scholarly journals KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY IN LEPCHA

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 179-186
Author(s):  
Satarupa Dattamajumdar
Keyword(s):  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Language Family ◽  
Relative Age ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Structural Traits ◽  
Kinship Terminology ◽  
Culture And Language

Lepcha being a language of the Tibeto Burman language family exhibit structural traits of the of the kinship terminological system realised in the Indian subcontinent. Kinship terminology has been analysed by different scholars from different points of view like, generation, sex, affinity, collaterality, relative age, polarity, affinity, etc. The present paper examines the Lepcha kinship terminology keeping the existing structural criteria in view along with culture and language specific aspects into consideration.

scholarly journals Shawi (Chayahuita)

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia ◽  
Andrés Napurí ◽  
Lei Wang
Keyword(s):  
Language Family ◽  
Indigenous Culture ◽  
Jesuit Missionaries ◽  
First Contact ◽  
San Martín ◽  
Culture And Language

Shawi1 is the language of the indigenous Shawi/Chayahuita people in Northwestern Amazonia, Peru. It belongs to the Kawapanan language family, together with its moribund sister language, Shiwilu. It is spoken by about 21,000 speakers (see Rojas-Berscia 2013) in the provinces of Alto Amazonas and Datem del Marañón in the region of Loreto and in the northern part of the region of San Martín, being one of the most vital languages in the country (see Figure 1).2 Although Shawi groups in the Upper Amazon were contacted by Jesuit missionaries during colonial times, the maintenance of their customs and language is striking. To date, most Shawi children are monolingual and have their first contact with Spanish at school. Yet, due to globalisation and the construction of highways by the Peruvian government, many Shawi villages are progressively westernising. This may result in the imminent loss of their indigenous culture and language.

Dual marking and kinship terms in Afitti

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 898-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex de Voogt
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Data ◽  
Language Family ◽  
Verbal System ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Dual Form ◽  
Regional Influence ◽  
Historical Basis ◽  
Kinship Terminology

Afitti is part of the Eastern Sudanic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language family. It features dual and plural forms as part of its kinship terminology that have not been attested elsewhere in the language family. Kinship terminology in which possessive pronouns have merged with kinship terms is also known for a series of Eastern Sudanic languages. Nyimang, Afitti’s closest linguistic neighbor, features a dual form but it is limited to its verbal system. The dual in Nyimang supports the suggestion that Afitti’s kinship terminology with a dual form has a historical basis, since a regional influence of the Arabic system of duals can be largely ruled out. Morphological data on Afitti should further the analysis of its kinship terms in future studies.

scholarly journals Relationship between language and culture

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77
Author(s):  
Li Lun
Keyword(s):  
Intercultural Communication ◽  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Culture And Language

In the context of globalization, it is important to implement effective intercultural communication, which requires a clear understanding of the relationship between language and culture. Therefore, this article discusses approaches to determining the relationship between language and culture based on the analysis of scientific papers and publications. It is established that there are three points of view on the nature of the relationship of culture and language in modern scientific discourse; characteristics of these views are given. The forms of influence of culture on the language are analyzed, and the hypothesis of influence of the language on culture is also considered. It is determined that the most appropriate is the consideration of language as an element of culture.

scholarly journals A preliminary study of Mnar

2018 ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Ruth Rymbai ◽  
Arvind Kumar Rawat
Keyword(s):  
Language Family ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Structural Patterns ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Structural Traits

The present paper is an initiatory investigation of Mnar, a dialect of Khasi, which is classified under the Mon-Khmer branch of the Austro-Asiatic language family. Mnar occupies the area known as Jirang, which falls under the RiBhoi district of Meghalaya. Although, Mnar shares common structural traits with other Austro-Asiatic languages, it still exhibits unique properties, providing a great opportunity for succinct investigation of the structural patterns existing in the language.

Quechuan terms for internal organs of the torso

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 505-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Urban
Keyword(s):  
Language Family ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Major Conclusion ◽  
Lexical Organization ◽  
Internal Organs ◽  
Linguistic Data ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Lexical Data ◽  
Recurrent Theme

Abstract This article discusses the terminology for the major internal organs of the torso across the Quechuan language family. From both semasiological and onomasiological points of view, differences in the synchronic organization of the semantic field across individual Quechua varieties as well as the diachronic developments that brought them about are described. Particular attention is also paid to semantic reconstruction within the field at the proto-Quechua level, and, with recourse to recent efforts at internal reconstruction, also beyond. Another recurrent theme is the interrelation between lexical data and the conceptions of anatomy and bodily functions encountered in quechua-speaking communities. A major conclusion is that an engagement with such perspectives allows for a considerably richer understanding of lexical organization in synchrony and diachrony than linguistic data alone could provide.

