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Patterns of grammaticalization in African languages [PDF]

, 1982
The approach outlined in the present paper is based on observations made with African languages. Although the 1000-odd African languages display a remarkable extent of structural variation, there are certain structures that do not seem to occur in Africa.
Heine, Bernd, Reh, Mechthild
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Oil‐Coated Nanoplastics Induce Rapid Membrane Disruption and Severe Intestinal Injury

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Oil‐rich food contact dramatically amplifies MNP release from plastic takeout containers, producing oil‐coated nanoplastics with altered surface properties and rapid membrane‐disruptive effects. These particles cause severe intestinal barrier damage and immune dysfunction in mice, and risk modeling suggests that long‐term gastrointestinal burdens may ...
Ruwen Xie, Gulimire Yilihan, Qiong Chen, Dachuan Lin, Zhen Liu, Mengyi Yuan, Yujia Wang, Haoteng Xu, Weishang Zhou, Wanxin Gong, Yueer Li, Chen Peng, Tong Yang, Peng Gao, Qing Liu, Xin‐Hua Feng, Mu Xiao, Chao Jiang   +17 more
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An Application of Axel Olrik’s Epic Laws in Imbiza Eyayingavulwa [PDF]

E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
The aim of this article is to apply Axel Olrik’s epic laws in Imbiza eyayingavulwa, one of the traditional isiZulu folktales. Even though these laws have been widely applied to non-African folktales, there seem to be fewer studies that have evaluated the
Sizwe Zwelakhe Dlamini, Onelisa Nomfundo Mbathu   +1 more
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Improved Text Language Identification for the South African Languages

, 2017
Virtual assistants and text chatbots have recently been gaining popularity. Given the short message nature of text-based chat interactions, the language identification systems of these bots might only have 15 or 20 characters to make a prediction ...
Duvenhage, Bernardt, Ntini, Mfundo, Ramonyai, Phala   +2 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Language on Educational Access in South Africa [PDF]

, 2009
The role of Medium of Instruction (MoI) or Language of Learning and Teaching (LoL&T) has not received sufficient attention as a factor denying meaningful access to education in South Africa. Yet the majority of under-performing learners are also children
Lafon, Michel
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Were the first Bantu speakers south of the rainforest farmers? A first assessment of the linguistic evidence [PDF]

, 2017
Popular belief has it that the Bantu Expansion was a farming/language dispersal. However, there is neither conclusive archaeological nor linguistic evidence to substantiate this hypothesis, especially not for the initial spread in West-Central Africa. In
Adjanohoun, Bastin, Bellwood, Bingham, Blanchon, Blanchon, Blench, Blench, Bostoen, Bostoen, Bostoen, Bunkheti, Clist, Crane, Daeleman, de Filippo, De Grauwe, de Maret, de Rop, de Rop, de Schryver, Fontaney, Gossweiler, Greenberg, Hagendorens, Hamon, Hannan, Hubau, Hulstaert, Hulstaert, Kabinda, Koni Muluwa, Koni Muluwa, Koni Muluwa, Kouarata, Latham, Lejju, Linton, MacGaffey, Maniacky, McCann, Mouandza, Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, Neumann, Pasch, Philippson, Phillipson, Raponda-Walker, Ricquier, Ricquier, Schwartz, SPIAF, Storrs, Thornell, van Everbroecke, Van Neer, Vansina, Vansina   +57 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich, Tim Ölkers, Vanessa Bonke, Oliver Musshoff   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prehistory to 1250: Languages

, 2012
The Hemic group includes the Egyptian and Coptic languages, the Libyan and Barbarian languages, the Koshtia languages, and the languages of the original inhabitants of the eastern part of Africa ...
Said Ramadan, Abdulkareem
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Ajami scripts in the Senegalese speech community [PDF]

, 2010
Wolofal (from Wolof: Wolof language or ethnic group and ‘-al’: causative morpheme) is an Ajami writing (a generic term commonly used to refer to non-Arabic languages written with Arabic scripts) used to transliterate Wolof in Senegal.It results from the ...
Ngom, Fallou
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