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Quotative constructions and prosody in some Afroasiatic languages

Studies in Corpus Linguistics, 2015
This chapter investigates, in a crosslinguistic perspective, the relationship between prosodic contours and direct and indirect reported speech (i.e. without or with deictic shift) in four typologically and genetically different Afroasiatic languages of the CorpAfroAs pilot corpus: Beja (Cushitic), Zaar (Chadic), Juba Arabic (Arabic based pidgin) and ...
Malibert, Il-Il, Vanhove, Martine
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A Cross-Modal and Cross-lingual Study of Iconicity in Language: Insights From Deep Learning. [PDF]

Cogn Sci, 2022
Abstract The present paper addresses the study of non‐arbitrariness in language within a deep learning framework. We present a set of experiments aimed at assessing the pervasiveness of different forms of non‐arbitrary phonological patterns across a set of typologically distant languages.
de Varda AG, Strapparava C.
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A Novel Framework for Arabic Dialect Chatbot Using Machine Learning. [PDF]

Comput Intell Neurosci, 2022
With the advent of artificial intelligence and proliferation in the demand for an online dialogue system, the popularity of chatbots is growing on various industrial platforms. Their applications are getting widely noticed with intelligent tools as they are able to mimic human behavior in natural languages. Chatbots have been proven successful for many
Alhassan NA, Saad Albarrak A, Bhatia S, Agarwal P.   +3 more
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Acceptability of Emotionally Focused Therapy in Uganda: The Views of Mental Health Workers. [PDF]

J Marital Fam Ther
ABSTRACT Despite the international prominence of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT), limited research exists on its acceptability among mental health workers, particularly those from contexts in Africa. This study explored the acceptability of EFCT among Ugandan mental health workers who completed the first‐ever 4‐day EFCT training in Uganda. We
Asiimwe R, Lesch E, Galukande P, Kasujja R.   +3 more
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A diachronic perspective on ‘prosodies’ in Central Chadic languages (Afroasiatic)

Journal of African Languages and Linguistics
Abstract The paper reports on generalisations drawn from the author’s historical analysis of a sample of some five thousand words, which reflect more than two hundred lexical items from up to sixty-six Central Chadic languages and language varieties.
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Enset Landraces: Conservation, Distribution, and Use in an Enset-Based Agricultural System. [PDF]

Scientifica (Cairo)
Enset is a unique food security crop for more than 25% of the population in Ethiopia and serves as a food, animal feed, medicine, and fiber source, with significant resilience and environmental adaptability. Enset growing zones harbor several landraces, resulting from differences in natural selection, human selection, and cultural management practices.
Kibatu T, Feyissa T, Demissew S, Muleta D.   +3 more
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Persistence of Ancestral KhoeSan Mitochondrial Patterns in Contemporary South African Populations. [PDF]

Ann Hum Genet
Abstract Introduction Southern Africa has been inhabited by hunter‐gatherers for at least 20,000 years and has received diverse immigration flows in the last 2000 years. The original inhabitants have interacted with the pastoralist migrants from Eastern Africa (∼2000 ybp), followed by the southern Bantu migration arriving some 1000 ybp, and more ...
D'Amato ME, Ristow P, Livesey M, Heynes K, Huber N, Bravi C, Hansen AJ, Parson W.   +7 more
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Gender variation across the Oromo dialects: A corpus‐based study*

Studia Linguistica, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 453-495, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This study aims to (1) demonstrate the position of the Oromo gender system in Corbett's (1991) typology of gender; (2) illustrate major syntactic gender variation across the Oromo dialects; (3) identify factors that contributed to the gender variation, and (4) illustrate the morphosyntax of the Oromo gender system.
Tekabe Legesse Feleke, Terje Lohndal
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The Whale and the Microorganism: A Tale of a Classic Example and Linguistic Intuitions

Cognitive Science, Volume 47, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023
Abstract A classic example of the arbitrary relation between the way a word sounds and its meaning is that microorganism is a very long word that refers to a very small entity, whereas whale is a very short word that refers to something very big. This example, originally presented in Hockett's list of language's design features, has been often cited ...
Shiri Lev‐Ari
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GERMAN COLONIALISM IN EAST AFRICA AND ITS AFTERMATH IN ABDULRAZAK GURNAH'S NOVELS PARADISE AND AFTERLIVES AND IN CONTEMPORARY GERMAN LITERATURE

German Life and Letters, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 269-284, April 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT British author and literary scholar Abdulrazak Gurnah, born in Zanzibar in 1948 and awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021, makes significant contributions to the memory and critique of German colonialism in East Africa and its aftermath both in Tanzania and in Germany. This study examines Gurnah's novels Paradise (1994) and Afterlives
Dirk Göttsche
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