Abstract This article proposes that *Magas , capital city of the North Caucasian Kingdom Alania, can be identified with gorodishche (hillfort) Il'ichevsk, in Krasnodar Krai modern Russian Federation. The Alania was most powerful polity Caucasus tenth and eleventh centuries; however, location its has never been satisfactorily established. reviews evidence written sources on * Magas – notably Mas...

Abstract This article analyzes the sociolinguistic construction of two gendered figures in multilingual performances, namely a category young Mongol wives rural societies who challenge patriarchal social order, and group urban men whose dream is to be rich indulge themselves luxury. By drawing on analytical framework stance stylization, study how performers’ multivalent stance-taking towards co...