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Life and mortality in Ugaritic : a lexical and literary study
\"Identifies and analyzes the Ugaritic terms most commonly used to talk about life and mortality in order to construct a more representative framework of the ancient perspective on these topics\"--Provided by publisher.
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The fate of mood and modality in language death : evidence from minor Finnic
The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. The series considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language.
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The Politics of Language Oppression in Tibet
In The Politics of Language
Oppression in Tibet , Gerald Roche sheds
light on a global crisis of linguistic diversity that will see at
least half of the world's languages disappear this
century.
Roche explores the erosion of linguistic diversity through a
study of a community on the northeastern Tibetan Plateau in the
People's Republic of China. Manegacha is but one of the sixty
minority languages in Tibet and is spoken by about 8,000 people who
are otherwise mostly indistinguishable from the Tibetan communities
surrounding them. Recently, many in these communities have switched
to speaking Tibetan, and Manegacha faces an uncertain future.
The author uses the Manegacha case to show how linguistic
diversity across Tibet is collapsing under assimilatory state
policies. He looks at how global advocacy networks inadequately
acknowledge this issue, highlighting the complex politics of
language in an inter-connected world. The Politics of Language
Oppression in Tibet broadens our understanding of Tibet and
China, the crisis of global linguistic diversity, and the radical
changes needed to address this crisis.
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Book of the dead : becoming god in ancient Egypt
\"This book explores what the Book of the Dead was to the ancient Egyptians, what it means to us today, what it was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and ultimately what happened to it. Edited by Foy Scalf, PhD, this volume includes fourteen essays showcasing the latest research on the Book of the Dead written by thirteen internationally renown experts as well as a complete catalog of the forty-five objects on display in an associated exhibit at the Oriental Institute Museum. Two famous Book of the Dead papyri, Papyrus Milbank and Papyrus Ryerson, are reproduced in their entirety with full-color photographs among nearly 400 illustrations for the first time. Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny and sought close association with the gods through the Book of the Dead.\" -- Publisher's description.
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Emergent sociolinguistic variation in severe language endangerment
Contrary to Labov’s principle of style shifting, studies in language obsolescence portray speakers of dying languages as ‘monostylistic’, a characterization questioned here. Variationist methodology is adopted in a context of gradual language death. By combining quantitative and interactional analyses of data from older, younger, and new speakers of Francoprovençal in France and Switzerland, the article considers (a) to what extent variability in language obsolescence differs from that found in ‘healthy’ languages, and (b) how innovation smight spread through communities speaking threatened languages characterized as ‘monostylistic’ and lacking overt normative infrastructure. It is argued that style variation (not monostylism) emerges from linguistic decay: among more fluent speakers, a categorical rule of /l/-palatalization before obstruents becomes underspecified, rendering palatalization available for strategic use. Among new speakers, novel palatal variants form part of an emergent sociolinguistic norm. The study offers fresh insights on the origins of sociolinguistic variation with implications for variationist theory.
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Mascotas, espíritus y otros prodigios del inframundo
Amalia, decepcionada de la vida tras un fracaso amoroso, ocupa el puesto de portera del edificio que dejó su madre al morir. Su intención inicial es refugiarse durante un tiempo de ese mundo que considera hostil. Pero han pasado los años y el plan ya le está bien, no necesita más. Ahí en su semisótano vive tranquila con su rutina, sus libros y su querido gato. Un día llega al inmueble un personaje con la extraña misión de encontrar y llevarse en su maleta las almas de aquellas personas que han quedado solas...
oaNon-past and past verb stems in Tangut
Over the past decade, the documentation of Gyalrongic languages has shed light on grammatical phenomena which were poorly understood in Tangut, a language of critical importance in the field of Sino-Tibetan comparative linguistics. This paper provides an explanation for the last remaining unelucidated verbal alternation in Tangut (-ɨ1/-i2), which, as I will demonstrate, encodes a non-past/past distinction. By doing so, it also gives fresh arguments for placing Tangut and the Horpa languages together within one clade. Finally, methodologically speaking, it offers an example of grammatical reconstruction from above, i.e. employing sister languages to better understand the grammar of an extinct language through their common ancestor, revealing a rare example of complexdistributional retention uncorrelated with regular phonetic correspondences.
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Der Tod meiner Mutter
Die Mutter stirbt. Der Sohn erzählt. Ein bewegendes Buch über das Leben, zu dem auch der Tod gehört. Georg Diez, Autor der Süddeutschen Zeitung, berichtet mit atemberaubender Genauigkeit vom Sterben seiner Mutter, ihrem Kampf um Selbstbestimmung und Würde und seinem eigenen Umgang mit dem Unausweichlichen. Wenn das Sterben und der Tod ins Leben eines Menschen treten, ist die Reaktion oft Schweigen und Sprachlosigkeit. Für den unwiederbringlichen Abschied eines geliebten Menschen fehlen uns die Worte, die das Leiden und den Schmerz angemessen fassen. Der Autor und Journalist Georg Diez aber hat nach dem Krebstod seiner Mutter den Mut zu erzählen, wie sich ein solcher langer Abschied vollzieht. Mit größter Genauigkeit und Schonungslosigkeit beschreibt er, wie er als Sohn den Tod in sein Leben hereinlassen musste, während er zugleich seine Hochzeit feierte und darauf wartete, zum ersten Mal Vater zu werden. Mit liebevollem, aber präzisem Blick begleitet er den langen Weg einer Frau, deren Leben vom Kampf um Selbstständigkeit und von leidenschaftlichem sozialen und beruflichen Engagement geprägt war, bis in die Einsamkeit der Krankheit und der Schmerzen. Die langsamen Verschiebungen in den Beziehungen zu Freunden und Kollegen, die letzten Reisen, die letzten Spaziergänge, die letzten Feste, die vielen kleinen und großen Abschiede, die wiederkehrenden Hoffnungen, die praktischen Nöte bei der Organisation des Alltags: All das schildert Georg Diez so intensiv wie die Erschütterungen, die das Sterben seiner Mutter für sein eigenes Leben bedeuten. So ist ein Buch entstanden, das im Angesicht des Todes auch das Porträt zweier Generationen auf eine ganz neue Weise zeichnet: die Generation, die von den Befreiungsideen von 68 geprägt war, und ihre Adidas-Kinder, die in der Zeit des Wohlstands und der Sorglosigkeit aufwuchsen und nun mit Krankheit und Tod der Eltern konfrontiert werden. Georg Diez ist ein klei.
Endangered Language: Preserving Totoli Language and Cultural Identity
Language extinction occurs when a language ceases to be spoken (Crystal, 2002; Krauss, 1992; Meek, 2019). This study examines the Totoli language, an endangered language in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, where a sharp decline in active speakers has been observed. Using a sociolinguistic approach, the research conceptualizes language as both a symbol system and a manifestation of cultural identity. Data were collected through structured questionnaires, focusing on patterns of language use across different domains such as family and neighborhood interactions. These findings highlight the diminishing role of Totoli in everyday communication, signaling an urgent need for intervention. This study emphasizes the importance of targeted preservation efforts to protect the Totoli language as one of the regional languages in Indonesia, especially in Sulawesi. It is important to highlight the urgency of implementing preservation and revitalization strategies to ensure the survival of Totoli language. Without such measures, Totoli risks extinction, underscoring broader implications for endangered languages globally.
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