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Radiometric Constraints on the Timing, Tempo, and Effects of Large Igneous Province Emplacement

open access: yesGeophysical Monograph Series, Page 27-82., 2021

Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact

An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Jennifer Kasbohm   +2 more
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Analyzing Indo-European Language Similarities Using Document Vectors

open access: yesInformatics, 2023
The evaluation of similarities between natural languages often relies on prior knowledge of the languages being studied. We describe three methods for building phylogenetic trees and clustering languages without the use of language-specific information ...
Samuel R. Schrader, Eren Gultepe
doaj   +1 more source

General linguistics and Indo-European reconstruction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
There is good reason to be ambivalent about the usefulness of general considerations in linguistic reconstruction. As a heuristic device, a theoretical framework can certainly be helpful, but the negative potential of aprioristic considerations must not ...
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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The collision of feminisms, sexuality, and trafficking in persons in the Caribbean—A place for Kempadoo

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract The existence and development of feminist scholarship and practice have been revisited by feminist anthropologists and sociologists exploring it among the gendered cultural and historical dynamics of the Caribbean. Feminist Caribbeanists’ pioneering efforts that fit within this theoretical family have challenged the Global North status quo to ...
Cherisse Francis
wiley   +1 more source

Fra rappresentazioni concettuali, categorie grammaticali e accidenti della storia: «il fascino inquieto della ricerca scientifica» di Romano Lazzeroni

open access: yesAtti del Sodalizio Glottologico Milanese, 2021
This paper discusses the impact of Romano Lazzeroni’s scholarship on Historical Linguistics and Indo-European studies altogether, by analyzing his groundbreaking works and long-lasting legacy in relation to the state of the art and current research on ...
Domenica Romagno
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The spread of the Indo-Europeans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The publication of Mallory’s book (1989) has rendered much of what I had to say in the present contribution superfluous. The author presents a carefully argued and very well written account of a balanced view on almost every aspect of the problem ...
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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Caste as a Social Kind

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
wiley   +1 more source

Seasonal Predictions and Their Applications in the Mediterranean Region: Part I—Sources of Predictability and Prediction Skill

open access: yesInternational Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
The ability to predict climate fluctuations at seasonal timescales offers significant socio‐economic benefits. However, limited understanding of predictability mechanisms and model errors hinders forecast quality. Recent research has improved forecasting systems and data quality.
Gualdi Silvio   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungus-Manchu Vocabularies: Etymological Research Methods and Objectives in the General Context of Contemporary Comparative-Historical Linguistics

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2020
Introduction. The article discusses contemporary comparative-historical Altaic studies and problems of interpreting genetic and areal relations between Altaiс languages in educational discourse. Goals.
Alexey A. Burykin
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Reconstructing the population history of the Sinhalese, the major ethnic group in Śrī Laṅkā

open access: yesiScience, 2023
Summary: The Sinhalese are the major ethnic group in Śrī Laṅkā, inhabiting nearly the whole length and breadth of the island. They speak an Indo-European language of the Indo-Iranian branch, which is held to originate in northwestern India, going back to
Prajjval Pratap Singh   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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