At the turn of the 20th century, the Russian Empire's 5.2 million Jews were in crisis. Having quintupled in number since 1800, they were substantially impoverished and crammed into Russia's 25 westernmost provinces. Some pinned their hopes on emigration, others on being granted permission to live in the Russian interior. Some labored with hand tools in dingy workshops, but most...
Markedness Theory: An Explication of its Theoretical Basis and Applicability in Semantic Analysis 9
Ronald F. Feldstein
On the Evolution of Jer + Liquid Diphthongs in Polish and West Slavic 25
The Semantic Structure of the Tenses in Literary Arabic 42
His Master's Voice: Pushkin Chez Bulgakov 54
Louise B. Hammer
On the Phonological Nature...
One of the most creative and versatile of Slovak authors, Jozef Cíger-Hronský (1896 Zvolen- 1960 Buenos Aires) was "rehabilitated" during the Czechoslovak Spring but is scarcely known in English, though he is one of the originators of Slovak lyrical prose and, according to Alexander Matuška!!!, he is the only modern Slovak writer whose truly excellent works number not one/two but...