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Reflection of animistic ideas in the Mordovian funeral and memorial rite
In the article, the author made an attempt to identify the most archaic features of the Mordovian funeral and memorial rites. The relevance of this study is determined by the importance of preserving the cultural heritage of the peoples of Russia, the ...
A. V. Sosnovsky
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The senses of illative and lative case in the Mordvin languages
Abstract. In this paper, I study the difference between the two goal-cases of the Mordvin languages, namely, the illative and the lative. A spatial case system with two productive goal-cases but only one case for each of the other spatial relations (i.e., location, source, and path) is a rare phenomenon in languages.
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Agathon Reinholm – suomalainen taiteilija sukukansojen parissa
In the 1880s, the Maris, Mordvins or even the Udmurts had not yet come awakened to the studying or recording their own culture. The Finnish ethnographer Axel Olai Heikel undertook several ethnographic expeditions among the linguistic relatives of the ...
Lehtinen, lldikó
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Association between the digit ratio (2D:4D) and body fat distribution in Mordovian students
Background: The length ratio of the second to the fourth finger (2D:4D) is a possible biomarker of prenatal sex hormone levels, which play a significant role in determining sex-related body traits.
Varvara Yu Bakholdina +2 more
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Local complexes of women's clothing among the Mordvin population of the Nizhny Novgorod Region (late 19th — early 20th century) [PDF]
This study presents an analysis of local folk women's clothing patterns among the Mordvin population of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, drawing on collections of Mordvin folk attire held by the Nizhny Novgorod State Histori-cal and Architectural Museum ...
Kornishina G.A.
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“The native language is Tatar.” Mordovian-Karatai Culture as an Example of Interethnic Interaction
The Karatai are an ethnographic group of Mordvins, historically living in the KamskoUstinsky district of Tatarstan, whose native language is Tatar. The centuries-old history of this local group is an example of active interethnic interaction in the Volga
Marat A. Safarov
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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.
T. Mustonen
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The noun leppä (or one of its phonetic variants) is used as a name for âalder (Alnus)â in Finnic, Mordvinic and Lapp. The same word denotes âbleedingâ as well as âblood of a killed animalâ or â as in some dialects â just âfish or seal bloodâ. On the Western Estonian islands the word is also used to refer to a reddish colour.
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Introduction. The second half of the twentieth century was characterized by a steadily growing interest in the spiritual culture of the Finno-Ugric peoples, resulting in large-scale expeditions to numerous regions of Russia.
Irina А. Matveeva
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Open-Source Morphology for Endangered Mordvinic Languages [PDF]
This document describes shared development of finite-state description of two closely related but endangered minority languages, Erzya and Moksha. It touches upon morpholexical unity and diversity of the two languages and how this provides a motivation for shared open-source FST development. We describe how we have designed the transducers so that they
Rueter Jack +2 more
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