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A study of loan colour terms in the Komi languages
Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2014 [NOTE. This abstract contains diacritics that may not display correctly.] This article deals with a comparative study of loaned colour vocabulary in the closely related Komi-Zyrian and Komi-Permyak languages.
Elena Ryabina
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Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood +3 more
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Balkano-Romance languages : a lexicostatistic test
Linguistica Brunensia, 2013 In the article the mutual genetic relationship between four living Balkano-Romance idioms are studied, applying the method of so-called "recalibrated" glottochronology.
Václav Blažek
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A usage-based approach as a new horizon in loanword studies
Polilog: Studia Neofilologiczne, 2018 A usage-based approach as a new horizon in loanword studies It can be observed that cognitive sociolinguistics is an emerging field of linguistics, being a union of cognitive linguistics and sociolinguistics, which sheds different light on the notion ...
Daria Pańka
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Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook +3 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.We describe the functional anatomy of masticatory muscles in nine opossums, finding a generalized anatomical pattern with differences related to skull morphology. Variation in quantitative myological data and estimated bite force was mostly related to size, and the increase in bite force supports dietary diversification associated with size increase ...
Juann A. F. H. Abreu, Diego Astúa
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Comparison between English Loanwords in Mandarin Chinese and Chinese Loanwords in English
International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, 2022 Language is an organ in constant evolution and as such a diachronic approach should be taken when analyzing how speakers of a given languages use it in their everyday life. English and Chinese Mandarin have become two of the most spoken languages in the world and as such some sort of linguistic influence on one another must be expected to an extent ...
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Broadening the semiaquatic scene: Quantification of long bone microanatomy across pinnipeds
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Investigations of bone microanatomy are commonly used to explore lifestyle strategies in vertebrates. While distinct microanatomical limb bone features have been established for exclusively aquatic and terrestrial lifestyles, identifying clear patterns for the semiaquatic lifestyle remains more challenging.
Apolline Alfsen +10 more
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Areal-linguistic approach to the diversity of the generic term for ‘music’ in the world’s languages
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2018 This study uses an areal-linguistic approach to investigate etymologies and to illustrate the geographical distribution of generic terms for ‘music’ in 263 languages from around the world.
Chingduang Yurayong
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract In birds, the neural canal houses a variety of anatomical structures including the spinal cord, meninges, spinal vasculature, and respiratory diverticula. Among these, paramedullary diverticula and the extradural dorsal spinal vein may leave behind osteological correlates in the form of pneumatic foramina and fossae, and a bilobed geometry of ...
Jessie Atterholt +5 more
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