpu ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is usedto make the anno
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• Barbarism
  ...rst [[language]] was not [[Greek]] or a Greek individual or tribe speaking Greek crudely. ...[linguistic]] sounds non-Greeks made or making [[grammatical]] errors in [[Greek]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian]
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• Prosopopoeia
  ...her person or object. The term literally derives from the [[Greek language|Greek]] roots meaning "a face, a person, to make". ...peaks as Appius Claudius Caecus, a stern old man. This serves to give the "ancient" perspective on the actions of the plaintiff. Prosopopoeiae can also be use
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• Alphabet
  ..._PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, from alpha + bēta beta ...ents]] a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoneme phoneme] in a [[spoken]] [[language]], either as it exists now or as it was in the [[past]]. There are other [[
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• Latin
  ...hed to word stems. The Latin alphabet, derived from the [[Etruscan]] and [[Greek]] [[alphabets]] (''each of which is derived from the earlier [[Phoenician]] Although now generally considered a dead language, of few fluent speakers and no native ones, Latin is still used by the Cath
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• Semitic
  modern Latin Sēmīta, < late [[Latin]] Sēm, [[Greek]] Σήμ Shem While the term ''Semite'' means a member of any of various ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples originating in southwestern Asia, inclu
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• Hero
  [[Latin]] heros, from Greek hērōs ...''[[meaning]] "to protect". According to Eric Partridge in Origins, the [[Greek]] word Hērōs "is akin to" the [[Latin]] seruāre, [[meaning]] to safeguar
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• Corpus
  A corpus may contain texts in a single [[language]] (monolingual corpus) or text [[data]] in multiple languages (multilingual ...(base) form of each word. When the language of the corpus is not a working language of the researchers who use it, interlinear glossing is used to make the ann
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• Eloquence
  ...[[power]] of expressing strong [[emotion]]s in striking and appropriate [[language]], thereby producing conviction or persuasion. The term is also used for wr The [[concept]] of eloquence dates to the ancient [[Greek]]s, [[Calliope]],(one of the nine daughters of [[Zeus]] and [[Mnemosyne]])
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• Patriotism
  ...with a [[nation]]-[[state]]. Scholar J. Peter Euben writes that for the [[Greek]] philosopher [[Socrates]], "patriotism does not require one to [[agree]] w ...and denouncing excessive penal laws were all considered patriotic. In both ancient and modern visions of patriotism, [[individual]] [[responsibility]] to fell
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• Sanskrit
  ...skrit, Pali, Prakrit and Tamil which have already been given the classical-language status.'' and one of the liturgical languages of Hinduism and [[Buddha|Budd ...culture]]s of South]] and Southeast Asia] is akin to that of [[Latin]] and Greek in Europe and it has significantly influenced most modern languages of Nepa
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• Hebrews
  ...'', ''ʿIvriyyim'' ʿIḇrîm'', ''ʿIḇriyyîm'', "traverse or pass over") are an ancient people defined as descendants of biblical Patriarch '''[[Abraham]]''' (Hebr ...as a synonym for Israelites, and sometimes for the users of the [[Hebrew]] language ([[Jews]] and [[Israel]]is).
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• Classics
  ...e time known as [[classical antiquity]], roughly spanning from the Ancient Greek [[Bronze Age]] in 1000 [[BCE]] to the [[Dark Ages]] circa [[Common Era|CE]] ...eastern Mediterranean—the ancient [[Persian Empire]] and the [[kingdoms of ancient India]]—are termed [[Orientalists]].
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• Syntax
  ...ate Latin; Middle French ''sintaxe'', from Late Latin ''syntaxis'', from [[Greek]], from ''syntassein'' to arrange [[together]], from ''syn''- + ''tassein'' ...], '''syntax''' (from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek] σύνταξις "arrangement" from σύν ''syn'', "together", and τάξ
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• Sarcasm
  French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from [[Greek]] sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear [[flesh]], bite the lips in [[rage]], s ...'to tear flesh, gnash the teeth, speak bitterly'.[9] However, the ancient Greek word for the rhetorical concept of taunting was instead χλευασμός
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• Macrocosm and Microcosm
  '''Macrocosm and microcosm''' is an ancient [[Greek philosophy|Greek]] schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the [[cos ...3bc;&#x03b9;&#x03ba;&#x03c1;&#x03bf;- "Micro-", which are [[Greek language|Greek]] respectively for "large" and "small", and the word [[Cosmos|&#x03ba;&#x1f
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• Proselytism
  ...a place, [[stranger]], [[sojourner]], [[convert]] to [[Judaism]] < ancient Greek προσηλυθ- , aorist stem of προσέρχεσθαι to come to, app ...mer). Historically in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koine_Greek Koine Greek] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] and [[New Testament]
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• Philology
  ...the origins of that language, and so it is often defined as "the study of ancient [[writing|text]]s and languages," although this is a rather narrow view and ...thors, and [[critical theory|critical traditions]] associated with a given language.
