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An overview of Old Tibetan synchronic phonology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Despite the importance of Old Tibetan in the Tibeto-Burman language family, little research has treated Old Tibetan synchronic phonology. This article gives a complete overview of the Old Tibetan phonemic system by associating sound values with the ...
Beckwith   +78 more
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On Scholarship in Sino-Tibetan Linguistics [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the American Oriental Society, 2021
This article discusses issues of scholarship and methodology in Sino-Tibetan linguistics in the context of reviewing the cutting-edge articles included in the recent Festschrift for W. South Coblin.
openaire   +3 more sources

Discrepant trends in global land-surface and air temperatures controlled by vegetation biophysical feedbacks

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2023
Satellite-based land surface temperature (Ts) with continuous global coverage is increasingly used as a complementary measure for air temperature (Ta), yet whether they observe similar temporal trends remains unknown. Here, we systematically analyzed the
Fei Kan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

open access: yesOpen Research Europe, 2023
As one of the most morphologically conservative branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family, most of the Rgyalrongic languages are still understudied and poorly understood, not to mention their vulnerable or endangered status.
Yunfan Lai, Johann-Mattis List
doaj   +1 more source

Forensic Characterization and Genetic Portrait of the Gannan Tibetan Ethnic Group via 165 AI-SNP Loci

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2023
Background: The Tibetan group is one of the oldest Sino-Tibetan ethnic groups. The origin, migration as well as the genetic background of Tibetans have become the research hotspots in the field of forensic genetics.
Wei Cui   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Creoloid Origins of Chinese

open access: yesBhasha, 2022
From 1513, Chinese mystified Western observers with its phonology and grammar. In the 19th century, von Klaproth, Lepsius and Karlgren extended the comparative method to Chinese and established Chinese historical phonology and grammar, but a lineage ...
van Driem, George
doaj   +1 more source

Chinese policies in Tibet: should India remain concerned? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
India has long been engaged with the Tibet issue, though in recent years this engagement tends to focus more on strategic considerations, as some critics question the costs, in terms of Sino-Indian relations, of hosting Tibetan exiles.
Davis, MC
core   +1 more source

Sino-Tibetan languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The Sino-Tibetan (ST) language family includes the Sinitic languages (what for political reasons are known as Chinese ‘dialects’) and the 200 to 300 Tibeto-Burman (TB) languages.
LaPolla, Randy J.
core  

Deciphering the Evolution Pattern of Structural Variations Overlapped With Repetitive Sequence During Cattle Evolution

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
The authors complement bovine pan‐SV with massive novel structural variations (SVs) identified through long‐read sequencing of 83 globally distributed cattle breeds. Repetitive sequence‐mediated SVs (rep‐SV) exhibit distinct dynamic patterns throughout cattle sub‐speciation and/or domestication processes, including uneven distribution between chr‐X and
Zhifan Guo   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

A global surface CO2 flux dataset (2015–2022) inferred from OCO-2 retrievals using the GONGGA inversion system [PDF]

open access: yesEarth System Science Data
Accurate assessment of the size and distribution of carbon dioxide (CO2) sources and sinks is important for efforts to understand the carbon cycle and support policy decisions regarding climate mitigation actions.
Z. Jin   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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