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A look at the sky of the Wichi [PDF]
Revista AntHropológicas, 2017 We present a brief bibliographic report highlighting the significance of the readings of the sky by the different Wichi groups inhabiting the Chaco region. A number of celestial objects and related myths are described. Furthermore, we provide a series of examples concerning the relationship between some celestial objects and the various beings ...
Mariani, Mauro +2 more
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Vowel shifts in Middle Wichi (Mataguayan family, South America) [PDF]
Journal of Historical Linguistics, 2023 Abstract This paper analyzes vowel shifts in Wichi (Mataguayan, South America) between the 18th and early 20th centuries, some of which contributed to the emergence of the Pilcomayeño and Bermejeño dialects. Based on a historical database and using the comparative method, we date the vowel shift over the
Verónica Nercesian, Nicolás Arellano
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Asterismos, cielo y ciclos temporales entre los wichís [PDF]
Revista del Museo de Antropologia, 2020 El objetivo del presente artículo es brindar una descripción preliminar del ámbito celeste y de algunos de los ciclos temporales que, desde la óptica wichí, también se asocian al cielo.
Cecilia Paula Gómez
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Native Ontological Framework Guides Causal Reasoning: Evidence from Wichi People
Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2023 Abstract Causal cognition – how we perceive, represent and reason about causal events – are fundamental to the human mind, but it has rarely been approached in its cultural specificity. Here, we investigate this core concept among Wichi people, an indigenous group living in Chaco Forest. We focus on the Wichi, because their epistemological orientations
Matías Fernández Ruiz, Andrea Taverna
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Vowel shifts in Middle Wichi (Mataguayan, South America)
, 2023 This paper analyzes vowel shifts in Wichi (Mataguayan, South America) between the 18th and early 20th centuries, some of which contributed to the emergence of the Pilcomayeño and Bermejeño dialects. Based on a historical database and using the comparative method, we date the vowel shift over the period we have named as Middle Wichi.
Nercesian, Verónica, Arellano, Nicolás
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Parentesco, conflicto y acontecimiento entre los wichi del Chaco central [PDF]
, 2006 Se ha partido de la premisa de que la organización social y el parentesco constituyen la concreción de la forma particular que asume la sociabilidad entre los wichi como mecanismo regulatorio de las relaciones entre Prójimos, Afines y Ajenos. se ha registrado la percepción del acontecimiento: desde la organización social hasta su sistema cosmológico ...
Barúa, Guadalupe
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, 2016 Fil: Nercesian, Verónica. Universidad Nacional de Formosa. Facultad de Humanidades. Instituto de Investigaciones Lingüísticas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas.
Nercesian, Verónica
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Cross-Cultural Variation in the Noun Bias in Early Vocabulary Development: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Cogn SciAbstract Children's early vocabularies have been observed to be predominated by nouns, particularly concrete and animate nouns. This phenomenon, known as the “noun bias,” is argued to reflect a universal conceptual advantage for concrete objects in early word learning, because such referents are perceived as bounded, individualized concepts that are ...
Zhang Y, Kim S, Casillas M.
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Clases de sustantivos y sistema cultural: la posesión en wichi
Signo y Seña, 1994 Signo y Seña es la revista especializada del Instituto de Lingüística de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Convoca y está destinada a investigadores del lenguaje formados y en formación tanto de la Argentina como del ...
Lucía Golluscio
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Prevalence and Incidence of Sjögren's Disease in Alaska Native and American Indian Peoples of Alaska. [PDF]
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)Objective Our objective was to determine the prevalence, incidence, and clinical characteristics of Sjögren's disease (SjD) in Alaska Native and American Indian (AN/AI) peoples of Alaska. Methods We identified adults with SjD by querying electronic health records from participating tribal health organizations within the Alaska Tribal Health System ...
Morrison T +5 more
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