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Roger Blench, relying particularly on prior work by Professor Kay Williamson of the University of Port Harcourt, and the linguist P. De Wolf, who each took the same position, has argued that a Benue – Congo linguistic subfamily of the Niger – Congo language family, which includes the Bantu languages and other related languages and would be the largest branch of Niger – Congo, is an empirically supported grouping which probably originated at the confluence of the Beneu and Congo Rivers in Central Nigeria.
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Roger Blench ( 1995 ) suggests Niger – Congo is a subfamily of Nilo-Saharan.
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Roger Blench notes that the Talodi and Heiban families have the noun-class systems characteristic of the Atlantic – Congo core of Niger – Congo, but that the two Katla languages have no trace of ever having had such a system, whereas the Kadu languages and some of the Rashad languages appear to have acquired noun classes as part of a Sprachbund rather than having inherited them.
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A more recent proponent was Roger Blench ( 1995 ), who puts forward phonological, morphological and lexical evidence for uniting Niger – Congo and Nilo-Saharan in a Niger – Saharan phylum, with special affinity between Niger – Congo and Central Sudanic.
Roger Blench notes morphological similarities in all putative branches, which leads him to believe that the family is likely to be valid.
" Laurent Sagart, Roger Blench & Alicia Sanchez-Mazas, eds.
* Blench, Roger, « Musical instruments and musical pratices as markers of austronesian expansion », 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, 26 March 2006.
* Williamson, Kay & Blench, Roger ( 2000 ) ' Niger – Congo ', in Heine, Bernd & Nurse, Derek ( eds.
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The linguist Roger Blench replaced Adamawa – Ubangi with a Savannas family, which includes Gur, Ubangian, and the various branches of Adamawa as primary nodes.
Defaka, Ega, and Bijogo are highly divergent languages located within Niger-Congo-speaking areas, and may also possibly be language isolates according to Roger Blench.
* Languages of Arunachal Pradesh ( Roger Blench )
Roger Blench ( 2008 ) advocates for multiple migrations along the Pacific coast of peoples from northeastern Asia who already spoke diverse languages.
* Archaeology and language, edited by Roger Blench and Matthew Spriggs, 4 vols.
* Williamson, Kay & Blench, Roger ( 2000 ) ' Niger – Congo ', in Heine, Bernd and Nurse, Derek ( eds ) African Languages-An Introduction.
* Williamson, Kay & Blench, Roger ( 2000 ) ' Niger – Congo ', in Heine, Bernd and Nurse, Derek ( eds ) African Languages-An Introduction.
Linguist Roger Blench has suggested that the Nilo-Saharan languages and the Niger – Congo languages may be branches of the same macro-language family.
According to linguist Roger Blench, as of 2004, all specialists in Niger – Congo languages believe the languages to have a common origin, rather than merely constituting a typological classification, for reasons including their shared noun-class system, their shared verbal extensions and their shared basic lexicon.
Roger Blench notes that Songhay shares the defining singulative – plurative morphology typical of Nilo-Saharan languages, though it is difficult to show that any of the branches of Nilo-Saharan are actually related.
* Roger Blench and Colleen Ahland, " The Classification of Gumuz and Koman Languages ", presented at the Language Isolates in Africa workshop, Lyons, December 4, 2010
In: Sagart, Laurent, Roger Blench and Alicia Sanchez-Mazas ( eds .).
Roger Blench calls Indo-Pacific " one of the more improbable macrophyla hypotheses in linguistics ", observing that while it " purported to be a purely linguistic exercise ... it conveniently swept up all the languages of the crinklyhaired populations in the region that were not clearly Austronesian.
Ukaan is also related to Benue – Congo ; Roger Blench suspects it may be either the most divergent language ( East ) Benue – Congo language, or the closest relative to Benue – Congo.
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Some " power pitchers ," such as Nolan Ryan and Roger Clemens have thrown it at speeds of 95 – 106 mph ( 152. 9 – 170. 59 km / h ) ( officially ) and up to 108. 1 mph ( 174 km / h ) ( unofficially ), relying purely on speed to prevent the ball from being hit.
