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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Evaluation of advanced AI models for accurate prediction and uncertainty analysis of aeration inception in hydrofoil-crested stepped spillways. [PDF]
Nejatipour P +6 more
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There Is no First Phase of the Jespersen Cycle1
Abstract This paper challenges the traditional conception of the Jespersen Cycle by arguing that no ‘pure’ first phase of the cycle exists where a single negator operates without reinforcement. Drawing on historical data from Northern Italian dialects (Piedmontese, Lombard, Emilian), we demonstrate that emphatic negative structures systematically co ...
Tommaso Mattiuzzi, Cecilia Poletto
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Site-selective bromination of anthracene-maleimide Diels-Alder crystals for tunable afterglow and white light emission. [PDF]
Yang G +5 more
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Optimal design of a multistage slope using the multi-verse optimization algorithm. [PDF]
Fan P, Chen J, Chen J, Shen X, Wang M.
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‘Pro‐Germans in the Pulpits’: The Queensland Presbyterian Church and the Great War
During World War I, Protestant churches in Australia, on the whole, enthusiastically supported the war effort. The Queensland Presbyterian Church was a significant exception. This study analyses discord and tensions among its clergymen about what constituted an appropriate response to the war.
Mark Cryle
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Estimating the Joint Probability Density for Index Construction: Some Simplifications Using the TWEAK as Example. [PDF]
Murdoch M, Clothier BA, Noorbaloochi S.
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ABSTRACT The article examines post‐Stalinist Soviet expertise on girls’ education and upbringing, analysing texts for and about female adolescents created by specialists in pedagogical sciences, psychology, sociology, medicine as well as children's writers and journalists from different parts of the Union, including national republics. The text focuses
Ella Rossman
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A study of the limitations of musical experience in Ancient Chinese Poetry - The case of the creation concert of Wei's Music Score. [PDF]
Zhang Z, Xie P, Wang J.
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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