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Mitochondrial DNA D‐Loop Polymorphisms among the Galla Goats Reveals Multiple Maternal Origins with Implication on the Functional Diversity of the HSP70 Gene

Genetics Research , Volume 2024, Issue 1, 2024.
Despite much attention given to the history of goat evolution in Kenya, information on the origin, demographic history, dispersal route, and genetic diversity of Galla goats remains unclear. Here, we examined the genetic background, diversity, demographic history, and population genetic variation of Galla goats using mtDNA D‐loop and HSP70 single ...
Ednah M. Masila, Stephen O. Ogada, Irene N. Ogali, Grace M. Kennedy, Eric K. Too, Cecily S. Ommeh, Xiaoye Jin   +6 more
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North-Cushitic

, 2020
International audienceThe North Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic phylum consists of only one language, Beja. Lexicostatistic studies show that only 20% of the basic vocabulary is shared with the two closest East Cushitic languages, Afar and Saho, and ...
Vanhove, Martine
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How do voiced retroflex stops evolve? Evidence from typology and an articulatory study [PDF]

, 2008
The present article illustrates that the specific articulatory and aerodynamic requirements for voiced but not voiceless alveolar or dental stops can cause tongue tip retraction and tongue mid lowering and thus retroflexion of front coronals.
Fuchs, Susanne, Hamann, Silke
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Nominal number in Cushitic

, 2021
Cushitic languages have a number of interesting properties in the category of number. None of these are valid for all Cushitic languages. Number is not obligatorily expressed in various Cushitic languages which have a general number form that is unspeci ...
Doetjes, J., Cabredo Hofherr, P., Mous, M.P.G.M.   +2 more
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Experimental Arabic linguistics Studies in Arabic linguistics ;, 10./ edited by Dimitrios Ntelitheos, Tommi Tsz-Cheung Leung.

, 2021
The majority of the papers in this volume stem from presentations at the 3rd Meeting of the Experimental Arabic Linguistics Conference (EXAL18), hosted by the Department of Linguistics at the United Arab Emirates University on 28-29 October, 2018 ...
Leung Tommi Tsz-Cheung, Ntelitheos Dimitrios   +1 more
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Introduction to Corpus Linguistics: Theoretical and methodological basics [PDF]

, 2021
Since the 1980’s and the rise of computer-assisted technologies, Corpus Linguistics (CL) has become a mainstream methodology in linguistics, making it possible to analyze ‘very extensive collections of transcribed utterances or written texts’ (McEnery &
Perrez, Julien
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AFLA 23: the Proceedings of the 23rd meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association [PDF]

, 2016
The 23rd Annual Meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA 23) was held on 10–12 June 2016 at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association
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AFLA 22: the Proceedings of the 22nd meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association [PDF]

, 2016
The Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA) is an organization that promotes the study of Austronesian languages from a formal perspective. The 22nd annual meeting of the Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association (AFLA 22) was held at McGill
Austronesian Formal Linguistics Association
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Linguistic Manifestations of Age-Grade Status in Iraqw Address Term Practices

Nordic Journal of African Studies
This study examines linguistic manifestations of age-grade status among the Iraqw, a Southern Cushitic ethnic group in northern Tanzania. It identifies how life stages or age grades are conceptually distinguished in Iraqw terminology and then looks at ...
Chrispina Alphonce
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Links between Cushitic, Omotic, Chadic and the position of Kujarge

, 2015
It has long been claimed that Cushitic languages show a special link with Chadic; in an extreme case, it has been claimed some East Chadic languages are Cushitic (e.g. Whitehouse 2005 on Kujarge).
Blench, Roger
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