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What drives local communities' attitudes toward the protected area? Insights from Bardia National Park, Nepal

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2023., 2023
We did not find a substantial change in terms of the poor getting a fair share of benefits (i.e., tourism benefits) from the park even after two decades of buffer zone establishment and management guidelines as benefits are still skewed toward the rich and influential people. In contrast, costs (i.e., crop damage due to wildlife) are disproportionately
Kabindra Shahi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experiential motivation and the linguistics of sitting, standing, and lying

open access: yesWIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 13, Issue 4, July/August 2022., 2022
Sit, Stand, and Lie (2004): A set of three sculptures designed and created by Frances O. Cuyler (Edmonton, Canada). Abstract The three human at‐rest postures of sitting, standing, and lying are basic, recurring features of human behavior and may reasonably be called primary postures.
John Newman
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution of the Burmese vowel system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Tibeto-Burman historical linguistics has relied heavily on the spelling of Burmese and Tibetan words as found in standard modern dictionaries, at the expense of the earliest attested records.
Hill, Nathan W.
core   +2 more sources

The Impact of Information Structure on the Emergence of Differential Object Marking: An Experimental Study

open access: yesCognitive Science, Volume 46, Issue 3, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Many languages exhibit differential object marking (DOM), where only certain types of grammatical objects are marked with morphological cases. Traditionally, it has been claimed that DOM arises as a way to prevent ambiguity by marking objects that might otherwise be mistaken for subjects (e.g., animate objects).
Shira Tal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kikuchi‐Fujimoto disease: A rare case report from Nepal

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 10, October 2021., 2021
Clinicians and pathologists must be aware of the occurrence of Kikuchi‐Fujimoto Disease, as one of the differential diagnoses of cervical lymphadenopathy. Abstract Clinicians and pathologists must be aware of the occurrence of Kikuchi‐Fujimoto Disease, as one of the differential diagnoses of cervical lymphadenopathy.
Rahul Rauniyar   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polygenic study of endurance-associated genetic markers ACE I/D, ACTN3 Arg(R)577Ter(X), CKMM A/G NcoI and eNOS Glu(G)298Asp(T) in male Gorkha soldiers

open access: yesSports Medicine - Open, 2017
Background Gorkhas, a sub-mountainous population of the Himalayan region, are known for strength and bravery. In the present study when “Gorkha” is used without brackets, we are mentioning Gorkhas of Tibeto-Burman origin.
Seema Malhotra   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Phonological Study of Rongpa Choyul

open access: yesLanguages, 2023
This paper presents a detailed description of the phonology of the Rongpa variety of Choyul, an understudied Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Lithang (理塘) County, Dkarmdzes (甘孜) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China. Based on firsthand
Jingyao Zheng
doaj   +1 more source

Chains of influence in Himalayan grammars: Models and interrelations shaping descriptions of Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal

open access: yesLinguistics, 2020
This paper examines comparability of descriptive grammars across typologically different languages. Focusing on the Nepal Himalayas, which has high language diversity that extends beyond areal, genetic, and historical categorization, the paper examines ...
Barbara Kelly, Aimée Lahaussois
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A linguistically informed autosomal STR survey of human populations residing in the greater Himalayan region.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
The greater Himalayan region demarcates two of the most prominent linguistic phyla in Asia: Tibeto-Burman and Indo-European. Previous genetic surveys, mainly using Y-chromosome polymorphisms and/or mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms suggested a ...
Thirsa Kraaijenbrink   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Study of Tenselessness in Rengma (Western)

open access: yesLanguages, 2019
Rengma is a Tibeto−Burman language from the Naga group (Angami−Pochuri) spoken in Northeast India. The paper is one of the first attempts in documenting the Western Rengma language, a variety of Rengma found in Karbi Anglong district, Assam ...
Monali Longmailai
doaj   +1 more source

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