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Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 499-513, July/August/September 2024.Abstract With the overwhelming “Anglocentric” or “alphabetocentric” science of reading, the current review aimed to add to the science of reading acquisition from the perspective of abugidic writing system, distinct from the well‐research alphabetic writing system in multiple dimensions of orthographic complexity, as proposed by Daniels and Share (2018)
Jialin Lai +2 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 457-477, June 2024.Abstract Giving a precise definition of what an institution is raises epistemological dilemmas concerning its supposed universal applicability and the coexistence of different institutional regimes (e.g. state and customary). Scholars who have dabbled with this question often identify rules, behaviours, values, or social roles as the essence of ...
Giordano Marmone
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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 4, April 2024.Abstract Objectives Previous research revealed that in some African populations, food‐production strategies are associated with facial shape. Nomadic pastoralists living in the African Sahel/Savannah belt have a different facial morphology than their sedentary neighbors. We investigated whether the lifestyle associated with a subsistence pattern has an
Karel Kleisner +2 more
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Internal structures of relative clause in Zarma
Linguistik OnlineAlthough extensive works have been done on languages of the Nilo-Saharan family with generalizations made about the defining characteristics of their relative clauses, little can be said of this in relation to Zarma despite being a member language of ...
Waheed Ayisa Jayeola
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Characterization of CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 Pharmacogenetic Variation in Sub‐Saharan African Populations
Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, Volume 115, Issue 3, Page 576-594, March 2024.Genetic variation in CYP2B6 and CYP2A6 is known to impact interindividual response to antiretrovirals, nicotine, and bupropion, among other drugs. However, the full catalogue of clinically relevant pharmacogenetic variants in these genes is yet to be established, especially across African populations. This study therefore aimed to characterize the star
David Twesigomwe +13 more
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Voice quality and tone as independent dimensions of contrast in Dinka
GlossaLanguages with independently contrastive Voice Quality and Tone are rare, and the evidence base on them is limited. As a result, key hypotheses on how their phonetic realizations interact with one another and with the vowel system remain tentative ...
Bert Remijsen, Mirella L. Blum
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Language policy in Ethiopia in the 20th century
Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2001 The languages spoken in Ethiopia belong to four linguistic families: Semitic, Cushitic, Omotic and Nilo-Saharan, and the speakers of each of these families found themselves within the borders of this state at various times in history and for various ...
Ewa Wołk
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Abstract The patterns of Y chromosome and MT-COX2 Variations were studied in five ethnic groups from Afro-Asiatic and Nilo-Saharan language families of Ethiopia. The Y chromosome macro-haplogroups (A, B, E and F) were genotyped in 120 unrelated adult males.
Solomon Balami Adugna +3 more
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An Excerpt from the ‘Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Fauna in Beja Lexicon’
Folia OrientaliaThe contribution summarises the Beja lexicon connected with zoological terminology. Every lexeme is documented in available sources and etymologized in areal or genealogical perspectives.
Václav Blažek
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