This paper argues that the distribution of -(a)licious and -(a)thon is a result of speakers applying ∗ and ∗ , well-motived constraints in English, to novel suffixes. Both experimental and corpus data show that the form of the suffix, e.g. -alicious with schwa or -licious without, tends to avoid stress clash and hiatus. The claim that speakers use their existing English phonological grammar for...

The research is dedicated to the problem of translating artlangs as a means alternative worldview embodiment. object twofold: in its linguistic manifestation and – artistic languages created within literary discourse mainly for expressive purposes. aim equally dual: determine what (kind of) reflected how it can be reproduced translation. Our first hypothesis outlines three instances clashes con...

The Vedas are the first texts in the library of mankind. They are universally acknowledged to be the most precious Indian Heritage. The antiquity to the Vedic civilization is debated to a great extent but indeed there is no civilization known to humanity with such antiquity as Vedic Aryan Civilization. The so-called Aryans would have originated in the Aryavarta. N. J. Lockyer has declared: šThe...

The disintegration of the Classic Maya civilization in the Yucatán Peninsula and Central America was a complex process that occurred over an approximately 200-year interval and involved a catastrophic depopulation of the region. Although it is well established that the civilization collapse coincided with widespread episodes of drought, their nature and severity remain enigmatic. We present a q...

We compute the detectability of directed energy sources from distant civilizations that may exist. Recent advances in our own directed energy abilities allow us to foresee our own capability that will radically change our ability to broadcast our presence and hence allow us to ponder the reverse case of detection. In the next few decades we will evolve to the point where we will be able to prod...

A great deal of scientists and philosophers made the history of humanity heavily indebted, blossoming out during the Islamic Golden Age. Tracing the development of Muslim civilization, we can observe distinct thinking methods which have improved different facets of society. Contributing to the promotion of civilization, mathematics and its various apparatus cannot be neglected. Khwārizmī is the...