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Interaction of phonation and tone in Nuer
Phonological Data and Analysis, 2023 This article presents a case of allotony based on the phonation of the vowel in Nuer, a Western Nilotic language; the falling tone is found only on modal vowels in this language, while the high level tone is found only on breathy vowels.
Irina Monich
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 38, Issue 5, Page 534-564, September/October 2023., 2023 Abstract The investigation of submerged archaeological sites faces numerous logistical challenges in the recovery of stratigraphic sequences and, as a result, is often restricted to surface deposits limiting the application of geoarchaeology. This paper outlines a new integrated field and microanalytical methodological protocol to investigate deep ...
Isaac Ogloblin Ramirez +5 more
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Journal of the International Phonetic Association, 2023 Nuer (ISO 6393: nus/Glottocode: nuer1246) is a Nilo-Saharan language (Nilo-Saharan, Eastern Sudanic, Nilotic, Western, Dinka-Nuer). The sound system of Nuer is of particular interest because the language has a rich inventory of vocalic and suprasegmental
Tatiana Reid
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Rethinking 'cattle cults' in early Egypt: Towards a prehistoric perspective on the Narmer Palette [PDF]
, 2008 The Narmer Palette occupies a key position in our understanding of the transition from Predynastic to Dynastic culture in Egypt. Previous interpretations have focused largely upon correspondences between its decorative content and later conventions of ...
Wengrow, D
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Morpological stratification in Dinka
Studies in African Linguistics, 1992 Dinka is a Western Nilotic language with three contrastive degrees of vowel length, two contrastive voice qualities in vowels, and three contrastive tones. Although to a large extent a monosyllabic language, Dinka has an elaborate morphology.
Torben Andersen
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Genomic ancestry of North Africans supports back-to-Africa migrations. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2012 North African populations are distinct from sub-Saharan Africans based on cultural, linguistic, and phenotypic attributes; however, the time and the extent of genetic divergence between populations north and south of the Sahara remain poorly understood ...
Brenna M Henn +11 more
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From 3ptl-to passive : incipient, emergent and established passives [PDF]
, 2010 This paper explores, in some detail, the development of third person plural impersonal constructions into passive ones with the aim of determining the conditions most conducive to the emergence of a canonical passive, i.e.
Siewierska, Anna
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Paradigmatic saturation in Nuer
Language, 2021 :Nouns in Nuer (Western Nilotic) have been presented as an extreme example of inflectional complexity, where a 'chaotic' distribution of suffixes combines with dozens of different stem modifications to yield dozens of inflection classes (Frank 1999 ...
M. Baerman, Irina Monich
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Creating an independent traditional court:A study of Jopadhola clan courts in Uganda [PDF]
, 2012 This article examines the contribution of clans (kinship institutions) to the administration of justice within the context of standards set out in the African regional human rights instruments. Field work on the Jopadhola of Eastern Uganda is drawn upon,
Owor, Maureen
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Keeping in Touch via Cassette: Tracing Dinka Songs from Cattle Camp to Transnational Audio-Letter [PDF]
, 2013 This paper explores Dinka songs as poetic autobiography, focusing in particular on their composition and circulation as audio-letters between South Sudan and the global Dinka diaspora.
Impey, Angela
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