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Parallel grammaticalizations in Tibeto-Burman : evidence of Sapir's 'Drift' [PDF]
, 2010 In chapters seven and eight of his book Language, Sapir talked about what he called ‘drift’, the changes that a language undergoes through time [...]. Dialects of a language are formed when that language is broken into different segments that no longer ...
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Tibetan Few‐Shot Learning Model With Deep Contextualised Two‐Level Word Embeddings
CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, Volume 10, Issue 5, Page 1394-1410, October 2025.ABSTRACT Few‐shot learning is the task of identifying new text categories from a limited set of training examples. The two key challenges in few‐shot learning are insufficient understanding of new samples and imperfect modelling. The uniqueness of low‐resource languages lies in their limited linguistic resources, which directly leads to the difficulty ...
Ziyue Zhang +11 more
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The inclusive-exclusive distinction in Tibeto-Burman languages [PDF]
, 2010 A survey of 170 Tibeto-Burman languages showed 69 with a distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person plural pronouns, 18 of which also show inclusive- exclusive in Idual.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Public Health Challenges, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2025.Adolescent pregnancy remains a critical issue in Nepal's marginalized Chepang community. Our study identified key determinants, including limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, elopement marriages, school dropouts, poverty, socio‐cultural norms, fears about post‐contraception fertility, weak enforcement of child marriage laws, and a
Kusumsheela Bhatta +2 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 1231-1248, November 2024.Globalization and rapid shifts in culture and economy threaten indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) systems, and large intergenerational gaps in this knowledge already exist. Buddleja asiatica is a deciduous shrub or small tree with traditional medicinal applications but is currently largely overlooked as a medicinal resource.
Bishal Gurung +3 more
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, 2010 The Sino-Tibetan (ST) language family includes the Sinitic languages (what for political reasons are known as Chinese ‘dialects’) and the 200 to 300 Tibeto-Burman (TB) languages.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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American Journal of Human Biology, Volume 36, Issue 9, September 2024.Abstract Objectives The Sherpa ethnic group living at altitude in Nepal may have experienced natural selection in response to chronic hypoxia. We have previously shown that Sherpa in Kathmandu (1400 m) possess larger spleens and a greater apnea‐induced splenic contraction compared to lowland Nepalis.
Tom D. Brutsaert +13 more
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Hierarchical person marking in Rawang [PDF]
, 2010 Rawang (Rvwàng) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the far north of Myanmar (Burma), and is closely related to the Dulong language spoken in China.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Developmental Science, Volume 27, Issue 5, September 2024.Abstract Recent decades have seen a rapid acceleration in global participation in formal education, due to worldwide initiatives aimed to provide school access to all children. Research in high income countries has shown that school quality indicators have a significant, positive impact on numeracy and literacy—skills required to participate in the ...
Bruce S. Rawlings +28 more
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Relative clause structures in the Rawang language [PDF]
, 2010 This paper discusses the types of relative clause and noun complement structures found in the Rawang language, a Tibeto-Burman language of northern Myanmar, as well as their origin and uses, with data taken mainly from naturally occurring texts.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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