The Dative Markers and Their Developments in Hunan Sinitic Languages
LanguagesThis study is based on a sample of 30 Sinitic languages spoken in the Hunan Province. Its first objective is to explore the types of dative markers, comparing the form of the dative with allative, passive, benefactive, and differential object markers in ...
Xinyi Gao
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Languages, 2023 From the perspective of areal linguistics, this paper examines the similarities in tonal behavior between Sinitic and Kam-Tai, the two most populous language groups in Lingnan.
Hanbo Liao
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Dutch-Cantonese Bilinguals Show Segmental Processing during Sinitic Language Production [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 This study addressed the debate on the primacy of syllable vs. segment (i.e., phoneme) as a functional unit of phonological encoding in syllabic languages by investigating both behavioral and neural responses of Dutch-Cantonese (DC) bilinguals in a color-
Kalinka Timmer +3 more
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On Structural Particles in Sinitic Languages: Typology and Diachrony
Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale, 2022 In the Chinese linguistic tradition, the term ‘structural particle(s)’ (jiégòu zhùcí 结构助词) is used to refer to functional elements that mainly act as markers of adnominal modification, nominalisation, adverbial modification and in the so-called verb ...
Arcodia, Giorgio Francesco
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Modern and Ancient Genomes Reveal Neolithic Paternal Expansions of Millet and Rice Farmers and Demic Diffusion from China into Mainland Southeast Asia. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)This study clarifies the genetic patterns of paternal lineages across East Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia. Han populations are relatively homogeneous, whereas southern ethnolinguistic minorities display regional structures. Shared Y‐chromosome lineages indicate Neolithic expansions and extensive north‐south gene flow, supporting demic diffusion ...
Liu Y +15 more
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The Amount of Data Required to Recognize a Writer’s Style Is Consistent Across Different Languages of the World [PDF]
EntropyIn this paper, we apply an information-theoretic method proposed by Ryabko and Savina (therefore called the RS-method), based on the use of data compression, to recognize the individual author’s style of a writer across four languages from different ...
Boris Ryabko +3 more
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The Effect of Writing Direction and Task‐Specific Experience on Mapping Time and Numbers on Space [PDF]
Ann N Y Acad SciABSTRACT Mapping time and numbers on space is affected by the writing direction. In two experiments, we searched for an explanation of how writing scripts can influence the mental representation of time and number axes. We presented to participants either 2 months (written in their native language) or two numbers (Arabic numerals), one on the left and ...
Ordin M, El‐Dakhs D, Polyanskaya L.
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Mol Genet Genomic Med, 2020 19 X‐STRs can afford a reliable and informative database of Guizhou Tujia population for human identification and paternity testing, especially in complex biological relations. The genetic relationships of Chinese populations are significantly influenced by the geographic position and ethnolinguistic origin.
Luo L +9 more
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On the Typology of Basic Locative Constructions in Sinitic Languages [PDF]
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Ng, KT
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Sino-Uralic etymology for 'moon, month' supported by regular sound correspondences [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2020 Using etymological methods, the present study has researched four Sinitic and Uralic shared etymologies (etyma). Two of them form a rhyme correspondence. Three of them form an onset correspondence.
Gao, J., Tender, T.
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