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Malaysia is home to a sizeable ethnic Chinese community that speaks several Sinitic languages. As such, it is not only an importer of Sinophone culture, but also an important site of Sinitic-language cultural production.
Antonio Paoliello
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On etymology of Sinitic, Indo-European and Uralic terms for 'star' supported by regular sound correspondences [PDF]
Using etymological methods, the present study has researched four Sinitic and Germanic shared (Sino-Germanic) etymologies (etyma) and two Sinitic and Uralic shared (Sino-Uralic) etyma. Two of the Sino-Germanic etyma form a rhyme correspondence.
Gao, J.
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THE INTENSIVE CONTROVERSY ON CHINESE HISTORICAL PHONOLOGY: REFUTATION OF THE LIQUID MEDIAL FOR DIVISION-2 IN OLD CHINESE [PDF]
The present paper reports the intensive controversy on Chinese historical phonology that broke out in 2002. After sorting through over 150 Chinese papers on the intensive controversy by the Sino-linguistsâ side and the descriptivistsâ side, the ...
Jingyi Gao
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Tense as a Grammatical Category in Sinitic: A Critical Overview
Sinitic languages are very often described as tenseless, since they are generally seen as lacking ‘true’ grammatical markers of tense: thus, the interpretation of time reference relies on other factors, such as aspect, modal verbs, and the use of time ...
Giorgio Francesco Arcodia
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On etymology of Finnic term for 'sky' [PDF]
Using etymological methods, the present study has identified five Sinitic and Uralic shared etymologies. These five etymologies form a rhyme correspondence. This regular sound change validates the etymological connection between Sinitic and Uralic.
Gao, J.
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Rhyme Correspondences between Sinitic and Uralic Languages: On the Example of the Finnish -ala and -aja Rhymes; pp. 94-108 [PDF]
The present study explores rhyme correspondences between Finnic (~ Uralic) and Sinitic languages, taking the Finnish -ala and -aja rhymes as an example.
Jingyi Gao
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Sugawara no Michizane 菅原道真 (845–903) and Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn 崔致遠 (857–?) share a remarkable number of traits inviting a comparison of their literary works. This study explores the two men’s poetry—the pinnacle of cultural production at the time—to shed more ...
Mikhail Skovoronskikh
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Abstract What is Chinese nationalism? Is nationalism the most effective framework for understanding how people in China are making sense of the world today? These are among the questions raised by Allen Carlson in his 2009 article ‘A flawed perspective: the limitations inherent within the study of Chinese nationalism’, which developed a provocative ...
Kevin Carrico
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The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: A profile update
The clubroot pathogen wants to conquer the world, and how better than through social media. This Plasmodiophora brassicae profile highlights how the growers are in a constant fight with this devastating pathogen. Art by C.‐É. Brochu. Abstract Background Plasmodiophora brassicae is the causal agent of clubroot disease of cruciferous plants and one of ...
Muhammad Asim Javed +10 more
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Metamorphosis of a diplomatic interpreting event in ancient China
This article discusses how the earliest known interpreting event in Sinitic China was chronicled and recapped in political and literary writings across different dynasties, in an intertextual process comparable with metamorphosis.
Rachel Lung
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