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Multiple Human Population Movements and Cultural Dispersal Events Shaped the Landscape of Chinese Paternal Heritage. [PDF]

open access: yesMol Biol Evol
Wang M   +28 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The emergence of ‘Transeurasian’ language families in Northeast Asia as viewed from archaeological evidence

open access: yesThe emergence of ‘Transeurasian’ language families in Northeast Asia as viewed from archaeological evidence
From a linguistic standpoint, Proto-Japonic and Proto-Koreanic are assumed to have split off the Transeurasian languages in southern Manchuria. The linguistic idea that Proto-Japonic came earlier than Proto-Koreanic in the chronological scheme means that the Proto-Japonic language first entered the Korean Peninsula, and from there spread to the ...
openaire  

The development of finiteness in the Transeurasian languages [PDF]

open access: yesLinguistics, 2017
AbstractNonfinite verb forms can gradually acquire morphological and syntactic properties of finiteness. Across the languages of the world, such developments can follow various pathways with various results. In this article, I first discuss the four major pathways mechanisms for developing finite function on formerly nonfinite forms. Next, I argue that
Martine Robbeets
exaly   +3 more sources

The development of negation in the Transeurasian languages [PDF]

open access: yesStudies in Language Companion Series, 2014
In this article, the historical development of sentential negation is compared across the Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic languages to make inferences about the expression of negation in the common Transeurasian proto-language. Integrating typological considerations, including grammaticalization theory, into the argumentation, the ...
Martine Robbeets
exaly   +4 more sources

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