The Transformation and Cultural Adaptation of Jātaka Elements in Classic Malay Literature
ReligionsThe literature of the Malay world, profoundly influenced by Indian traditions, frequently adheres to the narrative patterns found in Indian literature. With the rise of Islam, literary works in the Parrot Story collection were used to propagate Islamic ...
Siaw Hung Ng
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How strong is the case for contact-induced grammatical restructuring in Quechuan?
Linguistic Discovery, 2015 Certain subbranches of Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibeto-Burman) stand out as islands of complexity in a Eurasian sea of simplicity (Bickel and Nichols 2013).
Frenando Zúñiga
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Japanese and Modernization of the Chinese Language [PDF]
, 2014 New Trend on Asian ...
Shen Guowei, 沈 国威
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短语切分、重点突出与形态声调学：永宁摩梭话的语句如何形成声调组 [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceYongning Na is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in an area straddling the border between Yunnan and Sichuan. The Yongning Na tone system is based on three levels: L, M, and H.
Michaud, Alexis
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Language Contact and Language Change in the History of the Sinitic Languages
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2010 AbstractThe Sino-Tibetan language family is one of the largest language families in the world, both in terms of number of speakers and in terms of geographic distribution. It includes the majority languages of China and Myanmar, plus minority languages in China, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and Northeast India.
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KLSBench: Evaluating LLM Capabilities on Korean Literary Sinitic Texts in Historical Context
Applied SciencesLarge language models (LLMs) show limited capability in processing low-resource historical languages due to insufficient training data and domain-specific linguistic structures.
Seung-Hyun Han +3 more
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Symmetric and asymmetric alternations in direct object encoding [PDF]
, 2017 This paper examines two different strategies found in direct object encoding on the basis of a sample of 159 languages. In particular, this paper deals with the differences between symmetric (i.e.
Iemmolo, Giorgio
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"Isogloss" : a new journal for linguistic variation in Romance and Iberian languages [PDF]
, 2015 These pages introduce Isogloss, a journal devoted to the study of the variation of Romance and Iberian ...
Acedo-Matellán, Víctor +4 more
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Local Languages, Local Malay, and Bahasa Indonesia; a Case Study From North Maluku [PDF]
, 2012 Many small languages from eastern Indonesia are threatened with extinction. While it is often assumed that ‘Indonesian' is replacing the lost languages, in reality, local languages are being replaced by local Malay.
Bowden, J. (John)
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Between The Global And The Local There Are Regions, Culture Areas, And States: A Review Article [PDF]
, 2002 published_or_final_versio
Evans, GRJ
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