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Historical comparative linguistics and language classification [PDF]

open access: yes
This chapter introduces the methods and goals of historical linguistics, a field concerned with the classification of languages into families, the reconstruction of ancestral languages from which later languages have descended, and how and why languages ...
Barlow, R. ; https://orcid.org/   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Dental development in the tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) and the evolution of vertebrate dentitions

open access: yesDevelopmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Dentitions have diversified enormously during vertebrate evolution, involving reductions, modifications, or allocations to prey seizing and processing regions. A combination of ancient and novel features related to dental and oropharyngeal apparatuses is found in extant lineages of non‐teleost fishes, such as the gars.
Anna Pospisilova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ugric peoples in the Cis-Ural region: continued

open access: yesПоволжская археология, 2015
The article is a response to the criticism of the concept of Ugric presence in the Kama and the Urals region in the early Middle Ages, which was advanced at the XIX Urals archaeological congress in Syktyvkar in 2013. The severest criticisms were aimed by
Vladimir A. Ivanov
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The sounds of media: an interdisciplinary review of research on sound as communication [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Sound remains significantly underresearched as a form of communication, as a modality of experience, and as a resource for cultural expression and social interaction.
Jensen, Klaus Bruhn   +3 more
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‘Pre‐Technologies’ and the Lifeworld: Assistive Technologies as ‘Pre‐Technologies’ for Self‐Formation as Freedom

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article identifies assistive technologies (ATs) as ‘pre‐technologies’ mediating access to other technologies for disabled subjects (DSs). The motivation is to show that without ATs, DSs cannot be said to have the same level of access to freedom and self‐forming activities as able‐bodied subjects.
Sarel Marais
wiley   +1 more source

A Humanistic Social Justice Critique of AI in Counseling

open access: yesThe Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Humanistic counselors prioritize social justice, human contact, the therapeutic relationship, and unconditional positive regard for the client that supports the client and the client's identity community. In contrast, counseling using artificial intelligence (AI) is driven by internet information pertaining to the inquiry or command ...
Colette T. Dollarhide, Amber Baughman
wiley   +1 more source

The Black Cauldron, a Curtain of Fire, and the Sword of the War God: Connections Between Nomadic Populations on the Ancient Eurasian Steppe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Cultural connections between the ancient Xiongnu and the Huns have been disputed for over a century. This disputed topic has been approached in the fields of history, anthropology, linguistics, genetics, and archaeology.
Armistead, Shawn R
core   +1 more source

The Bazaar as a Model for Knowledge Work

open access: yesKnowledge and Process Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper presents fieldwork that extends existing metaphors of knowledge work as a process shaped by hierarchical or market forces. A qualitative, ethnographic study of six knowledge‐intensive businesses in two countries identifies striking parallels with the Middle Eastern bazaar in contrast to Western impersonal markets and hierarchies. We
Reed Elliot Nelson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnicity in ancient Amazonia: reconstructing past identities from archaeology, linguistics, and ethnohistory [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Edited by Alf Hornborg and Jonathan D. Hill.Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: ethnicity in ancient Amazonia / Alf Hornborg and Jonathan D.
Hill, Jonathan D., editor   +2 more
core  

Detecting social‐ecological fit in Natura 2000 governance and management: Evidence from LIFE projects focused on forest protected habitat types

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Protected areas represent complex social‐ecological systems that require governance and management approaches that valorise and enhance positive relationships between people and nature. This study analyses the alignment between social and ecological systems to detect the social‐ecological fit of projects focused on biodiversity conservation ...
Elena Andriollo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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