Anglicization


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Synonyms for Anglicization

the act of anglicizing

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In substantiating his original case against monolithic Anglicization, Wolf undertakes several labor-intensive tacks: to excavate the viewpoints of everyday Irish-speaking communities, expose their multiple identities, and trace the exchanges between Irish speakers and the authorities of church and state.
Anglicization was a process of increasing the use of English as the dominant language of communication for vernacular church services and institutions.
The promotion of civilization through anglicization also aimed at the local white merchants and planters whose habits were scrutinized by the social reformers.
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the seminar The Anglicization of European Lexis, held in Turin (Italy) in August 2010, as part of the 10th International esse Conference.
In her examination, the author shares how at least some of the landed earls responded to anglicization and worked to consolidate their estates in the changing political climate.
This phenomenon of Anglicization can be noticed in Pakistan as well and is dearly reflected in the media.
Second, the process of anglicization required people to draw on literature and sources produced throughout the Atlantic world, making the process British, and colonial, but with a trans-Atlantic twist.
In the second phase--the colonial period--there was a process of Anglicization wherein buildings were constructed use styles from English architecture, a process that continues in modern times, which represents an exchange of cultural symbols between Europe and Asia.
With the colonization of Ireland in the seventeenth century by Cromwellian and Williamite forces, the spread of English as a language of power marked a linguistic shift as Anglicization and economic necessity transformed Irish to a vernacular of the poor.
However, the brighter outlook brought increased Anglicization and secularization.
In this regard Maharashtrians are even worse than the Bengalis who at least have two personalities to adore: Rabindranath Tagore (Tagore is an anglicization of Thakur as Thackeray is of Thakare) and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
This is a higher anglicization rate than that of francophones outside Quebec who were born in Canada.
therefore as a stance against Anglicization and the machine, and it is
"Sunny" is also an Anglicization (of his Asian name) and ironic in that he is not sunny, neither within himself nor to others, trapped with a gulf (of failure, isolation) looming before him and another behind that cuts off retreat to the past.
96) is in fact the shepherd's pipe, a cor anglais not a true horn, from Tristan and Isolde (does anyone still use that old-fashioned Anglicization?).