This paper discusses a postulated non-sound change-based development derived from the detection of an exception to a regular segmental correspondence and shows how this proposal receives independent support from internal etymologization within the domain
Fernando O. de Carvalho
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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings +3 more
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This study combines corpus-based comparison and open-ended survey data to investigate kinship terminology usage in introductory contexts across languages.
Yizhong Xu, Meishu Wang
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A Prediction Model for the Differential Diagnosis of Bowen's Disease and Bowenoid Actinic Keratosis
ABSTRACT Bowen's disease and bowenoid actinic keratosis share overlapping clinical and histopathological features, and there is no clear consensus regarding their differential diagnosis. This study aimed to identify clinicopathological differences between the two diseases and to develop a diagnostic prediction model in a Korean population.
Byeonghyun Joo +6 more
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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.
Jessica H. Whiteside +3 more
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Affinal Kinship Terminology in the Corpus of Bulgarian and Ukrainian Parallel Texts
In this study we examine the occurrences and correspondences of terms for affinal kinship in a Bulgarian – Ukrainian parallel corpus of fiction. All instances of the terms selected for study, matching and non-matching, were located and counted, and the ...
Ivan Derzhanski, Olena Siruk
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This article analyses class construction amongst the urban Indian middle class, through a novel prism of romantic love, specifically performances of romantic love which in turn highlight anxieties of being middle class. The article explains how a performance of romantic love before marriage is used as a basis by the middle class to claim being global ...
Parul Bhandari
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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
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Charles Wagley on changes in Tupí-Guaraní kinship classifications
Charles Wagley contributed significantly to the ethnographic study of culture and society in Brazil. In addition to his well-known work on both rural and urban Brazilian populations, Wagley was a pioneering ethnographer of indigenous societies in Brazil,
William Balée
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Injustice, relational violence, and the foster system
Abstract Political theorists have not paid sustained attention to the foster system or treated it as a political institution. Despite this, scholars and social movement advocates have identified the system as a site of social and political injustice. This paper develops an account of racial, class, and relational injustice in the contemporary US foster
Emma Ebowe
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