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Relation Between Harappan And Brahmi Scripts, Subhajit Kumar Ganguly
Relation Between Harappan And Brahmi Scripts, Subhajit Kumar Ganguly
Subhajit Kumar Ganguly
Around 45 odd signs out of the total number of Harappan signs found make up almost 100 percent of the inscriptions, in some form or other, as said earlier. Out of these 45 signs, around 40 are readily distinguishable. These form an almost exclusive and unique set. The primary signs are seen to have many variants, as in Brahmi. Many of these provide us with quite a vivid picture of their evolution, depending upon the factors of time, place and usefulness. Even minor adjustments in such signs, depending upon these factors, are noteworthy. Many of the signs in this list …
Shiwilu (Jebero), Pilar Valenzuela, Carlos Gussenhoven
Shiwilu (Jebero), Pilar Valenzuela, Carlos Gussenhoven
World Languages and Cultures Faculty Articles and Research
Shiwilu (a.k.a. Jebero) is a critically endangered language from Peruvian Amazonia and one of the two members of the Kawapanan linguistic family. Most of its nearly 30 remaining fluent speakers live in and around the village of Jeberos (District of Jeberos, Province of Alto Amazonas, Loreto Region), at approximately 5° S, 75° W. The documentation of Shiwilu is scarce and no survey grammar is available. Until very recently, the only trained linguist who had worked on Shiwilu was John Bendor- Samuel, who carried out fieldwork in 1955–1956 and completed a doctoral thesis in 1958 (see Bendor-Samuel 1981 [1958]). An abridged …
Observaciones Sobre Comunidad Y (Dis)Continuidad En El Estudio Sociolingüístico Del Español En Estados Unidos, Andrew Lynch
Observaciones Sobre Comunidad Y (Dis)Continuidad En El Estudio Sociolingüístico Del Español En Estados Unidos, Andrew Lynch
Andrew Lynch
In this chapter, I explain the difficulties posed by two key concepts of sociolinguistic theory in the discussion of Spanish in the United States: 'community' and 'continuity'.