Publications

The distinct nature of terrorism sentencing requires in-depth research into the legal framework, judicial decision-making processes, sentencing principles, and key factors influencing sentencing outcomes. Although relatively underexplored in the literature, the past decade and a half have witnessed significant advancements in research on terrorism sentencing. This entry aims to highlight key particularities in the legal framework of terrorism ...

In their seminal paper “Empirical Foundations for a Theory of Language Change”, Weinreich et al. (1968) set out five problems that according to them, any theory of language change needs to address. The constraints problem deals with the limits to possible changes, while the transitions problem asks what concrete stages are needed to account for a change. The embedding problem is concerned with the language internal and external factors that may ...

Between 2019 and 2025, an Early iron Age building was excavated on the southeastern slopes of the Velatouri Hill at Thorikos. At least three phases could be distinguished, the last one ending in a destruction by fire that left part of the domestic ceramic inventory in situ. In the second phase, the building consisted of a central one-room building (Room C) connected to a courtyard area (Rooms A and D); Room D became a sort of shed in the third ...

This chapter investigates the evolution of an underreported diachronic divergence in West Iberian clausal syntax involving the completive use of the complementizer CA (

This chapter is structured as a dialogue between two scholars from different disciplines, each exploring the potential of concepts and methods from translation studies to shed light on the formation, circulation and reception of transnational memories, while also considering how insights from memory studies can highlight the multidirectional engagements and local embedding of memories originating from diverse contexts in cultural practices of ...

To avoid the alleged ignorance of citizens that is considered detrimental to democracies, advocates of epistocracy propose that only the voices or votes of a limited group of citizens should be taken into account, of those that are in the knowing. In recent proposals, the suggested selection criterion often is passing a knowledge test related to political or social issues that would qualify citizens to fully participate, to be granted full ...

This contribution explores the original characterisation of Appion and Peter and their mobility within patronage networks as pepaideumenoi. The Homilist presents both figures within a fictional framework, asserting a concept of ‘healing’ paideia. Both Appion and Peter, in their characterisation as itinerant physicians, endeavour to provide paideia aimed at improving the well-being of young Clement, whose ailment stems from a lack of answers to ...