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Variation in the syntax and semantics of predicative possession in Quechua [PDF]
, 2018 This paper employs comparative evidence from two closely-related Quechua languages to argue that predicative possession constructions do not always share a single underlying source crosslinguistically (contra Freeze 1992; and in support of Boneh ...
Myler, Neil
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35 Years of the Continua of Biliteracy: A discussion of what has been, what is, and what is to come
TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This issue of the Forum celebrates the 35th anniversary of the seminal publication on the continua of biliteracy (Hornberger, 1989). The issue has brought together scholars who each shed light on the continued need for such conceptual framing, illuminating ways in which “the hope for understanding biliteracy, as well as literacy and ...
Nancy H. Hornberger, Jamie L. Schissel
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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Declaraciones de Deseo y Declaraciones de Realidad : State-Indigenous Relations and Intercultural-Bilingual Education in Peru and Guatemala [PDF]
, 2011 Ethnic diversity has historically created conflict in many nation-states throughout the globe. From the era of nation-state formation to the present, states have had various strategies for dealing with this diversity. These strategies can be divided into
Christie, Emily
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
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Impressions of Interculturality and Health Care in Bolivia: Three Cases from Cochabamba [PDF]
, 2012 Considerable health disparities exist that result in both poorer health outcomes and relatively low accessibility of health care for the world’s indigenous populations.
DeLoge, Alana
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Orthography and Identity in Cameroon [PDF]
, 2001 The tone languages of sub-Saharan Africa raise challenging questions for the design of new writing systems. Marking too much or too little tone can have grave consequences for the usability of an orthography.
Bird, Steven
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Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
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La evidencialidad en el castellano andino nariñense
Forma y Función, 2010 En este texto se hace una descripción de un fenómeno de transferencia semánticopragmática a nivel modal del quechua al castellano andino de la región nariñense.
Portilla Melo Omar Andrés
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MaxElide and clause structure in Scottish Gaelic [PDF]
, 2014 No abstract ...
Thoms, Gary
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