Retroflexion in Somali Bantu Kizigua: Language Shift and a Contact-Induced Explanation to What Looks Like an Internally Motivated Sound Change [PDF]
, 2015 As discussed by Thomason & Kaufman (1988: 111), there has long been a bias among historical linguists against explanations based on shift-induced interference and that this is partly due to a methodological problem that arises in shift situations ...
Tse, Holman
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Harmonic word order constraints are not created equal: the final-over-final constraint as an epiphenomenon [PDF]
, 2010 The Final-over-Final Constraint (FOFC, Holmberg 2000, Biberauer et al 2007, 2008) is a descriptive generalisation stating that a head-initial phrase cannot be dominated by a head-final phrase.
Philip, J
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Words of apparent Arabic, Persian, Hindi or Malay origin in KHOE
Studies in African Linguistics, 2023 The paper builds on the early detection by Carl Meinhof of one or two Arabic loanwords in Nama (Khoekhoe, Khoe), and explores the possibility of other borrowings, from not only from Arabic but also languages of the Cushitic family.
Menan du Plessis
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American Journal of Islam and Society, 1995 This book is a welcome addition to the few book-length biographies of important African historical figures. The study, which consists of an introduction and six chapters, offers a fresh and balanced perspective on one of Africa's most controversial ...
Alusine Jalloh
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Whole genome sequencing reveals population diversity and variation in HIV-1 specific host genes. [PDF]
Front Genet, 2023 Thami PK +6 more
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Haplotype data and forensic evaluation of 23 Y-STR and 12 X-STR loci in eight ethnic groups from Eritrea. [PDF]
Int J Legal Med, 2021 Bini C +7 more
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The Grammaticalization of "Say" and "Do" : An Areal Phenomenon in the Horn of Africa [PDF]
, 2002 The grammaticalization of verbs meaning ‘say' and ‘do', in periphrastic constructions traditionnally named ‘descriptive compounds' allows transcategorial and intracategorial derivation, leading to more or less deep reorganizations of the verbal systems ...
Cohen, David +2 more
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The pragmatic particle ’áda in Kambaata (Cushitic)
Journal of African Languages and LiteraturesThis study investigates the morphological makeup, syntactic features and pragmatic functions of ’áda, a pragmatic marker (pm) in Kambaata (Cushitic).
Temesgen Senbeto Wadolo +1 more
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Structure and ancestry patterns of Ethiopians in genome-wide autosomal DNA. [PDF]
Hum Mol Genet, 2021 Hellenthal G, Bird N, Morris S.
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