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Religions, 2018 Many conventional features of world tree motifs in the ancient Near East—including stalked palmettes, aureoles of water lily palmettes connected by pliant stems, floral rosettes, winged disks and bud-and-blossom motifs—trace largely from ...
J. Andrew McDonald
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A Motif of Parrots in Dionysian Contexts on Selected Examples of Hellenistic and Roman Mosaics
Studies in Ancient Art and Civilization, 2023 This paper provides an overview of the mosaics in which parrots are represented as a motive accompanying Dionysian themes. Based on the written and iconographic sources, the author argues that a parrot was an intrinsic element of the visual language ...
Anna Głowa
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Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 2, Page 296-312, February 2026.As West Africa urbanises, the risk of Lassa fever may paradoxically decrease. We found the invasive house mouse, a dominant urban species, outcompetes and displaces the primary Lassa virus host. Considering these species interactions is critical for accurately predicting future zoonotic disease patterns.
David Simons +13 more
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1996 This paper analyzes the [ATR] harmony system of Turkana (Eastern Nilotic). The principal claim made in this paper is that Turkana provides evidence for an underlying ternary contrast in the feature [ATR].
Manuela Noske
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African Lambdas II: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Verbal and Clausal Domain
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT The formal semantic analysis of African languages is still a young subfield within theoretical linguistics. Starting with general overviews of the quantifier systems of individual African languages around two decades ago, there now exists a substantial body of fieldwork‐based and autochthonous formal semantic research conducted by both African
Malte Zimmermann
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Studies in African Linguistics, 1999 This article presents an analysis of a particular passive-like syntactic construction in Dholuo, a Nilotic language spoken in parts of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. While the construction analyzed resembles the passive construction in English in which the
Eunita D. Ochola
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Studies in African Linguistics, 2020 The tonal system of Nuer has been a matter of much uncertainty. Here we present empirical evidence in favor of a three toneme system with some typologically rare features. One of them is an intriguing case of allotony based on the phonation of the vowel:
Irina Monich
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African Lambdas I: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Nominal Domain
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.ABSTRACT The formal semantic analysis of African languages is still a young subfield within theoretical linguistics. Starting with general overviews of the quantifier systems of individual African languages around two decades ago, there now exists a substantial body of fieldwork‐based and autochthonous formal semantic research conducted by both African
Malte Zimmermann
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A Mosaic of the Book of Daniel in the Ya῾amun Church
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2011 A mosaic in a late antique church in Jordan offers images from the Old Testament, including a Nilotic scene and a portrait of Daniel and his three brothers.
Nizar Turshan, Mohammad Nassar
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Consonant harmony in Nilotic: contrastive specifications and Stratal OT
Glossa, 2016 Through analyses of dental harmony in four Nilotic languages, this paper argues both for contrastive representations and for a stratal version of Optimality Theory.
Sara Mackenzie
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