A Grammatical Description of Leteh Nominal Morphology

The paper describes Leteh nominal morphology within the framework of Basic Linguistic Theory (Dixon 2010; Dryer 2006). The nominal morphology is described in the context of two phenomena: number marking and noun classification. Leteh is a South-Guan language from the Niger-Congo family of languages. The morphology of Leteh is largely agglutinative. Güldemann and Fiedler (2019) argue that current analyses of gender systems are heavily influenced by those in Bantu languages and not cross-linguistically applicable. They propose an alternative analysis that includes the notions agreement class and nominal form class. In this paper I adopt the notion of nominal form class to classify nouns in Leteh. The nouns are grouped into four major classes based on the plural morphemes that they take. These classes are subdivided based on the singular forms with which they are paired. Key words: verbal prefixes, Kwa, tense/ aspect, negation, person, mood, motion Note: Changes were made to the title and abstract of this article after publication, on 9/20/2021.

Reassessing gender in Ogbe-Oloma

We re-assess the gender system of Ogbe-Oloma, an Edoid village variety of Nigeria. System exponents are prefixes that define form class and reflect grammatical number. We find that eight agreement classes undergird fourteen genders, while seventeen nominal form classes frame twenty-five number inflections. Prefix mapping from inflection to gender is non-isomorphic. Mapping is however constrained by syllable shape, CV- versus V-, and alliterative sound quality of prefix consonant, not vowel. In addition, several number inflections trigger agreement in multiple genders leading to one gender that exclusively refers to nouns with human reference.

BECLIN1: Protein Structure, Function and Regulation

BECLIN1 is a well-established regulator of autophagy, a process essential for mammalian survival. It functions in conjunction with other proteins to form Class III Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase (PI3K) complexes to generate phosphorylated phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns), lipids essential for not only autophagy but other membrane trafficking processes. Over the years, studies have elucidated the structural, biophysical, and biochemical properties of BECLIN1, which have shed light on how this protein functions to allosterically regulate these critical processes of autophagy and membrane trafficking. Here, we review these findings and how BECLIN1’s diverse protein interactome regulates it, as well as its impact on organismal physiology.

“How do you even know what ideophones mean?”

Using data from the Northern Pastaza (qvc) and Upper Napo Quichua (quw) dialects of Amazonian Ecuador, this paper argues that the semantics of ideophones, a highly marked form class of expressive words, is principled and describable with a combination of sensori-semantic features and a fine-grained typology of gestures, based on insights from Streeck (2008) and others. Specifically, ideophones’ sensori-semantics are broken down into a semantic map consisting of 3 super- and 7 subcategorical distinctions. The greater the number of categories encoded by an ideophone’s semantics, the greater are the range of gestures used. Finally, gesture types identified by Streeck (2008) and others, were found among a very different group of people who are not western, educated, industrialized, rich, or democratic. Further research into ideophones and their gestures may find broader significance for ideophone semantics, and more generally, for the interrelations between language and gesture.

Optimalisasi Pemanfaatan Aplikasi Google Classroom Dan Google Form Sebagai Penunjang Pembelajaran Daring Di SMA Negeri 5 Cimahi

