terminology question

[Teresa Lane]

Agitator?

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Teresa Phipps Lane

P O Box 81638

Pittsburgh PA 15217

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--- On Mon, 5/13/13, Celso Alvarez Cáccamo <lxalvarz at UDC.ES> wrote:

From: Celso Alvarez Cáccamo <lxalvarz at UDC.ES>
Subject: Re: terminology question
To: LINGANTH at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
Date: Monday, May 13, 2013, 11:47 AM

Imperialist?

-celso
Celso Alvarez Cáccamo


No dia 13/05/2013, às 16:15, Ellen Contini-Morava <elc9j at VIRGINIA.EDU> escreveu:

> Hello, my husband asks the following question.  If anyone has suggestions, they can be sent to him or I'll forward them.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ellen
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:    terminology question
> Date:    Mon, 13 May 2013 09:53:31 -0400 (EDT)
> From:    Jack Morava <jack at chow.mat.jhu.edu>
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> I'm looking for a word, in any language, that describes
> a person who foments conflict so as to have a role in
> resolving it. Busybody and polarizer are in the right
> approximate semantic range but don't seem to capture
> the essence.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
>                (:+{)}  Jack