(Un)markedness of trills : the case of Slavic r-palatalisation [PDF]
, 2010 This paper evaluates trills [r] and their palatalized counterparts [rj] from the point of view of markedness. It is argued that [r]s are unmarked sounds in comparison to [rj]s which follows from the examination of the following parameters: (a) frequency ...
Zygis, Marzena
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Finding the Taste of Knowledge: The Orphan in Indigenous Epistemologies [PDF]
, 2015 Following the suggestions of my indigenous consultants, that to better understand their theories of knowledge one has to start from myth, I take here their myth, “The origin of education” as the starting point for analyzing the alchemical processes of ...
Micarelli, Giovanna
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Languoid, Doculect, and Glossonym: Formalizing the Notion 'Language' [PDF]
, 2013 It is perfectly reasonable for laypeople and non-linguistic scholars to use names for languages without reflecting on the proper definition of the objects referred to by these names.
Cysouw, Michael, Good, Jeff
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Transformaciones geométricas a partir de la matematización de los movimientos practicados por la comunidad Uitoto en sus danzas tradicionales [PDF]
, 2014 En el presente artículo se describe un estudio realizado sobre la presencia de las transformaciones geométricas: simetría, rotación y traslación en algunas danzas nativas de un grupo indígena Uitoto a partir de dos aspectos.
Suárez, Diana Pahola, Tinoco, Luz
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La ciencia de vida escrita en las aves. Tercera parte: Feekaje “Pava” (Penelope jacquacu)
Mundo Amazónico, 2014 Texto bilingüe muinane-español sobre el ave feekaje, “pava” (Penelope jacquacu), elaborado por Aniceto Nejedeka a partir del conocimiento de los mayores de la etnia muinane.
Aniceto Nejedeka
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Lingüística y Literatura, 2019 El presente artículo busca realizar un balance sobre la documentación disponiblerelacionada con la historia, la lengua y la vida social de los pueblos muinane ykoreguaje. La metodología empleada se basó en dos ejes principales. El primero fuela pesquisa bibliográfica, la cual permitió la consulta de materiales diversos yrepresentativos sobre la ...
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Concepción matemática indígena en la Amazonía colombiana [PDF]
, 2008 La presentación hace referencia a las dificultades que se tienen en la investigación con grupos nativos; a la necesidad de estar acordes con su idiosincrasia para acceder a los espacios comunicativos y de aprendizaje con ellos, que manejan lógicas de ...
Higuera, Clara
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Traversing language barriers: 'Witoto' signal drums from Northwest Amazonia [PDF]
, 2019 The 'Witoto' people from Northwest Amazonia practised long distance drum communication, used for relying messages among their villages. The messages were encoded on a pair of hollowed-out wooden drums, and appear to have been 'drummed codes', with only ...
Wojtylak, Katarzyna I.
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The Science of life Written on Birds Second Part : Wattled curass ow (Crax globulosa )
Mundo Amazónico, 2012 Bilingual text Muinane-Spanish about the bird species niimɨku ‘Wattled Curassow’ (Crax globulosa), written by Aniceto Nejedeka, based on the knowledge of the elders of the Muinane tribe.
Aniceto Nejedeka
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Justice and the dark arts: law and shamanism in Amazonia [PDF]
, 2015 The idea of “law” as a regulating force external to individuals is rapidly gaining traction among Peruvian Urarina. Its uptake and mode of use have been guided by local forms of shamanic practice, reflecting the common basis of law and shamanism in ...
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