ABSTRACT The purpose of community service activities with the theme of using Google Classroom and Google Form for SMAN 5 Cimahi teachers is to provide training to teachers of SMAN 5 Cimahi in order to optimize the use of the Google Classroom and Google Form applications in online learning carried out during the Covid-19 pandemic conditions. The method used in this activity is a description of the features of Google Classroom and Google Form. In Google Classroom, it explains about opening classes, inviting participants or students, creating student attendance, uploading material and using the reuse feature, processing grades and downloading assessment results in the form of a spreadsheet. In Google Form, it explains how to set the Form as a Quiz, inserts picture or equation questions, inserts questions from Google Docs and creates Form links that have been created. Next, do a demonstration of using the application. Both activities were carried out online through the Zoom application media. The next step, each teacher was assigned to operate the two applications according to the directions in the training. The results of the activity showed that the teachers gained additional knowledge in operating those applications. Key words: google classroom, google form, class attendance, online learning, reuse feature. ABSTRAK Tujuan kegiatan pengabdian pada masyarakat dengan tema pemanfaatan Google Classroom dan Google Form bagi guru SMAN 5 Cimahi adalah untuk memberikan pelatihan kepada para guru SMAN 5 Cimahi agar dapat mengoptimalkan penggunaan aplikasi Google Classroom dan Google Form dalam pembelajaran daring yang dilakukan selama kondisi pandemik Covid-19. Metode yang digunakan dalam kegiatan ini adalah pemaparan mengenai fitur-fitur pada Google Classroom dan Google Form. Pada Google Classroom dipaparkan tentang membuka kelas, mengundang peserta atau siswa, membuat presensi siswa, mengunggah materi dan menggunakan fitur reuse, mengolah nilai dan mengunduh hasil penilaian dalam bentuk spreadsheet. Pada Google Form dipaparkan tentang bagaimana mengatur Form sebagai Quiz, menyisipkan soal gambar atau persamaan, menyisipkan soal dari Google Docs dan membuat tautan Form yang telah dibuat. Selanjutnya, melakukan demonstrasi penggunaan aplikasi tersebut. Kedua kegiatan tersebut dilakukan secara daring melalui media aplikasi Zoom. Langkah berikutnya setiap guru ditugaskan untuk mengoperasikan kedua aplikasi tersebut sesuai arahan dalam pelatihan. Hasil kegiatan menunjukkan bahwa para guru memperoleh penambahan pengetahuan dalam mengoperasikan kedua aplikasi tersebut. Kata kunci: google classroom, google form, presensi siswa, pembelajaran daring, fitur reuse.

Implementasi model numbered head together pada pembelajaran matematika di madrasah ibtidaiyah

This research was conducted aiming to influence of the application of the Numbered Head Together Model on student Learning Outcomes in Mathematics Grade IV MI Ma’arif Pamotan. Especially on the circumference of flat shapes material. This type of reserarch used in this research is descriptive quantitative with experimental method. Samples taken form class IV amounting to 30 students. However, due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus an did non get permission from parents, researchers were only able to take 17 samples . data collection techniques used were questionnaires, test instrument and documentation. The result of this research used SPSS 25 type showed that the learning of the Numbered Head Together is affect to student learning. This is demonstrated by the results of the analysis of the sig value was acquired by 0,468 with the “T” count < T table that cause H0 rejected and Ha received.

Syntactic cues to the noun and verb distinction in Mandarin child-directed speech

The syntactic structure of sentences in which a new word appears may provide listeners with cues to that new word’s form class. In English, for example, a noun tends to follow a determiner ( a/ an/ the), while a verb precedes the morphological inflection [ing]. The presence of these markers may assist children in identifying a word’s form class and thus glean some information about its meaning. This study examined whether Mandarin, a language that has a relatively impoverished morphosyntactic system, offers reliable morphosyntactic cues to the noun–verb distinction in child-directed speech (CDS). Using the CHILDES Beijing corpora, Study 1 found that Mandarin CDS has reliable morphosyntactic markers to the noun–verb distinction. Study 2 examined the relationship between mothers’ use of a set of early-acquired nouns and verbs in the Beijing corpora and the age of acquisition (AoA) of these words. Results showed that the occurrence of the form class markers is a reliable predictor of the AoA for the early-acquired nouns and verbs.

Binary quadratic forms and ray class groups

Let K be an imaginary quadratic field different from $\open{Q}(\sqrt {-1})$ and $\open{Q}(\sqrt {-3})$. For a positive integer N, let KN be the ray class field of K modulo $N {\cal O}_K$. By using the congruence subgroup ± Γ1(N) of SL2(ℤ), we construct an extended form class group whose operation is basically the Dirichlet composition, and explicitly show that this group is isomorphic to the Galois group Gal(KN/K). We also present an algorithm to find all distinct form classes and show how to multiply two form classes. As an application, we describe Gal(KNab/K) in terms of these extended form class groups for which KNab is the maximal abelian extension of K unramified outside prime ideals dividing $N{\cal O}_K$.