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maartenkossmann.bsky.social
Berber linguistics // linguistique amazighe // ⵜⵎⵓⵙⵏⵉ ⵏ ⵜⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ Universiteit Leiden https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/maarten-kossmann
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The English have no word for “to die”. Instead they use the verb “to pass” with the adverb “away”. The profound wisdom of these isolated island people is so beautiful: we are just passers by in this life, and when we move to the other side we pass away!

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

En særlig sætning i 350 år gammelt brev vækker opsigt blandt sprogforskere   #dkvid #dkforsk

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Meanwhile in Britain @nathanielbdemiller.bsky.social nos.nl/l/2572389

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Plus ça change...

submitted 3 days ago • 5 comments

Gustav Wunderwalds (1.01.1882 - 24.06.1945) Werke wurden im NS als entartet eingestuft. Ab 1934 durfte er keine Gemälde ausstellen und verkaufen. "Manchmal komme ich wie besoffen von meinen Wanderungen durch Berlin zurück, der Eindrücke sind so viele, daß ich nicht weiß, welches zuerst anfangen." 🧵

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Advanced technology.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Correspondence #Tamajeq : - ǝggǝd - šigget - ǝgǝḍiḍ iggadan #Tetserret : - obbǝd - tǝbbǝd - agoḍǝḍ ibbodǝn Meaning : -to jump, to fly - a jump, a flight - a bird that flies

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

In Oxford for DiGS 26 🤩 to talk about diachronic syntax of less documented languages - what can we learn about the development of focus from clefts in Bantu languages?

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