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Forming an anti‐imperialist national identity in Republican China: The Finnish interpretation
Abstract This article focuses on Finnish national identities because they expressed the shared experiences of newly established Finnish communities, and they were crucial in constructing a new nation. It also explores created images of the Finnish and Finland, as well as community construction in Republican China, especially after Finland gained ...
Tiina H. Airaksinen
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Phylogeny, biogeography and systematics of Dysphanieae (Amaranthaceae)
Abstract After a rather turbulent taxonomic history, Dysphanieae (Chenopodioideae, Amaranthaceae) were established to contain five genera, four of which are monospecific (Cycloloma, Neomonolepis, Suckleya, Teloxys) and geographically restricted, and the fifth genus, Dysphania, having a nearly worldwide distribution and comprising ca. 50 species.
Pertti Uotila +5 more
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How the diversity of human concepts of nature affects conservation of biodiversity
Abstract Protecting nature has become a global concern. However, the very idea of nature is problematic. We examined the etymological and semantic diversity of the word used to translate nature in a conservation context in 76 of the primary languages of the world to identify the different relationships between humankind and nature.
Frédéric Ducarme +2 more
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On the Reflexive Expression in the Altaic-type Languages [PDF]
It has been said that reflexive expressions exhibit properties intermediate between transitive and intransitive. In this study, I will analyze languages of the Altaic-type, specifically Altaic, Korean, and Japanese, to see whether a wide range of ...
風間, 伸次郎
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19 X‐STRs can afford a reliable and informative database of Guizhou Tujia population for human identification and paternity testing, especially in complex biological relations. The genetic relationships of Chinese populations are significantly influenced by the geographic position and ethnolinguistic origin.
Li Luo +9 more
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Telling general linguists about Altaic [PDF]
The hypothesis of an Altaic language family, comprising the Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Korean and, in most recent versions, Japanese languages continues to be a viable linguistic proposal, despite various published claims that it is no longer ...
ALEXIS MANASTER RAMER +3 more
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Morphologic, Syntactic, and Phonologic Distance Between Japanese and Altaic, Dravidian, Austronesian, and Korean Languages [PDF]
The present study measures the resemblances of Japanese with Altaic languages (Turkic; Tungstic; Mongolic; Nivkh); the Dravidian language Tamil; Austronesian languages (Western Malayo-Polynesian; Malayo-Sumbawan; Central Luzon; Central Malayo-Polynesian),
Li, Wenchao, Wenchao Li
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Europe: so many languages, so many cultures
The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects.
Hein Steinhauer
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The first batch of 23 autosomal STR profiles of Ha Hlai, one important branch of Hainan Li (Hlai), were obtained and reported by genotyping 657 Ha Hlai individuals (497 males and 160 females) utilizing the Huaxia™ Platinum PCR Amplification System.
Wenhui Li +14 more
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On the Distribution of the Auxiliary Verbs in the Altaic-type Languages [PDF]
Auxiliary verbs are used in some Altaic languages and their surrounding Altaic type languages. In this paper, auxiliary verb has been defined as “a grammaticalized verb following a converbial form of a verb.” The target languages are Altaic languages, Ko
風間, 伸次郎
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