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Zamucoan Person Marking as a Perturbed System*
Abstract This paper analyzes the Zamucoan system of Person markers: personal pronouns, verbal and possessive inflection. Comparing the three documented languages (Ayoreo and Chamacoco, currently spoken, and extinct Old Zamuco), one can reconstruct for a very ancient stage of this language family an agglutinating structure for both personal pronouns and
Pier Marco Bertinetto
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Estrategias de marcación de tiempo en ayoreo (familia zamuco) [PDF]
About 6000 people speak the Ayoreo language in Bolivia and Paraguay. Along with Chamacoco, it integrates the zamucoan language family. The language shows no evidence of morphosyntactic devices for Tense and Aspect marking. Time reference is then established by inferential means regarding the communicative situation, the semantics of the verbs, and the ...
S. Durante
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La etnología tautegórica diseñada por Marcelo Bórmida (1925-1978) es el primer, si no el único, abordaje distintivo de la antropología argentina. Su fundamento primero es que el mito es esencial para el entendimiento de la cultura y que no debe ser ...
Rolando Silla
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Zamucoan ethnonymy in the 18th century and the etymology of Ayoreo
This study presents new data on Zamucoan ethnonymy and solves an etymological problem concerning the term Ayoreo. The earliest documented Zamucoan language is Old Zamuco, spoken in the 18th century in the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos and close to present-day Ayoreo.
L. Ciucci
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Abstract During the colonial period in South America, many autochthonous populations were affected by relocation by European missionary reductions and other factors that impacted and reconfigured their genetic makeup. Presently, the descendants of some “reduced” and other isolated groups are distributed in the Amazonian areas of Peru, Bolivia, and ...
José R. Sandoval +6 more
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OF FERAL AND OBEDIENT COWS: Colonization as Domestication in the Paraguayan Chaco
ABSTRACT In the Paraguayan Chaco, cattle evoke images of power, prosperity, and celebration, but they also trigger one of the quickest deforestation processes in the world. The presence of cattle in the region has deep historical roots, dating back to the beginning of the colonization process, when the establishment of a double economy based on cattle ...
VALENTINA BONIFACIO
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Diverse Articulations of Urban Indigeneity among Lowland Indigenous Groups in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
This article contrasts politico‐legal understandings of indigeneity to the lived experiences of urban residents in Santa Cruz (Bolivia) who belong to distinct lowland indigenous groups and whose specific demands are often not addressed by government authorities.
Philipp Horn
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The nutritional composition and toxicity of native plants with food potential like Capsicum chacoense are important for the safe use of populations and could be used as a source for searching for new drug candidates. Infections produced by parasites such as helminths are a public health concern for many countries.
Eva Coronel +4 more
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Understanding Sociocultural Factors Contributing to HIV Risk Among Ayoreo Bolivian Sex Workers [PDF]
The Bolivian indigenous Ayoreo ethnic people are vulnerable to sexually transmitted infections and HIV. Ayoreo women who also work in sex trades belong to an extremely high-risk group, and prevention programs are not delivering effective outcomes for them.
López Entrambasaguas, Olga Mª +3 more
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Comunicação e Etnodesenvolvimento: Os Ayoreo no Paraguai
O etnodesenvolvimento se apresenta como uma possibilidade de se pensar o desenvolvimento considerando as diferencas culturais que coexistem em uma sociedade. O objetivo da pesquisa foi analisar os efeitos que o contato com os povos nao indigenas gerou na cultura dos Ayoeros, sob a perspectiva do etnodesenvolvimento.
Rivas, Elton Domingues +1 more
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