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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 3, Page 513-545, November 2023., 2023 Abstract When linguists make inferences about language contact, control data is required for reliable analysis. Historical data or reconstructions are typically used for that purpose. However, historical data is globally mostly unavailable, and reconstructions are laborious if comparing outcomes of language contact in a typological way.
Kaius Sinnemäki, Noora Ahola
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Language ideology in an endogamous society: The case of Daghestan
Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 27, Issue 2, Page 159-176, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Studies of multilingual systems found in Indigenous small‐scale communities often assume that exogamous marriages are the norm in such societies and contribute to their linguistic diversity. This paper is an account of the language ideology of endogamous societies in rural highland Daghestan (Northeast Caucasus).
Nina Dobrushina
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«Желто-зелено-синие» языки в Евразии: как они появляются и исчезают? [The ”Yellow-green-blue” Languages in Eurasia: How Do They Appear and Disappear?] [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2021 For the first time a comprehensive study of the colour terms denoting the semantic zones of âyellowâ, âgreenâ, and âblueâ, based on the material of the Uralic languages, is produced.
N. V. Dubrovskaya, J. V. Normanskaya
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Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 17, Issue 1, Page 61-94, March 2023., 2023 Abstract Research Summary Using a sample of 205,792 individuals in 70 countries with 39 languages, this paper presents novel empirical evidence for how a language's future time reference, defined as the requirement that speakers mark time in the future, affects a speaker's likelihood of engaging in social entrepreneurship. FTR subtly shapes a speaker's
Diana M. Hechavarría +3 more
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External merge in spec,CP: Complementizers projecting an argument
Syntax, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 85-105, March 2023., 2023 Abstract The standard assumption that spec,CP is always an A′ position has been questioned for several languages where embedded C heads are involved in agreement and case assignment; however, the idea that no XP can be introduced in spec,CP by external merge has remained unchallenged.
Irina Burukina
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On the Absence of Propositional Negation from Hungarian Polar e‐Interrogatives*
Studia Linguistica, Volume 76, Issue 3, Page 661-683, December 2022., 2022 Abstract It is argued that the ban on propositional “inside” negation in Hungarian polar e‐interrogatives can be derived as a syntactic intervention effect. An Agree‐based formalization is sketched that crucially relies on a diachronically motivated negative formal feature on the interrogative particle ‐e.
Hans‐Martin Gärtner, Beáta Gyuris
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Genes reveal traces of common recent demographic history for most of the Uralic-speaking populations
Genome Biology, 2018 Background The genetic origins of Uralic speakers from across a vast territory in the temperate zone of North Eurasia have remained elusive. Previous studies have shown contrasting proportions of Eastern and Western Eurasian ancestry in their ...
Kristiina Tambets +35 more
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Sohranenie jazykov i finno-ugorskij mir. Language Maintenance and Finno-Ugric World; pp. 127-142 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2009 The article focusses on various ethnolinguistic consequences of the new, postmodern world order and its implications on Finno-Ugric and Uralic languages in particular.
Mart Rannut
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A Cross‐Modal and Cross‐lingual Study of Iconicity in Language: Insights From Deep Learning
Cognitive Science, Volume 46, Issue 6, June 2022., 2022 Abstract The present paper addresses the study of non‐arbitrariness in language within a deep learning framework. We present a set of experiments aimed at assessing the pervasiveness of different forms of non‐arbitrary phonological patterns across a set of typologically distant languages.
Andrea Gregor de Varda +1 more
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Family involvement in the intensive care unit in four Nordic countries
Nursing in Critical Care, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 450-459, May 2022., 2022 Abstract Background Relevance to clinical practice The findings from the study highlighting family involvement, high‐quality communication and flexible visiting policy as central aspects of family care may inspire clinicians to identify aspects of everyday family care in their ICUs calling for further improvement. Aims and objectives To describe family
Gro Frivold +7 more
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