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UNINA9910465998903321 |
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Autore |
Schorer Nicolas |
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Titolo |
The Dura language : grammar and phylogeny / / by Nicolas Schorer |
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Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2016] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Brill's Tibetan Studies Library |
Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region ; ; v. 5/17 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Dura language - Grammar |
Dura language - History |
Extinct languages - Nepal |
Electronic books. |
Lamjung (Nepal : District) Languages |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Dura and Their Language -- 3 A Typological Overview -- 4 Towards a Phonology of Dura -- 5 Lexicon -- 6 Nouns -- 7 Adjectives and Adjectivals -- 8 Verbs -- 9 Adverbs -- 10 Minor Word Classes -- 11 Phylogenetic Evidence -- Appendix -- References -- Index. |
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In The Dura Language: Grammar andamp; Phylogeny Nicolas Schorer provides the definite descriptive account of this hitherto poorly documented language of Lamjung, Nepal. The Dura language is effectively extinct, although attempts at revival may be undertaken by well-intentioned members of Dura ethnicity. On the basis of a comprehensive study and analysis of all of the extant Dura language material, the book outlines the phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, lexical and syntactic properties as well as the phylogenetic position of the language in unprecedented detail. The result of the phylogenetic inquiry will help explain some of the sociocultural realities associated with the Dura community in Nepal and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the linguistic landscape of the Himalayas. |
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UNINA9910781132603321 |
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Autore |
Crato Nuno |
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Figuring It Out [[electronic resource] ] : Entertaining Encounters with Everyday Math / / by Nuno Crato |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Copernicus, , 2010 |
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1-282-98275-3 |
9786612982750 |
3-642-04833-1 |
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[1st ed. 2010.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (212 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Mathematics |
Popular works |
Mathematics, general |
Popular Science, general |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Original Portuguese edition: A matemática das coisas ; Lisboa, Portugal : Gradiva Publicações lda., 2008. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Everyday Matters -- The Dinner Table Algorithm -- Cutting the Christmas Cake -- Oranges and Computers -- When Two and Two Don’t Make Four -- Getting More Intelligent Every Day -- The Other Lane Always Goes Faster -- Shoelaces and Neckties -- Number Puzzles -- Tossing a Coin -- The Switch -- Eubulides, The Heap and The Euro -- The Earth is Round -- How GPS Works -- Gear Wheels -- February 29 -- The Nonius Scale -- Pedro Nunes’ Map -- Lighthouse Geometry -- Asteroids and Least Squares -- The Useful Man and the Genius -- Secret Affairs -- Alice and Bob1 -- Inviolate Cybersecrets -- Quantum Cryptography -- The FBI Wavelet -- The Enigma Machine -- Art and Geometry -- The Vitruvian Man -- The Golden Number -- The Geometry of A4 Paper Sizes -- The Strange Worlds of Escher -- Escher and the Möbius Strip -- Picasso, Einstein and the Fourth Dimension -- Pollock’s Fractals -- Voronoi Diagrams -- The Platonic Solids -- Pythagorean Mosquitoes -- The Most Beautiful of All -- Mathematical Objects -- The Power of Math -- Doubts in the Realm of Certainty -- When Chance Enhances Reliability -- The Difficulty of Chance -- |
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Conjectures and Proofs -- Mr. Benford -- Financial Fractals -- Turing’s Test -- DNA Computers -- Magical Multiplication -- ? Day -- The Best Job in the World -- Out of this World -- Electoral Paradoxes -- The Melon Paradox -- The Cupcake Paradox -- Infinity -- Unfair Games -- Monsieur Bertrand -- Boy or Girl? -- A Puzzle for Christmas -- Crisis Time for Easter Eggs. |
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This is a book of mathematical stories — funny and puzzling mathematical stories. They tell of villains who try to steal secrets, heroes who encode their messages, and mathematicians who spend years on end searching for the best way to pile oranges. There are also stories about highway confusions occurring when the rules of Cartesian geometry are ignored, small-change errors due to ignorance of ancient paradoxes, and mistakes in calendars arising from poor numerical approximations. This book is about the power and beauty of mathematics. It shows mathematics in action, explained in a way that everybody can understand. It is a book for enticing youngsters and inspiring teachers. Nuno Crato is a leading science writer and mathematician, whose entertaining essays have won a number of international awards. |
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