Mitochondrial genome diversity on the Central Siberian Plateau with particular reference to the prehistory of northernmost Eurasia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 The Central Siberian Plateau was the last geographic area in Eurasia to become habitable by modern humans after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Through a comprehensive dataset of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genomes retained in the remnats of earlier ("Old")
Stanislav V Dryomov +9 more
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Formation of the Yukaghir National School [PDF]
Propósitos y Representaciones, 2020 The problems of preserving the language and culture of small ethnic groups are relevant in world society. The Yukaghirs are one of the disappearing ethnic groups due to their small number and long-term adaptation in a multi-ethnic environment that does ...
Petrova, Tatyana N. +4 more
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Towards a Full Description of the Focus System in Tundra Yukaghir [PDF]
Linguistic Discovery, 2012 This paper is meant to be a contribution to a better understanding of the focus system of Tundra Yukaghir. It recapitulates the major findings that were made with respect to the topic discussed and presents a number of new empirical facts some of which ...
Mark Schmalz
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Linguistic Representation of the Concept of Sun in the Linguoculture of the Peoples of the North (Based on the Yakut and Yukaghir Languages) [PDF]
Гуманитарный вектор, 2021 The object of the research is the concept of the sun: in the Yakut language ‒ kүn, in the tundra Yukagir language ‒ yerpeye and in the forest Yukaghir language ‒ yeloodye. The article deals with lexical representatives and stable phrases; the motivating,
Margarita P. Lukina
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Northeast Siberian astronomical terms [PDF]
Archaeoastronomy and Ancient Technologies, 2020 In this paper, we shall have a look at series of astronomical terms and their etymologies in a historical context, including etymologized and non-etymologized terminology in Yakut (Turkic), Written Mongolian, Dagur and Khalkha (Mongolic), Ewenki ...
Piispanen, P.S.
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Distances among Uralic and Other Northern Eurasian Languages [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2022 The present occurrence or non-occurrence of 46 structural features is analyzed in language groups ranging from Finnic to Eskimo-Aleut. Normalized measures of commonalities and distances between two languages are developed and used for graphical ...
Rein Taagepera, Ago Künnap
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Notes on the Modal Predicator naada in Sakha (from a Taimyr Dolgan Perspective)
Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2021 This paper addresses the syntax, semantics, and history of the modal deontic predictors naada and tustaax in Sakha and contrasts their use with Sakha's closest linguistic relative Taimyr Dolgan.
Florian Siegl
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Code-Switching in Speech of Tundra Yukaghir: Bi- and Multilingual Repetition
Научный диалог, 2023 The linguistic repertoire of the tundra Yukaghir-Polylinguals in Lower Kolyma, Yakutia, with a population of approximately 400 and fewer than 50 speakers, is represented by the Yukaghir, Chukchi, Even, Yakut, and Russian languages.
S. N. Kurilova
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Unadapted Foreign Language Insertions in Spoken Language of Tundra Yukaghir
Научный диалог, 2023 The foreign language insertions in the language of the tundra Yukagirs-polyglots of the Lower Kolyma in Yakutia are considered for the first time. The relevance of the study is primarily dictated by the lack of research on contact phenomena in the ...
S. N. Kurilova
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Flocking together : collective animal minds in contemporary fiction [PDF]
, 2020 The remarkable coordination displayed by animal groups such as an ant colony or a flock of birds in flight is not just a behavioral feat; it reflects a full-fledged form of collective cognition.
Caracciolo, Marco
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