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, 2017 In this paper, Guillaume Jacques proposes that the Old Tibetan semi-vowel -w- as part of a word onset is secondary, and that it has its origin in words ending in -u followed by -ba: he supposes the evolution Cu-ba Cuwa Cwa, for instance zwa ‘nettle ...
Laurent Sagart
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, 2013 The Tibeto-Burman linguistic phylum was identified in 1823. However, the term “Tibeto-Burman” was later used with two different mean- ings, one by scholars following Klaproth’s polyphyletic framework and another by scholars operating within the Indo ...
van Driem, George
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, 2020 There are more native speakers of Sino-Tibetan languages than of any other language family in the world. Our records of these languages are among the oldest for any human language, and the amount of active research on them has multiplied in the last few ...
Coupe, Alexander R.
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Isotopic partitioning of gaseous nitrogen emissions of natural terrestrial ecosystems
Environmental Research LettersWe estimated the emissions of different forms of gaseous nitrogen (N) from natural terrestrial ecosystems using newly upscaled soil δ ^15 N maps, data-constrained gas partitioning models, and incorporating the previously missing N input flux from rock ...
Maoyuan Feng +4 more
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Vajravārāhī in Khara Khoto and Prajñāpāramitā in East Java: Connected by Pearl Ornaments
ReligionsThis research, situated in the geographical and historical context of the Tangut and East Java, uncovers a significant aspect of the evolution of Buddhist art styles.
Lesley S Pullen
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Extension of the growing season increases vegetation exposure to frost
Nature Communications, 2018 Plant growing season increases under a warming climate, but it is not known whether this will alter plant exposure to frost days. Here Liu et al. investigate trends in the Northern Hemisphere over 30 years and find increased exposure to frost days in ...
Qiang Liu +9 more
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Dated phylogeny suggests early Neolithic origin of Sino-Tibetan languages. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Zhang H, Ji T, Pagel M, Mace R.
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, 2017 Written Tibetan (WT) སྒྲོ sgro means ‘large feather, tail feather, quill’, as in སྒྲོ་མདོངས sgro-mdongs ‘peacock’s feather, as a badge of dignity’ (Jäschke).
Laurent Sagart
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Changing the retention properties of catchments and their influence on runoff under climate change
Environmental Research Letters, 2018 Many studies on drought consider precipitation and potential evapotranspiration (PET) impacts. However, catchment water retention is a factor affecting the interception of precipitation and slowing down runoff which also plays a critical role in ...
Hui Yang +9 more
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Frontiers in Plant ScienceDiet selection, a core problem of foraging behavior, is a nutritional adaptation strategy formed in the long-term natural selection process by grazing herbivores and is significant for the sustainable management of grassland.
Jinlan Wang +6 more
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