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Recent Diachronic Change in Affiliative Vocatives in British English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates recent diachronic change in affiliative address in spoken British English by comparing data from the demographic components of the BNC1994 and BNC2014. Using a systematically coded dataset of over 6000 vocative tokens, we analyze forms that signal solidarity and social closeness (including dude, bro, girl, dear, love ...
Mariam Gagua   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Apellidos y sistema Rh (D/d) en poblaciones jujeñas

open access: yesRevista Argentina de Antropología Biológica, 2010
RESUMEN Estudios previos indican que en las poblaciones, jujeñas existiría una estrecha asociación entre la clasificación émica de los individuos basada en los apellidos y distintos marcadores genéticos (ABO y haplotipos hoándricos). El propósito de este
Jorge Morales   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Discrimination in Bureaucratic Recruitment Under Civil Service Exams

open access: yesJournal of Policy Analysis and Management, Volume 46, Issue 1, Winter 2027.
ABSTRACT Meritocratic recruitment is a central tenet in Weber's theory of bureaucracy, which states that employees should be hired based on merit. However, extensive research has shown evidence of hiring discrimination against minorities, breaking with basic principles in bureaucratic selection.
Thorbjørn Sejr Guul, Jens Lemb
wiley   +1 more source

О возможности использования украинских фамилий для оценки уровня инбридинга

open access: yesФактори експериментальної еволюції організмів, 2014
Aims. To investigate the possibility of using Ukrainian surnames to estimate inbreeding in the population of Ukraine. Methods. 30320 persons were analysed in Valkovsky area (4154 surnames) and 7930 persons in Kolomak area (1084 surnames). Calculation of
Л. А. Атраментова   +1 more
doaj  

Isonymy and inbreeding in Boyacá, Colombia: Implications for rare disease risk

open access: yesUniversitas Scientiarum
The frequency of rare and orphan genetic diseases is high in some populations in the Colombian department of Boyacá. This is arguably associated with the elevated consanguinity in the region, which can increase autozygosity and the expression of ...
Yury Aponte-Rubio   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Normalizing, condemning, celebrating: The discursive actions in Nigerians' accounts of the Chidimma Adetshina controversy

open access: yesAnalyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 26, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract Conflicts within African societies continue to expose complex identity dynamics that challenge pan‐African aspirations for unity and solidarity. This study examines how Nigerian youths made sense of the 2024 Chidimma Adetshina controversy, which emerged following contestation over her participation in Miss South Africa and subsequent success ...
Tosin Tunrayo Olonisakin
wiley   +1 more source

Surname distributions and Y-chromosome markers in the Aleutian Islands

open access: yes, 2010
This is the published version. Also available here http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol82/iss5/14/We examine surname distribution, origin, and association with Y-chromosome haplogroups in native communities from the Aleutian archipelago.
Crawford, Michael H.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

The return of the Bee Sultan: Vibrant encounters of environmentalism and language reclamation in Turkey's Hemshin lands

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract This article examines how language and environment become constitutive through the emergent environmentalism of Hemshin youth returning to Turkey's Hemshin lands from major cities. As development transforms the landscape, young Hemshins engage in “reading” their lands, encountering linguistic and material traces like stories, place names, and ...
Neşe Kaya‐Özkan
wiley   +1 more source

The Census-based surname lookup table for Ethnicity Estimator.

open access: yes, 2018
The Census-based surname lookup table for Ethnicity Estimator.
Jens Kandt (5617208)   +1 more
core   +1 more source

A Critical Cartography of Diaspora Mapping: Epistemic Authority and the Privatisation of Geographical Knowledge

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2026.
Short Abstract Drawing on an original dataset of 232 diaspora mapping exercises produced globally over more than three decades (1993–2025), this article argues that diaspora mapping produces the geographical categories that organise diaspora engagement and the politics that follow.
Jen Dickinson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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