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Word Forms Reflect Trade‐Offs Between Speaker Effort and Robust Listener Recognition
Cognitive Science, Volume 48, Issue 7, July 2024.Abstract How do cognitive pressures shape the lexicons of natural languages? Here, we reframe George Kingsley Zipf's proposed “law of abbreviation” within a more general framework that relates it to cognitive pressures that affect speakers and listeners.
Stephan C. Meylan, Thomas L. Griffiths
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Co-occurrence restrictions in the vocalic patterns of Afroasiatic plurals [PDF]
, 2011 International audienceThis paper examines the vocalic patterns in the plural forms of four languages in Afroasiatic. Focus is made on the co-occurrence restrictions that the vowels obey in these forms; particularly it is shown that plurals in which high ...
Lahrouchi, Mohamed
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THE ARABIC NUMERALS AS A CATEGORY OF THE CERTAIN QUANTITY
Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2020 Purpose. The paper deals with the lexical and grammatical analysis of numeral in Arabic (the Afroasiatic language family). The cardinal, ordinal and fractional numerals are under investigation. Numerals, expressing the exact number, are considered in the
Nailya Gabdelkhamitovna Mingazova
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Characterization of CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 Pharmacogenetic Variation in Sub‐Saharan African Populations
Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 115, Issue 3, Page 576-594, March 2024.Genetic variation in CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 is known to impact interindividual response to antiretrovirals, nicotine, and bupropion, among other drugs. However, the full catalogue of clinically relevant pharmacogenetic variants in these genes is yet to be established, especially across African populations. This study therefore aimed to characterize the star
David Twesigomwe +13 more
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Folia OrientaliaThe contribution summarises the Beja lexicon connected with natural phenomena, including astronomical, temporal, and geographical terminology. Every lexeme is documented in available sources and etymologized in areal or genealogical perspectives.
Václav Blažek
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History and Theory, Volume 63, Issue 1, Page 45-70, March 2024.ABSTRACT This article discusses the impact of genomic history, a subdiscipline that emerged in the study of the ancient Mediterranean in the 2010s. In 2014, scientists first published a method for extracting genetic material, which they christened aDNA (ancient DNA), from ancient human remains in hot climates.
Christopher Stedman Parmenter
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Indo-European laryngeals in Afroasiatic perspective
, 2020 Blazek Vaclav. Indo-European laryngeals in Afroasiatic perspective [Электронный ресурс] / Vaclav Blazek// Вопросы языкового родства. - 2011. - Вып. 5. - С. 1-22. - (Вестник РГГУ. Серия "Филологические науки. Языкознание" ; № 5 )
Blazek Vaclav
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Aspects of Northern Mao Phonology
Linguistic Discovery, 2009 In general terms, the phonology of Omotic languages has received little attention. This paper presents core phonological properties of on Omotic language, Norther Mao.
Michael Ahland
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Studia Orientalia ElectronicaGuanche is an extinct language or languages spoken by the indigenous people of the Canary Islands. Although it is widely assumed that their language belonged to the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic languages, this has not been adequately tested.
Zev Brook
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Panel 14.5 organized at the 22nd International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES22), Hawassa University, EthiopiaThe study of subordinate clauses can provide profound insights into the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of a language.
Meyer, Ronny +2 more
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