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The adoption and proliferation of clicks in Bantu languages : the role of hlonipha revisited
, 2023 While the use of clicks in certain Southern Bantu languages is recognisable as the result of contact with speakers of Khoisan languages, the occurrence of clicks in inherited Bantu lexemes defies a contact explanation.
Gunnink, HildeLW210001210541788020012772040000-0002-5508-81567D333972-0C13-11E2-AA3C-3DCD10BDE39D
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
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Patterns of grammaticalization in African languages
, 1982 The approach outlined in the present paper is based on observations made with African languages. Although the 1000-odd African languages display a remarkable extent of structural variation, there are certain structures that do not seem to occur in Africa.
Heine, Bernd, Reh, Mechthild
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Grammatical terminology for the teaching of African languages at tertiary level
, 2010 The article addresses the question of the elaboration and modernisation of African languages to enable them to be used as language media for the teaching of African languages, particularly grammar.
C.T Msimang, Msimang, C.T
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Comparative genomics of Gondwana‐diverged Pila and Pomacea reveals parallel evolution of aerial oviposition. Convergent chromosomal rearrangements reshape regulatory landscapes within topologically associating domains. Lineage‐specific gene family expansions and viral‐derived perivitelline proteins (PV1) underpin desiccation resistance.
Yufei Zhou +10 more
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Literator, 2019 This article critically reviews the differences in attitudes and in language used between men and women through dialogue, especially when it comes to dress code, and with specific reference to N. Zulu’s novel Umshado.
Henry Gumede, Nhlanhla Mathonsi
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Pseudorabies virus (PRV), an emerging zoonotic α‐herpesvirus, causes life‐threatening human encephalitis. We identified a broad‐spectrum neutralizing antibody 6F7 targeting PRV gD. It blocks gD‐Nectin‐1 binding and membrane fusion, inhibiting replication across all PRV variants, representing a promising candidate for anti‐PRV therapy.
Yue Sun +11 more
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Literator, 2003 Language ideology and African languages: The perception of university students in a post-apartheid South Africa Since the commencement of the new South African Constitution in 1996 student numbers in African languages at the Potchefstroom University ...
C.J. Venter
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, 1980 Council of Ministers Thirty-Fourth Ordinary Session, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 6 February - 15 February 1980This report considers the application request from the East African Centre for Research on Oral Tradition and African National Languages for an OAU ...
Organization of African Unity
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Mobile learning through indigenous languages : learning through a constructivist approach [PDF]
, 2013 An increase in accessible electronic pedagogy available in African languages is vital in extending learning resources to resource constrained schools and multilingual communities.
Mmaki Jantjies +3 more
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