Rebecca M Armstrong
Biographic Data
| ID | 4609668 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca M Armstrong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca M |
| FAMILY NAME | Armstrong |
| SIGNATURE | ARMSTRONG R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0764-8857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1966 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Ancient World: Us and Them
This chapter takes three plant types – the shady tree, the happy crop, and the wayside flower – as starting points for an exploration of ancient attitudes towards plants as both in harmony with and divergent from human worldviews and goals. It demonstrates how the same or similar plants can represent very different moods in different settings, sometimes positively reinforcing a human view, sometimes obstructing it. The connection between the sens…
Une loi en préparation, de nouvelles perspectives de politiques culturelles
Trees and Time: Some Roman Reflections
Roman literature includes many reflections on the overlaps and differences between time as perceived and experienced by humans and by trees. Trees can offer ways for humans to conceptualise expanses of time which go far beyond their own lifespans, even stretching back to the primordial, as well as mapping onto more readily understood annual and generational cycles. Moreover, trees offer particularly fertile material for thinking about the more fl…
Influences of bilingual input on English vocabulary size and academic outcomes: A large-scale longitudinal study following children in Australia from five to ten years
Research from large population-based studies investigating the language and academic outcomes for bilingual children is rare. The current study aimed to investigate the influence of dual language exposure on (i) English vocabulary outcomes at 5 years (126 bilinguals, 1675 monolinguals), and 10 years (vocabulary: 92 bilinguals, 1413 monolinguals:), and (ii) academic outcomes at 10 years (107 bilinguals, 1746 monolinguals). Participants were drawn …
Sombre horizon
Behind the Mask: Character and Society in Menander
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the ninet…
Staple food choices in Samoa: Do changing dietary trends reflect local food preferences
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease has become a considerable health problem throughout the South Pacific, including Samoa. The increase in these diseases is most often associated with changes in dietary intake; including increased consumption of fats and sugars concurrent with reduced consumption of fibre and complex carbohydrates. We conducted this study in order to better understand …
The Aeneid: Inheritance and Empire
Cretan Women: Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin Poetry
This book studies in detail the representations of Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin poetry. It investigates both the literary history of the myths (the Greek roots, the interactions between Roman versions) and their cultural resonance. In addition to close readings of the major treatments of each woman's story (in Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca), the book offers extended thematic explorations of the importance of memory, wildness, and …
Primary and Secondary Precepts in Thomistic Natural Law Teaching
Cretan Women: Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin Poetry
This book studies in detail the representations of Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin poetry. It investigates both the literary history of the myths (the Greek roots, the interactions between Roman versions) and their cultural resonance. In addition to close readings of the major treatments of each woman's story (in Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca), the book offers extended thematic explorations of the importance of memory, wildness, and …
Primary and Secondary Precepts in Thomistic Natural Law Teaching
The Aeneid: Inheritance and Empire
Cretan Women: Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin Poetry
This book studies in detail the representations of Pasiphae, Ariadne, and Phaedra in Latin poetry. It investigates both the literary history of the myths (the Greek roots, the interactions between Roman versions) and their cultural resonance. In addition to close readings of the major treatments of each woman's story (in Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, and Seneca), the book offers extended thematic explorations of the importance of memory, wildness, and …
Staple food choices in Samoa: Do changing dietary trends reflect local food preferences
The prevalence of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease has become a considerable health problem throughout the South Pacific, including Samoa. The increase in these diseases is most often associated with changes in dietary intake; including increased consumption of fats and sugars concurrent with reduced consumption of fibre and complex carbohydrates. We conducted this study in order to better understand …
Behind the Mask: Character and Society in Menander
This new study of Menander casts fresh light not only on the techniques of the playwright but also on the literary and historical contexts of the plays. Menander (342/1-292/1 BCE) wrote over a hundred popular comedies, several of which were adapted by Plautus and Terence. Through them, he was a major influence on Shakespeare and Molière. However, his work survived only in excerpts and quotation until some significant texts reappeared in the ninet…
Sombre horizon
The Ancient World: Us and Them
This chapter takes three plant types – the shady tree, the happy crop, and the wayside flower – as starting points for an exploration of ancient attitudes towards plants as both in harmony with and divergent from human worldviews and goals. It demonstrates how the same or similar plants can represent very different moods in different settings, sometimes positively reinforcing a human view, sometimes obstructing it. The connection between the sens…
Une loi en préparation, de nouvelles perspectives de politiques culturelles
Trees and Time: Some Roman Reflections
Roman literature includes many reflections on the overlaps and differences between time as perceived and experienced by humans and by trees. Trees can offer ways for humans to conceptualise expanses of time which go far beyond their own lifespans, even stretching back to the primordial, as well as mapping onto more readily understood annual and generational cycles. Moreover, trees offer particularly fertile material for thinking about the more fl…
Influences of bilingual input on English vocabulary size and academic outcomes: A large-scale longitudinal study following children in Australia from five to ten years
Research from large population-based studies investigating the language and academic outcomes for bilingual children is rare. The current study aimed to investigate the influence of dual language exposure on (i) English vocabulary outcomes at 5 years (126 bilinguals, 1675 monolinguals), and 10 years (vocabulary: 92 bilinguals, 1413 monolinguals:), and (ii) academic outcomes at 10 years (107 bilinguals, 1746 monolinguals). Participants were drawn …
History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Biology (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Astrobiology (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works)