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Finno-Ugric Lexical Borrowings in West Baltic Languages

Fluminensia
The paper discusses 27 West Baltic words suspected of being borrowed from a Finno-Ugric source. Five lexical items are evaluated negatively, while several further proposals are considered uncertain. Numerous words are verified as Finno-Ugric loanwords. Among them one can distinguish physiographical terms, e.g. OPrus. jūrī ‘sea’ (← FV. *järwä ‘lake, sea’
Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak
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The original names of clothing in the Finno-Ugric languages: new etymologies

Bulletin of Ugric studies, 2020
Introduction: the article is devoted to the reconstruction of the clothing name in the proto-Uralic, FinnoUgric and subsidiary Finno-Ugric proto-languages.
Y. Normanskaya
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Population structure and cultural geography of a folktale in Europe. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci, 2013
Despite a burgeoning science of cultural evolution, relatively little work has focused on the population structure of human cultural variation. By contrast, studies in human population genetics use a suite of tools to quantify and analyse spatial and ...
Ross RM, Greenhill SJ, Atkinson QD.
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Features of the functioning of preverbs in languages finno-ugric group

Nizhnevartovsk Philological Bulletin
The relevance of this study is due to the need for an in-depth study of the preverbs in the context of their multifunctionality, which includes word-forming, structural-semantic and grammatical aspects within the finno-ugric language family. Despite the considerable amount of research devoted to individual aspects of preverbiation, a holistic ...
A. Belkova
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Sentence Comprehension and L2 Exposure Effects in 6-Year-Old Sequentially Bilingual Children With Typical Development and Developmental Language Disorder. [PDF]

Int J Lang Commun Disord
ABSTRACT Background Differentiating typical language development (TD) and developmental language disorder (DLD) in a bilingual context is difficult. The societal language is often the only mutual language of the child and the SLT. It has been shown that when assessing second language (L2) performance using tools developed for monolingual children ...
Smolander S, Laasonen M, Lahti-Nuuttila P, Arkkila E, Thordardottir E, Kunnari S.   +5 more
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The study of gesture in cognitive linguistics: How it could inform and inspire other research in cognitive science. [PDF]

Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci, 2022
The study of gesture in cognitive linguistics raises new questions for research in the broader field of cognitive science. Image by lauwahyuen from Pixabay. Abstract Cognitive linguists are increasingly extending their paradigm to include the study of gestures.
Cienki A.
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Traditional Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Eurasian Red Squirrel (<i>Sciurus vulgaris</i>) in Finland. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) has played an important role in Finnish traditional culture and livelihoods from pre‐historic times. Convergence of observations points to the case where the iconic mammal of the northern forests is in decline and migrating to the urban habitats, with a number of important consequences.
Mustonen T.
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Sound iconic words in folklore for children (in Finno-Ugric languages) [PDF]

Sibirskiy filologicheskiy zhurnal, 2018
V. Ivanov
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Functioning of the Finno-Ugric languages of the Russian Federation in the epoch of digitalization

Bulletin of Ugric studies, 2022
Introduction: mass digitalization is the main driver of modern civilization development. It influences all aspects of society life transforming both means and contexts of communication and also creating new forms of socialization,
N. V. Kondratyeva, N. Pushina
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Linguistic Relativity in Creative Thought: How Divergent Thinking in Response to Motion Events is Influenced by Satellite‐ and Verb‐Framed Languages

The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 57, Issue 4, Page 742-760, December 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT Human creativity and ingenuity partly depend on divergent thinking – the ability to generate many varied, original, and elaborate responses. Prior research has found ample evidence of an effect of cognitive factors, including the organization of semantic networks and associative ability, on divergent thinking. Less is known, however, about how
Thu Anh Mai, Alwin de Rooij
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