The Medieval Daoist Metaphor of the Cave: Cosmogony, Sacred Geography, and the Human Body
This article examines three aspects of medieval Daoist (from the third to the seventh centuries) theology and practice formed around the metaphor of the cave: the cosmogony represented by the concept of the Hollow Cave (kongdong 空洞), the sacred ...
Zhang, Xiaoyu
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The pragmatic particle ’áda in Kambaata (Cushitic)
This study investigates the morphological makeup, syntactic features and pragmatic functions of ’áda, a pragmatic marker (pm) in Kambaata (Cushitic).
Temesgen Senbeto Wadolo +1 more
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Review of: Thurgood, Graham, and Randy LaPolla, eds. The Sino-Tibetan Languages. Second Edition
This is a review of the second edition of The Sino-Tibetan Languages, the 53-article collection edited by Graham Thurgood and Randy LaPolla.
George van Driem
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Mān on the Referentiality Continuum in Thai
Pronouns are traditionally defined as a pro-form of an explicit antecedent. However, the pronoun mān in Thai sometimes occurs without any co-referring explicit nominal expression, leading previous studies to consider them as non-referential.
Kaenmuang, Jinawat +2 more
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Connectives in Asur: A North Munda Language
Asur is an endangered North Munda language with fewer than ten thousand speakers which has remained largely unexplored by documentary linguists. This research draws on primary linguistic data of Asur to document and describe the connectives in the ...
Khalid, Zoya
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Structures and mechanism of chitin synthase and its inhibition by antifungal drug Nikkomycin Z. [PDF]
Wu Y +9 more
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Spatial Relations along the In-On Continuum in Thai Sign Language
Spatial relations along the IN-ON continuum are primarily expressed in Thai Sign Language (ThSL) through classifier constructions. In these constructions, the signer articulates the lexical sign for the ground and then its classifier using his non ...
Cassie Wallace
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Tones in the Cuoi Language of Tan Ki District in Nghe An Province, Vietnam
This paper gives an overview of the phonetic characteristics of the tone system of the Cuoi language, a Vietic language spoken in Nghe An province in Vietnam.
Nguyen Huu Hoanh, Nguyen Van Loi
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Muak Sa-aak: Challenges of an Extensive Phoneme Inventory for a Contained Latin-Based Orthography
Many Asian languages have extensive phoneme inventories and distinguish suprasegmental features like tone, voice quality, or vowel length. These features are well represented in extensive alphasyllabaries such as Burmese, Khmer or Thai.
Elizabeth Hall
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STRATEGI PENGAJARAN BAHASA INDONESIA PADA SEKOLAH MENENGAH PERTAMA DI KABUPATEN KLATEN
This is the follow-up study which is done by the researchers previously. The researchers focus on the implementation of Curriculum 2013 in Bahasa Indonesia subject of Junior High School in Klaten Regency.
Wisnu Nugroho Aji, Sri Budiyono
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