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On etymology of Sinitic, Indo-European and Uralic terms for 'star' supported by regular sound correspondences [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2020 Using etymological methods, the present study has researched four Sinitic and Germanic shared (Sino-Germanic) etymologies (etyma) and two Sinitic and Uralic shared (Sino-Uralic) etyma. Two of the Sino-Germanic etyma form a rhyme correspondence.
Gao, J.
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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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Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 61-94, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Research Summary Using a sample of 205,792 individuals in 70 countries with 39 languages, this paper presents novel empirical evidence for how a language's future time reference, defined as the requirement that speakers mark time in the future, affects a speaker's likelihood of engaging in social entrepreneurship. FTR subtly shapes a speaker's
Diana M. Hechavarría +3 more
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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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Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2019 Selles töös on üle vaadatud Karl August Hermanni 1895. aastal ilmunud artikkel, milles ta võrdles mandariinihiina keelt uurali keeltega, eriti eesti ja soome keelega, ning järeldas, et need keeled on omavahel suguluses. Hermanni toodud tõendid fonoloogia,
Jingyi Gao
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Indonesian EFL Journal, 2015 This paper traces the Arabic origins of "plural markers" in world languages from a radical linguistic (or lexical root) theory perspective. The data comprises the main plural markers like cats/oxen in 60 world languages from 14 major and minor families ...
Zaidan Ali Jassem
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Y‐chromosome short tandem repeats in forensics—Sexing, profiling, and matching male DNA
WIREs Forensic Science, Volume 1, Issue 4, July/August 2019., 2019 STR markers located on the Y chromosome and the Y Chromosome Haplotype Reference Database (YHRD) are used to analyze and interpret DNA evidence in sexual assault investigations. Abstract The analysis of short tandem repeat (STR) markers located on the Y chromosome is an established method in forensic casework analysis. Usually this method is applied in
Lutz Roewer
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Cross‐Cultural Variation in the Noun Bias in Early Vocabulary Development: A Systematic Review
Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract Children's early vocabularies have been observed to be predominated by nouns, particularly concrete and animate nouns. This phenomenon, known as the “noun bias,” is argued to reflect a universal conceptual advantage for concrete objects in early word learning, because such referents are perceived as bounded, individualized concepts that are ...
Yiqun Zhang, Subin Kim, Marisa Casillas
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Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 6, November/December 2025.ABSTRACT Language diversification and change can be studied using phylogenetic modelling of families over thousands of years, or by close observation of changes unfolding over a few decades at the community level. While the phylogenetic approach uses data from hundreds of languages to make cross‐linguistic generalisations, community‐level studies of ...
John Mansfield
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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies
Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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