Interpreting ‘Front’: Perception of Space in Bengali and Kannada

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anirban Sarkar ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Cognition ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Language Family ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Dravidian Language

This paper is concerned with the nature of ‘front’ along the front/back axis. The languages taken up for the study are Bengali, a language belonging to Indo-Aryan language family, and Kannada, a language belonging to Dravidian language family. The terms for denoting ‘front’ for Bengali are ‘samne’ and ‘aage’ and for Kannada are ‘yeduru’ and ‘munde’. Experience and embodiment of spatial arrangements play an important role in the spatial cognition, and language use takes into account the different points of view. Many factors such as proximity, vantage point, specificity, etc. play an important role in describing a given situation. It is worth mentioning that the choice of the usages of the words for denoting ‘front’ as location or direction has been seen as different in some situations and overlapping in others. The data were collected using a questionnaire which aimed to elicit the expressions for ‘front’ for the entities, whose relationship is described in terms of Figure and Ground (Talmy, 1983; 2000), from the speakers of both the above mentioned languages, and then analysed for the factors involved.

High Resolution Specimen Area Imaged Under Negligible Field Aberrations

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 540-541 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Yanaka ◽  
K. Shirota
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Field Distribution ◽  
Image Space ◽  
Beam Deflection ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Resolution Limit ◽  
Leakage Flux ◽  
Specimen Area ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Aberration Theory

It is significant to note field aberrations (chromatic field aberration, coma, astigmatism and blurring due to curvature of field, defined by Glaser's aberration theory relative to the Blenden Freien System) of the objective lens in connection with the following three points of view; field aberrations increase as the resolution of the axial point improves by increasing the lens excitation (k2) and decreasing the half width value (d) of the axial lens field distribution; when one or all of the imaging lenses have axial imperfections such as beam deflection in image space by the asymmetrical magnetic leakage flux, the apparent axial point has field aberrations which prevent the theoretical resolution limit from being obtained.

Crystal structure images of large gold clusters and growing crystals by HRTEM

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 428-429
Author(s):  
L.R. Wallenberg ◽  
J.-O. Bovin ◽  
G. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Nucleation And Growth ◽  
Close Packing ◽  
Gold Clusters ◽  
Molecular Weight Determination ◽  
Growth Mechanisms ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Nucleation And Growth Mechanisms ◽  
Points Of View

Metallic clusters are interesting from various points of view, e.g. as a mean of spreading expensive catalysts on a support, or following heterogeneous and homogeneous catalytic events. It is also possible to study nucleation and growth mechanisms for crystals with the cluster as known starting point.Gold-clusters containing 55 atoms were manufactured by reducing (C6H5)3PAuCl with B2H6 in benzene. The chemical composition was found to be Au9.2[P(C6H5)3]2Cl. Molecular-weight determination by means of an ultracentrifuge gave the formula Au55[P(C6H5)3]Cl6 A model was proposed from Mössbauer spectra by Schmid et al. with cubic close-packing of the 55 gold atoms in a cubeoctahedron as shown in Fig 1. The cluster is almost completely isolated from the surroundings by the twelve triphenylphosphane groups situated in each corner, and the chlorine atoms on the centre of the 3x3 square surfaces. This gives four groups of gold atoms, depending on the different types of surrounding.

Sati

Crisis ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Bhugra
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Role Expectations ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Social Causation ◽  
Gender Role Expectations ◽  
Good Wife ◽  
And Gender

Abstract. Sati as an act of ritual suicide has been reported from the Indian subcontinent, especially among the Hindus, for several centuries. Although legally proscribed, these acts occur even now in modern India. The principle behind such acts has been put forward as the principle of good wife. There is little evidence to suggest that women who commit this act suffer from a formal mental illness. Cultural factors and gender role expectations play a significant role in the act and its consequences. Using recent examples, this paper illustrates the cultural factors, which may be seen as contributing to the act of suicide. Other factors embedded in the act also emphasize that not all suicides have underlying psychiatric disorders and clinicians must take social causation into account while preparing any prevention strategies.

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