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Fieldwork methodology during a pandemic: case study of West Nilotic

open access: yes, 2023
Given COVID and its devastating effect on both indigenous and minority communities, linguists must avoid bringing further harm to language communities in conducting documentary and descriptive fieldwork.
Blum, Mirella
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Influences of Egyptian Lotus Symbolism and Ritualistic Practices on Sacral Tree Worship in the Fertile Crescent from 1500 BCE to 200 CE

open access: yesReligions, 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
doaj   +1 more source

A Motif of Parrots in Dionysian Contexts on Selected Examples of Hellenistic and Roman Mosaics

open access: yesStudies 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
doaj   +1 more source

ATR harmony in Turkana

open access: yesStudies 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
doaj   +3 more sources

African Lambdas II: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Verbal and Clausal Domain

open access: yesLanguage 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
wiley   +1 more source

Is there a passive in Dhuluo

open access: yesStudies 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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African Lambdas I: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Nominal Domain

open access: yesLanguage 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
wiley   +1 more source

Nuer Tonal inventory

open access: yesStudies 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Historical Drainage Evolution and Water Level Fluctuations in the African Great Lakes Shaped Phylogeny and Biogeography of Freshwater Gastropods

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 12, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim The role of historical drainage connectivity and the influence of water level fluctuations in African lakes on the evolution and distribution of macroinvertebrates remain poorly understood. This is partly because evolutionary biology research has largely focused on mobile vertebrates, such as cichlids.
Marie Claire Dusabe   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Mosaic of the Book of Daniel in the Ya῾amun Church

open access: yesGreek, 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
doaj  

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