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  2. Sociology - Wikipedia

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    The term sociology was first coined in 1780 by the French essayist Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès in an unpublished manuscript. [25] [note 2] Sociology was later defined independently by French philosopher of science Auguste Comte (1798–1857) in 1838 [26] as a new way of looking at society.

  3. Pronunciamiento - Wikipedia

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    The first modern pronunciamiento in Spanish history was that of Lieutenant-Colonel Rafael Riego against King Ferdinand VII, in 1820.; Another prominent pronunciamiento was the successful rebellion of September 1868 against Isabella II of Spain, by Generals Juan Prim and Francisco Serrano, initiating the Six Democratic Years and First Republic.

  4. Peninsular Spanish - Wikipedia

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    The variants of Spanish spoken in Spain and its former colonies vary significantly in grammar and pronunciation, as well as in the use of idioms. Courses of Spanish as a second language commonly use Mexican Spanish in the United States and Canada, whereas European Spanish is typically preferred in Europe.

  5. Barrio - Wikipedia

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    Barrio (Spanish pronunciation:) is a Spanish word that means "quarter" or "neighborhood".In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, architectural or morphological features. [1]

  6. Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft - Wikipedia

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    Gemeinschaft (German pronunciation: [ɡəˈmaɪnʃaft] ⓘ) and Gesellschaft ([ɡəˈzɛlʃaft] ⓘ), generally translated as "community and society", are categories which were used by the German sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies in order to categorize social relationships into two types. [1]

  7. Dialect - Wikipedia

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    Features that distinguish dialects from each other can be found in lexicon and grammar (morphology, syntax) as well as in pronunciation (phonology, including prosody). In instances where the salient distinctions are only or mostly to be observed in pronunciation, the more specific term accent may be used instead of dialect.

  8. Sociolinguistics - Wikipedia

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    Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the interaction between society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context and language and the ways it is used. It can overlap with the sociology of language, which focuses on the effect of language on society.

  9. Verstehen - Wikipedia

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    Verstehen (German pronunciation: [fɛɐˈʃteːən] ⓘ, lit. transl. "to understand"), in the context of German philosophy and social sciences in general, has been used since the late 19th century – in English as in German – with the particular sense of the "interpretive or participatory" examination of social phenomena. [1]