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• Transcripts
  ...is the conversion into written, typewritten or printed form, of a spoken [[language]] source, such as the [[proceedings]] of a [[court]] hearing. It can also m [[Practical]] transcription can be done into a non-alphabetic [[language]] too. For example, in a Hong Kong Newspaper, George Bush's name is transli
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• Martyr
  ...OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin, from [[Greek]] martyr-, martys [[witness]] ...ntended to lead to the [[death]] of the witness, although it is known from ancient writers (e.g. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus Josephus]) and from t
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• Psychology
  ...w. The word ''psychology'' comes from the [[ancient Greek language|ancient Greek]] ψυχή, ''[[Psyche (psychology)|psyche]]'' ("soul", "mind") and ''[[-lo
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• Mesopotamia
  ...er" and literally means "(Land) between rivers". It is used throughout the Greek [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint Septuagint] (ca. 250 BC) to trans An even earlier Greek usage of the name Mesopotamia is evident from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/w
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• Papyrus
  ...1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], via [[Latin]] from Greek ''papuros'' — see also [[paper]]
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• Colonialism
  ...ent_Greece Ancient Greece] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome Ancient Rome], this fact has been addressed by empires adopting the concept of univ ...ans]], dismissing foreign languages as inferior mutterings that sounded to Greek ears like "bar-bar".
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• Archaic
  French or [[Greek]]; French archaïque, from Greek archaïkos, from archaios *1: having the characteristics of the [[language]] of the [[past]] and [[surviving]] chiefly in specialized uses <an archaic
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• The Arts
  ...[[crafts]]). The arts encompasses [[visual arts]], [[performing arts]], [[language arts]], and [[culinary arts]]. Many artistic disciplines involve aspects of The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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• Art
  ...[[crafts]]). The arts encompasses [[visual arts]], [[performing arts]], [[language arts]], and [[culinary arts]]. Many artistic disciplines involve aspects of The great traditions in art have a foundation in the art of one of six ancient civilizations:
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• Polytheism
  ...cal and contemporary, have a belief in polytheism, such as Shinto, Ancient Greek Polytheism, Roman Polytheism, Germanic Polytheism, Slavic polytheism,Chines The [[English]] [[language]] word "polytheism" is attested from the 17th century, loaned from French p
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• Narcotics
  ..., from ''narcotique'', adjective, from Medieval Latin ''narcoticus'', from Greek ''narkōtikos'', from ''narkoun'' to benumb, from ''narkē'' numbness ...'' (/nɑrˈkɒtɨk/, from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek ancient Greek] ναρκῶ narkō, "Ι benumb") originally referred medically to any psyc
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• Matriarchy
  ...of women" has been in use since the 17th century, building on an actual [[Greek]] γυναικοκρατία found in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristo ...igh in their own [[language]]. Because of this we [[reason]] that the very ancient word Ama has the meaning »Mother« in its narrow sense. In the figurative
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• Commentary
  ...sm|literary criticism]], but its primary [[purpose]] is to elucidate the [[language]] of the text and the specific [[culture]] that produced it, both of which Means of providing commentary on the language of the text include notes on textual [[criticism]], [[syntax]] and [[semant
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• Diaspora
  [[Greek]], [[dispersion]], from ''diaspeirein'' to scatter, from ''dia''- + ''speir ..., "I [[sow]], I scatter". In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece Ancient Greece] the term διασπορά (diaspora) hence meant "scattering" and w
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• Chaldean
  [[Latin]] Chaldæus = [[Greek]] Χαλδαῖος Chaldean, Chaldaea, an [[astrologer]] *1.one of an [[ancient]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic Semitic] people that formed the [[
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• Samaritans
  ...PERIOD Old English], from Late Latin samaritanus, noun & adjective, from [[Greek]] samaritēs inhabitant of Samaria, from Samari ...tan Torah], Samaritans claim their [[worship]] is the true religion of the ancient [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israelites Israelites] prior to the [https:/
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• Monk
