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Migracijske i etničke teme, 1999 This article consists of free parts. In the first one is a bibliographical survey of the most important literature that appeared in the fields of study of individual five Altaic language groups (Japanese, Korean, Manchu-Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic) as
Alexander Vovin
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Oriental Studies, 2018 The article is devoted to the issue of the relationship of the Mongolian and Turkic languages, which arouses interest of comparativists dealing with the Altaic hypothesis. This issue has long been disputed and still remains unresolved.
V. .. Rassadin, L. .. Bold
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Slavic languages in contact, 10: “Altaic” loanwords in Proto-Slavic – a contribution to the debate
Studia Linguistica Universitatis CracoviensisA discussion of the problem of “Altaic” influence on Proto-Slavic is the main focus of this paper.
Marek Stachowski
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The Unity and Diversity of Altaic [PDF]
, 2023 In popular conception, Altaic is often assumed to constitute a language family, or perhaps a phylum, but in reality, it involves a historical, areal, and typological complex of five separate language families of different origins-Turkic, Mongolic ...
Janhunen, Juha A.
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Biocultural diversity of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) across Eurasia. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Little is known about how anthropogenic processes have affected the evolution of tree species with a long‐time‐scale history of human utilization such as common walnut (Juglans regia L.) and sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.). In this study, we evaluated the impact of isolation by distance processes, landscape heterogeneity, and cultural boundaries
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Pre‐Manichaean Beliefs of the Uyghurs II: Other Religious Elements
Journal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 586-603, December 2023., 2023 The original beliefs of the Uyghurs, which have been overshadowed by their conversion to Manichaeism and Buddhism, have not been thoroughly studied until recently. However, Uyghur inscriptions as well as Chinese and Islamic sources provide us with some information regarding their beliefs. In the first part of this article series, the Uyghurs' belief in
Hayrettin İhsan Erkoç
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Optometry and Vision Science, Volume 100, Issue 1, Page 82-90, January 2023., 2023 SIGNIFICANCE The ethnic differences in myopia rates, ocular dimensions, and risk factors between Han and non‐Han schoolchildren observed in this study may help fill the knowledge gap about ethnic minorities and are important for China and other countries to address vision‐related health inequalities among different ethnic groups.
Yumeng Shi +8 more
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Forming an anti‐imperialist national identity in Republican China: The Finnish interpretation
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 364-379, January 2023., 2023 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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How the diversity of human concepts of nature affects conservation of biodiversity
Conservation Biology, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 1019-1028, June 2021., 2021 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
, 2023 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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