As we examine the chronology of events leading up to the Holocaust, it becomes vital to understand the role of propaganda in perpetuating a crime of this proportion. To this end, this paper will analyze the fundamental tenets of Nazi propaganda, and the role that they played in not just the genocide of Jews, Romani peoples, homosexuals, and other undesirables, but also in helping turn Germany i...

Based on the analysis of texts collected in 1930s Latvia and Estonia, this paper provides a description semantics verbal modifiers, i.e., prefixes (preverbs) particles, Latvian Romani. The system modifiers Romani is an innovation evolved under Slavic Baltic influence. Most preverbs are instances MAT-borrowing from Baltic, whereas verb particles PATborrowing, modelled after system. argues that e...

The romanticised and stereotyped construction of the Romani people absorbed by mainstream society has contributed to obliteration their cultural complexity ensuing alienation. present article analyses how memoir Stopping Places (2018), British writer Damian Le Bas, makes a case for borderlessness his people. It is main purpose this study underscore identity as inherently multidirectional, hence...

In this article I explore the responses of Romani students in a segregated school Romania to majoritarian deficit narratives constructed about them, investigating specific nature such discourses and strategies resistance deployed by students. To do so, designed theoretical framework which fused elements Foucauldian Critical Race Theory (CRT). The case study was underpinned principles in-depth c...

Empirical research on the impact of linguistic labels social perceptions is scarce, especially in context ethnic groups. Across three studies (N = 1185), we investigated Romani group by non-Romani participants Serbia. In Study 1 244), found some evidence that elicit more positive (more sociable and competent) when labeled with neutral (vs. derogatory) term. two follow-up studies, focused invest...

Tens of thousands of women were coercively sterilized in Czechoslovakia and its successor states. Romani women were particularly targeted for these measures. These practices stopped only in 2004, as a result of international pressure. Although some measures have been taken to ensure that these practices are not repeated, to date neither the Czech Republic nor Slovakia have completed the work of...

Aims and objectives/purpose/research questions: The connection between language contact the bilingual speaker goes back to foundational authors in field of linguistics. Yet there is very little work that combines these two levels a single study. In this paper, we propose unified approach by testing role cross-language priming (CLP) on contact-induced change at level complex noun phrases (NPs). ...