terminology question
Michael H. Agar
magar at UMD.EDU
Mon May 13 17:56:01 UTC 2013
Lawyer?
Victoria Codella <codellav at GREENMTN.EDU> wrote:
Imperialist gave me a good chuckle...just saying! :o)
-Victoria
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From: Linguistic Anthropology Discussion Group [LINGANTH at listserv.linguistlist.org] on behalf of Celso Alvarez Cáccamo [lxalvarz at UDC.ES]
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 11:47 AM
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Subject: Re: terminology question
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.
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> Thanks,
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> 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.
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> Thanks in advance
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> (:+{)} Jack
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