Using the Europarl corpus for linguistic research

Europarl is a large multilingual corpus containing the minutes of the debates at the European Parliament. This article presents a method to extract different corpora from Europarl: monolingual and multilingual comparable corpora, as well as parallel corpora. Using state-of-the-art measures of homogeneity, we show that these corpora are very similar. In addition, we argue that they present many advantages for research in various fields of linguistics and translation studies, and we also discuss some of their limitations. We conclude by reviewing a number of previous studies that made use of these corpora, emphasizing in each case the possibilities offered by Europarl.

Female Imitatio Christi in early modernity – the search for strong virgins like St Wilgefortis

At first glance you think that this is Christ crucified. At a second glance, you recognize a woman hanging on a cross. This is not an invention of the 20th century but reaches back to history where we we can find women cross-dressed or even bearded as men. St Wilgefortis or St Uncumber was a bearded and crucified woman who was venerated widely in northern Europe during the fifteeneth and sixteenth centuries. Wilgefortis is a corruption of the term „virgo fortis“ („strong virgin“). She and other female saints were considered as „imitations of Christ“. The paper deals with the reasons why this saint became so popular and how even today ideas about such strong virgins which mirror androgynous symbolism live on in popular culture.

Decreta Concilii Prouincialis Treuerensis : pr[a]esidente Reuere[n]dissimo in Christo Patre ac domino, D. Ioanne Archiepiscopo Treuerensi, sacri Romani Imperij ... celebrati ; Anno Iesu Christi M.D.XLIX ; Vna cum Decretis Synodi Episcopalis, celebratae Anno M.D.XLVIII

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"Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes im Zeitalter Jesu Christi" [Rezension]

F. P.

A Case Study on Using the Via Christi Breastfeeding Assessment Tool in a Clinical Setting

Aims- The goal of this study is to obtain a subjective point of view of the use, benefits, and shortcomings of the Via Christi breastfeeding Assessment Tool in a clinical setting. Methods- This case study is based on a single yet detailed interview with a lactation consultant who has utilized the Via Christi Breastfeeding Tool in a clinical setting. Findings- Advantages of the Via Christi Breastfeeding Assessment Tool include that the tool is practical and concrete, encompassing both a subjective dimension and the basic elements of breastfeeding. Shortcomings of the tool include its non-specificity in focus on the feeding technique only and excluding other factors involved with the birth and mother- baby couplet. Conclusion- The Via Christi Breastfeeding Tool serves as a good initial screening of breastfeeding, which in result leads to the recommendation of further and more extensive study of a specific mother-baby couplet breastfeeding measures if needed.

Zu Frey, Corpus Inscriptionum Judaicorum [Nachricht]

Israele Zoller

Johann Tauler's Nachfolge des armen Lebens Christi

bearb. und hrsg. von Nikolaus Casseder

Ms. germ. qu. 99 - Vita Jesu Christi in deutscher Bearbeitung

Vorbesitzer: T. O. Weigel; Victor Goldschmidt

Ms. germ. oct. 22 - Unser Vrouwen Klage. Die Fünfzehn Zeichen des Jüngsten Gerichts. Gedicht vom Leiden Christi

Vorbesitzer: Johann Friedrich Boehmer

Ms. germ. qu. 103 - Vita Jesu Christi in deutscher Bearbeitung

Vorbesitzer: Familie von Schellenberg; W.V. Villenbach; Universität Frankfurt am Main

Ms. Praed. 50 - De adventu Christi multiplici

Vorbesitzer: Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main

Christi-gesinnter Michael mache dich wider den Drachen auf zum Streit, denn von nun an 1758. ist es hohe Zeit ...

Signaturformel: a8

Ms. Praed. 197 - De hora mortis Christi

Vorbesitzer: Dominikanerkloster Frankfurt am Main

D. Joh. Tauleri Nachfolgung des armen Lebens Christi : in zwey Theile abgetheilet: Deren der erste sagt viele Unterschiede der wahren Armuth, der ander lehret, wie man soll kommen zu einem vollkommenen armen Leben

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