Questões Militares Para letras

LÍNGUA FALADA POR APENAS 1.000 PESSOAS É DESCOBERTA NA ÍNDIA

Pesquisadores pensavam que idioma ´koro` era dialeto da cultura aka.

Falantes moram no nordeste do país asiático.

Do G1, com informações da AP

Uma língua falada por apenas mil pessoas foi descoberta na Índia, conforme revelou o especialista David Harrison nesta terça-feira (6). Chamado ´Koro`, o idioma é usado no estado de Arunachal Pradesh, no extremo nordeste do país.

Os pesquisados da Swarthmore College, nos Estados Unidos, afirma que nem mesmo os falantes sabiam que o koro era uma língua totalmente distinta de qualquer outra. Anteriormente, acreditava-se que o idioma era apenas um dialeto aka, típico daquela região, na fronteira com a China e Mianmar. 

Segundo Harrison, há 6.910 línguas documentadas no mundo, contando o koro. O idioma está ameaçado de cair no esquecimento, já que os jovens tendem a utilizar línguas mais comuns para garantir maior aceitação. 

Composta por tribos que vivem da agricultura e da caça, a cultura aka é encontrada em um local de acesso restrito na Índia. Para chegar lá, os linguistas da instituição norte-americana precisaram passar por uma zona montanhosa. 

A pesquisa da equipe de Harrison começou em 2008. Para o time, o inventário de sons em koro é completamente distinto da família aka. O mesmo vale para a formação das palavras, feitas a partir da combinação dos fonemas da língua recém-descoberta. 

Os estudiosos, que receberam a ajuda do linguista Ganesh Murmu, especialista da Universidade Ranchi, na Índia, colocaram o koro dentro de um grupo de idiomas os quais estão o birmanês e o tibetano. A equipe ainda não sabe dizer como o koro sobreviveu até hoje. Os resultados do trabalho serão publicados na revista Indian Linguistics. 

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LIVING TOGETHER

TAKING THE NEXT STEP

Couples who move in together may be rejecting, at least temporarily. Old-fashioned notions of marriage. But when it comes to deciding whether to wed, they fall into the same gender roles as staunch traditionalists.

In other words, the guy still calls the shots. This according to a survey that looked at nearly 400 cohabiting couples and what happens when only one partner thinks the twosome will eventually marry.

If the man is the one hearing wedding bells, it seems, a couple is nearly as likely to marry as when both partners plan to say “I do”. But if it's the woman who hopes to wed, the couple is only half as likely to wind up at the altar.

All of which surpised Bowling Green State University's Wendy Manning, Ph.D. “This is a group that subscribes to less traditional gender roles. So we just assumed they would behave in a less traditional manner.” -Alyssa Rarraport

Psychology Today – March/April 1996_

Fonte: GAMA, Angela N. M. In Introdução à leitura em inglês. RJ:

Gama Filho, 2001, p.76.

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LIVING TOGETHER

TAKING THE NEXT STEP

Couples who move in together may be rejecting, at least temporarily. Old-fashioned notions of marriage. But when it comes to deciding whether to wed, they fall into the same gender roles as staunch traditionalists.

In other words, the guy still calls the shots. This according to a survey that looked at nearly 400 cohabiting couples and what happens when only one partner thinks the twosome will eventually marry.

If the man is the one hearing wedding bells, it seems, a couple is nearly as likely to marry as when both partners plan to say “I do”. But if it's the woman who hopes to wed, the couple is only half as likely to wind up at the altar.

All of which surpised Bowling Green State University's Wendy Manning, Ph.D. “This is a group that subscribes to less traditional gender roles. So we just assumed they would behave in a less traditional manner.” -Alyssa Rarraport

Psychology Today – March/April 1996_

Fonte: GAMA, Angela N. M. In Introdução à leitura em inglês. RJ:

Gama Filho, 2001, p.76.

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CAN A VIRUS MAKE YOU FAT?

Although the idea sounds more like the premise of a B movie than scientific theory two scientists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison believe they've found a virus that causes some people to get fat. Nikhil Dhurandhar and Richard Atkinson reported recently that when they injected a virus known as AD36 into mice and chickens, the animals' body fat increased. Because humans were unlikely to volinteer for such exiperimentation, the scientists decided to test for the presence of antibodies to the virus. Of 154

people tested, about 15 percent of those who were obese had the antibodies. None of the lean people did.

However, the findings don't necessarily prove that the virus caused obesity in the test group. As several virologists have pointed out, obese people may simply be more susceptible to such a virus.

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CAN A VIRUS MAKE YOU FAT?

Although the idea sounds more like the premise of a B movie than scientific theory two scientists at the University of Wisconsin in Madison believe they've found a virus that causes some people to get fat. Nikhil Dhurandhar and Richard Atkinson reported recently that when they injected a virus known as AD36 into mice and chickens, the animals' body fat increased. Because humans were unlikely to volinteer for such exiperimentation, the scientists decided to test for the presence of antibodies to the virus. Of 154

people tested, about 15 percent of those who were obese had the antibodies. None of the lean people did.

However, the findings don't necessarily prove that the virus caused obesity in the test group. As several virologists have pointed out, obese people may simply be more susceptible to such a virus.

Gregory “Greg” Heffley is an American middle school student and also the main protagonist of the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Greg is lazy, petty, slightly narcissistic, sociopathic, egotistical, eccentric, egocentric, usually backstabbing, and sometimes even selfish and dishonest, and apparently lacks talent. He hardly has any skills aside from video games and possibly singing. However, despite all this, Greg has had his kind and caring moments, but not that often.

Adapted from https://diary-of-a-wimpy-kid.fandom.com/wiki/Greg_Heffley

Gregory “Greg” Heffley is an American middle school student and also the main protagonist of the book series Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Greg is lazy, petty, slightly narcissistic, sociopathic, egotistical, eccentric, egocentric, usually backstabbing, and sometimes even selfish and dishonest, and apparently lacks talent. He hardly has any skills aside from video games and possibly singing. However, despite all this, Greg has had his kind and caring moments, but not that often.

Adapted from https://diary-of-a-wimpy-kid.fandom.com/wiki/Greg_Heffley