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Abstract Human languages vary in terms of which meanings they lexicalize, but this variation is constrained. It has been argued that languages are under two competing pressures: the pressure to be simple (e.g., to have a small lexicon) and to allow for informative (i.e., precise) communication, and that which meanings get lexicalized may be explained ...
Milica Denić, Jakub Szymanik
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CLEFTS IN OTOMI: EXTENDED USES OF THE COPULAR CONSTRUCTION
International audienceIn this article, I study clefts in Otomi, a small family of languages of Mexico from the Oto-Manguean stock. Clefts represent an area of Otomi syntax that has not been previously reported on. I compare the clefts we find in two very
Palancar, Enrique, L
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Risk, protective, and biomarkers of dementia in Indigenous peoples: A systematic review
Abstract INTRODUCTION Dementia is an emergent health priority for Indigenous peoples worldwide, yet little is known about disease drivers and protective factors. METHODS Database searches were conducted in March 2022 to identify original publications on risk, protective, genetic, neuroradiological, and biological factors related to dementia and ...
Huong X. T. Nguyen +5 more
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Clause Combining in Otomi before and after contact with Spanish
In this contribution, we explore two hypotheses with respect to clause combining. The first one is the assumption that languages with a mainly spoken tradition explicitly code clause relations, both coordination and subordination, to a lesser extent than
Dik Bakker, Ewald Hekking
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The fungus Trichosporon asahii is distributed widely in the environment and is frequently isolated from clinical specimens. It can cause life-threatening disseminated infections, including breakthrough infection after the administration of candin ...
Otomi Cho +2 more
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Niñas y niños otomíes, actores sociales en la apropiación étnica de la educación escolar indígena
In this article we present children’s strategies of ethnic appropriation of the school process through socialization and interaction in an Otomi indigenous context of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Hidalgo, Mexico.
José Luis Ramos Ramírez +1 more
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Summary Ectomycorrhizal (EcM) symbiosis, a ubiquitous plant–fungus interaction in forests, evolved in parallel in fungi. Why the evolution of EcM fungi did not necessarily increase ecological opportunities for explosive diversification remains unclear.
Hirotoshi Sato
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EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE IN INDIGENOUS ADOLESCENTS
This article aims to contribute to the reflection about the exposure to violence experienced by indigenous adolescents, specifically from the ethnic group otomí.
Jorge Adán Romero-Zepeda +2 more
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ALINEAMIENTO MORFOSINTÁCTICO DEL HÑÄHÑÚ (OTOMÍ DEL VALLE DEL MEZQUITAL)
RESUMEN: Este trabajo describe los alineamientos de sujeto y objeto en hñähñú (u otomí del Valle del Mezquital), y compara algunos rasgos gramaticales, léxicos y semánticos de estos con las correspondientes descripciones del otomí de Querétaro y del ...
Néstor Hernández-Green
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One might think that social life in indigenous communities is idyllic and live in community means being in harmony. This is no longer true. In recent years the Otomi Toluca Valley region has urbanized and thus acculturation processes affecting families
Araceli González-Baltazar +1 more
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