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In the mythological texts from Ugarit in modern Syria (probably 14th century BC), the motif of the deadly, drought-inducing sun plays a large part: the burning sun casts its destroying rays as a result of the power and influence of death, especially the god of death himself, Mot. However, the solar goddess Shapshu is in other cases portrayed as quite a benevolent entity. In this paper, I discuss t
The aim of this study is to investigate whether the occurrence of lexical tones in a language imposes restrictions on its pitch range. We use data from Kammu, a Mon-Khmer language spoken in Northern Laos, which has one dialect with, and one without, lexical tones. The main finding is that speakers of the tonal dialect have a narrower pitch range, and also a smaller variation in pitch range.
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EU-kommissionen är missnöjd med de svenska skattelagarna när det gäller fastighetsförsäljning och hotar med EG-domstolen. Frågan är om domstolen verkligen har kompetens att underkänna den svenska lagstiftningen på de grunder kommissionen anger. Det skriver två universitetslektorer i Lund: Lars Pelin vid juridiska fakulteten och Mikael Sundström vid statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
This paper addresses issues of population policy and stratified reproduction in Singapore. When Singapore gained its independence in 1965 the government initiated an ambitious modernization program. The economy was restructured, farmland and villages were torn down to give way to high‐rise housing estates and infrastructure, and the education system was reformed. Population management has been (an
