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On the expression of TAM on nouns: evidence from Tundra Nenets [PDF]
The paper aims to enrich the database of independent time-related morphology on nouns and contribute to the discussion of its categorization by examining the so-called predestinative forms in Tundra Nenets (Uralic).
Ackerman +104 more
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Some thoughts on "Onomastica Manjurica" : strange or amusing names in Manchu [PDF]
The main goal of this paper is to put forward the hypothesis that (Dynastic) Manchu depreciating names may be relics of a well-known Tungusic(-Eurasian) naming custom. It is a common practice among many Eurasian societies to name children with derogatory
Alonso de la Fuente, José Andrés
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Sinitic, often referred to simply as ‘Chinese’, is a well-differentiated major branch of the Sino-Tibetan family, further divided into ten commonly recognized groups (Mandarin, Jin, Wu, Gan, Xiang, Hui, Hakka, Yue, Min, and Pinghua), identified mainly on
Giorgio Francesco Arcodia, Wen Lu
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Europe: So Many Languages, So Many Cultures [PDF]
The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects.
Steinhauer, H. (Hein)
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Prehistoric Bantu-Khoisan language contact [PDF]
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Bostoen, Koen +3 more
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Review of Strength and Weakness at the Interface: Positional Neutralization in Phonetics and Phonology [PDF]
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Nevins, Andrew Ira
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The analysis of Yakut personal names is made to reveal the peculiarities of ethnic world view basing on the works of turkologist Nikolay Klimovich Antonov.
Egor Revolevich Nikolaev
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Japanese aru, iru, oru 'to be' : [oru ist bin aru] [PDF]
Among the Japanese expressions for 'to be', the verbs aru (unmarked), iru (animate subject) and oru (humble variant of iru) are of special interest (cf. Martin 1975: 194f. for a descriptive account). We may look for cognates of these verbs in the (other)
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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Synchrony, diachrony and Greenberg's state-process model: From the viewpoint of typological characterization [PDF]
After a brief survey of the history of diachronic typology, the author focuses his attention on the typological methods applied to historical comparative linguistics.
Desző Lásló
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Symmetric and asymmetric alternations in direct object encoding [PDF]
This paper examines two different strategies found in direct object encoding on the basis of a sample of 159 languages. In particular, this paper deals with the differences between symmetric (i.e.
Iemmolo, Giorgio
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