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Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic
Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
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Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material
Abstract Baxter & Sagart (2014b) reconstruct *‐Vt‐s on the basis of Middle Chinese reflexes in ‐jH (from some OC *‐s) coupled with either etymological or graphic connections to words in Middle Chinese ‐t. This approach, while perfectly sound, can suffer from lack of etymological or graphic data, leading to missed reconstructions. Since Old Chinese *‐ts
Julien Baley
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On the accentuation of Basque place names in Álava
This paper analyzes the stress patterns of town and village names of the province of Araba (Basque Country, Spain). There are many names that are accentuated closer to the beginning of the word than to the end of the word (Gardélegi, Etxábarri, Arrízala,
Garazi de Olano Martinitz-Xil +1 more
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Bactrian in Issyk‐Kushan Script: Additional Readings and Decipherments1
Abstract This article presents additional readings of several inscriptions written in the Issyk‐Kushan script, building on the improved system of sound values recently proposed by Sims‐Williams (2025b). We propose that some further lines of Dašt‐i Nāwur inscription DN III and parts of several other inscriptions can now be read as Bactrian, add new ...
Jakob Halfmann +3 more
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Echoes of L1 Syllable Structure in L2 Phoneme Recognition. [PDF]
Yasufuku K, Doyle G.
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Excavating Early Burawoy: Toward a Third Position in the Race‐Class Debates
ABSTRACT This paper intervenes in contemporary sociological debates over the relationship between race and class by excavating the early writings of Michael Burawoy. Against the prevailing polarization between twin absolutist models in which either racism or capitalism alone possesses causal force, we argue that Burawoy articulates a third position—one
Zachary Levenson, Marcel Paret
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Looking at Us Through Their Eyes. The Analytical Process from Ethnographic Perspectives1
Abstract This article looks at the analytical situation through the Others’ eyes—through examples from contemporary ethnographies of foreign cultures. It discusses the following issues: a) The analogy between the ontological worlds of the dead, ghosts, animals and dreams in “primitive populations” and the analytical psychological descriptions of the ...
Stefano Carta
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Arabako herri izenen azentueraz / On the accentuation of Basque place names in Álava
This paper analyzes the stress patterns of town and village names of the province of Araba (Basque Country, Spain). There are many names that are accentuated closer to the beginning of the word than to the end of the word (Gardélegi, Etxábarri, Arrízala,
Garazi de Olano Martinitz-Xil +1 more
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ABSTRACT Background The internet, including websites and large language models (LLMs), is an increasingly important information resource for medical patients. However, information quality varies, potentially leading to misinformation. Andrological patients may particularly rely on online sources due to the sensitive nature of their conditions ...
Traeger Max +7 more
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Syllable "Sonority" Hierarchy and Pulaar Stress: A Metrical Approach
"Syllable weight is usually viewed as a binary opposition…' (Hayes 1989) . That is, syllable weight distinctions are claimed to be at most binary: heavy vs light; bimoraic vs monomoraic.
Niang, Mamadou
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