  ...ration from those not [[sharing]] the same [[purpose]]. The [[concept]] is ancient and can be seen in many [[religion]]s and in philosophy. In the [[Greek]] [[language]] the term can apply to men or women; but in modern [[English]] it is in us
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• Wyrd rhetoric
  ...transmission strategies, both complementary and orthogonal to deliberative/Greek rhetoric, become increasingly available and germane to compositional practi ...m as rhythms – the generation and interruption of patterns in time. In the Greek tradition, we find that music and rhetoric acquire consistency and practica
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• Seth
  ...nguage over the 3,000 years that Set was [[worshipped]], it was spelled in Greek as Σήθ (Seth). ...should be destroyed, the pillar of stone would remain, both reporting the ancient discoveries, and informing men that a pillar of brick was also erected. Jos
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• Theognis
  '''Theognis of Megara''' (fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek [[poet]]. More than half of the extant [[elegiac]] poetry of Greece before ...asis'') and all it implied in the tense [[city-state]] life of the ancient Greek.
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• Self-determination
  ...[[groups]] of people recognized their [[shared]] [[history]], geography, [[language]], and [[customs]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism Nationalism]
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• Apocrypha
  ...ate Latin, neuter plural of ''apocryphus'' [[secret]], not canonical, from Greek ''apokryphos'' obscure, from ''apokryptein'' to hide away, from ''apo''- +
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• Sophism
  ...n, a sophism is a specious [[argument]] used for [[deceiving]] someone. In Ancient Greece, the sophists were a group of [[teachers]] of [[philosophy]] and [[r The term sophism originated from [[Greek]] σόφισμα, sophisma, from σοφίζω, sophizo "I am [[wise]]"; con
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• Scripture
  ...text"] which scholars can apply even to mythological and ritual texts from ancient religions, where records of their authority (or heresy) have not survived. ...Writings.'' Kessinger Publishing Company, 2004, Donald B. Redford. ''The Ancient Gods Speak: A Guide to Egyptian Religion.'' Oxford University Press, 2002)
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• Mary (Jesus' mother)
  .... In Islam she is the mother of the Prophet Jesus, Issa عيسى in the Arabic language. The [[New Testament]] describes her as a virgin (Greek parthénos)[2] Christians and Muslims believe that she conceived her son mi
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• Reference
  ...r) and "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus Phosphorus]" (an ancient Greek name for the morning star) both refer to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ven ...reference is called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deixis deixis] after a Greek word meaning "to point". In contrast, grammatical morphemes express referen
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• India
  [[Latin]] from [[Greek]] ''India'', from ''Indos'', the name of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki ...e, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu have the most first-language speakers). Hindi name Bharat.
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• Astrology
  ...a human scale.[8] Modern astrologers define astrology as a [[symbolic]] [[language]], an art form, or a form of divination. Despite differences in definitions
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• Hebrew Bible
  .... Modern Christian formulations of this tension, sometimes building upon [[ancient]] and [[medieval]] [[ideas]], include [[supersessionism]], [[covenant theol ...Hebrew acronym unlikely to be appreciated by readers unfamiliar with that language. It also refers to the particular arrangement of the biblical books as foun
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• Names
  ...kespeare]] as "The Bard", recognizing him as a [[paragon]] writer of the [[language]]. Finally, claims to preference or [[authority]] can be refuted: the Briti ...atin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE): *nomn-.[2]
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• Western Philosophy
  ...indicated by [[Plato]]'s and [[Aristotle]]'s works, along with many other ancient and medieval [[philosophers]]. ...e thought of as elements or branches of Western philosophy. To some of the ancient Greeks, these fields were often one and the same. Thus, philosophy is an ex
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• Skepticism
  In ordinary usage, '''skepticism''' or '''scepticism''' (Greek: 'σκέπτομαι' ''skeptomai'', to look about, to consider; refers to ...ear similar to philosophical skepticism, such as "academic" skepticism, an ancient variant of Platonism that claimed knowledge of truth was impossible. [[Emp
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