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On etymology of Finnic term for 'sky' [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2019 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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The clubroot pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae: A profile update
Molecular Plant Pathology, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 89-106, February 2023., 2023 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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Learning and teaching Chinese as a foreign language: A scoping review
Review of Education, Volume 10, Issue 3, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Despite the growth of research in learning and teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL), no scoping review of research published in international, anglophone journals has been published so far. A total of 289 journal articles published in 95 journals were identified and used to provide a bibliometric mapping of research in CFL over three ...
Jessica Chan +3 more
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Grammaticalization in Sinitic Languages
A handbook of grammaticalization.Edited by Bernd Heine &Heiko Narrog, 2012 AbstractThis article provides an overview of the history of grammaticalisation in Sinitic languages. It discusses the evolution of the disposal or object marking constructions, passive and causative constructions, and classifiers. The model of grammatical change used in this study refers to two main mechanisms: analogy and reanalysis.
Chappell, Hilary, Peyraube, Alain
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Topolects in Motion: Narrative Possibilities for Language Vitality among Mobile Chinese‐Canadians
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 431-452, August 2022., 2022 This article examines the language autobiographies of 12 Chinese‐Canadians to address how topolects (Ch. fangyan)—spoken language varieties marking place‐based belonging—formulate identity once removed from their original places. We found that narrators located topolects in their pasts and homelands, while associating standard Mandarin with mobility ...
Shannon Ward +2 more
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Vowel Quality in Xiang Non-Lexical Hesitation Markers: New Forms of Typological Evidence?
Languages, 2023 Xiang (hsn) remains a poorly understood grouping within Sinitic, with no satisfactory conclusions on how to demarcate its boundaries or define its subgroupings.
Robert Marcelo Sevilla
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Voice and Little v and VO–OV Word‐Order Variation in Chinese Languages
Syntax, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 44-77, March 2021., 2021 Abstract This article addresses some issues related to Voice and little v. It does so by discussing and analyzing the variation that exists in the Chinese language family with respect to object placement (VO versus OV). It turns out that this variation can be accounted for straightforwardly as long as we assume, first, that Voice and v are sometimes ...
Rint Sybesma
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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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An Ethnolinguistic Remark on the fēiyī 飛衣
Bhasha, 2023 This paper inquires the relationship between two Trans-Himalayan languages, namely Lohorung (Eastern Kiranti) and Old Chinese (Sinitic) by comparing their ‘soul’-related vocabulary.
Hürlimann, Simon
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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]
Linguistica Uralica, 2014 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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