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell stated, " The payments here are particularly troubling because they involved not just payments for ' performance ,' but also for injuring opposing players.
" Writing for the Chicago Sun-Times, film critic Roger Ebert wrote " film stars actors of considerable physical appeal, most particularly Penelope Cruz as Silvia.
After the departure of Governor Schmaltz ( he had taken office at the end of the wreck of the Medusa ), Roger Baron particularly encourages the development of the peanut, " the earth pistachio ", whose monoculture would be long because of the severe economic backwardness of Senegal.
However, there were international protests particularly in Britain and the United States in 1903-04 spearheaded mainly by Edmund Dene Morel and British diplomat / Irish patriot Roger Casement, whose 1904 report on the Congo condemned the practice, as well as famous writers such as Mark Twain ( who wrote King Leopold's Soliloquy ) and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
This brought him into close contact with the Bloomsbury Group, particularly Roger Fry and Clive Bell, with whom he soon fell out.
The term outsider art was coined by art critic Roger Cardinal in 1972 as an English synonym for art brut (, " raw art " or " rough art "), a label created by French artist Jean Dubuffet to describe art created outside the boundaries of official culture ; Dubuffet focused particularly on art by those on the outsides of the established art scene such as insane-asylum inmates and children.
Hopkins ' support of Abraham Lincoln also often put him at odds with some of Maryland's most prominent people, particularly Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney, who continually opposed Lincoln's presidential decisions, such as his policies of limiting habeas corpus and stationing troops in Maryland.
Even some of the critics who were completely panning the film gave a sliver of positivity when mentioning Bartha's performance, although others ( particularly Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper ) found the character manipulative and derivative of Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man.
Despite arguing that the climax lapses into action film cliches, Roger Ebert nonetheless gave the movie a four-out-of-four star review for its " moments of pure revelation ," particularly in the scenes between Scott and Hubley.
The tour was the longest and most gruelling the group had ever undertaken, and put a lot of stress on the band, particularly Roger Freeman, who was replaced by Brian Nevill for several gigs.
The major historians have since concluded that the Providence church was first, particularly given the fact that Roger Williams had gathered his church and had resigned as its pastor before Newport was even founded.
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times was particularly enthusiastic in his review: he called it " one of the best films of the year ", and listed it as one of his five best films of 1999, stating " this could have been a clinical movie of the week, but instead it's a sad song about a free spirit who tried to fly a little too close to the flame ".
Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times newspaper called the movie " a farce ," giving the film one out of four stars, and particularly negative comments on the films ' content and script.
He shows little emotion, though several times throughout the story he displays sadness and regret for what is necessary, and in the end he shows his love for his child and his old flame, Marisa Coulter, appearing particularly angry when he thinks that fate has brought him Lyra to use as his ' sacrifice ' to bridge worlds ( Although he calms down when Roger is revealed to also be available ).
His earliest recordings were as a soloist with the Roger Wagner Chorale ( Capitol ) in the 1950s with the Chorale in the background particularly in the LP Joy to the World where he sang in " O Holy Night " and the LPs Folk Songs of the New World P8324 ( 1955 ) and Folk Songs of the Frontier P8332 ( 1956 ), where he sang, among other songs, " Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie " and " Streets of Laredo ".
He is a registered Republican, although he often criticizes the party, particularly over the Roger Clemens Congressional hearing.
It has been suggested ( particularly by Eckhard Freise ) that Theophilus is the same person as the artisan monk Roger of Helmarshausen.
Conversely, some critics, have become particularly important helping to explain and promote new art movements — Roger Fry with the Post-Impressionist movement, Lawrence Alloway with Pop Art as examples.
Sir Roger Keyes, Conservative Member of Parliament for a constituency in the naval town of Portsmouth, a naval hero of World War I and an Admiral of the Fleet no longer on the active list, spoke on the conduct of naval operations, particularly the abortive operations to retake Trondheim.
Roger Cuthbert Quilter ( 1 November 187721 September 1953 ) was an English composer, known particularly for his songs.
" Roger Ebert particularly praised the film and called it " a subtle, thoughtful movie.
In the tradition of adventure game heroes like Roger Wilco and Guybrush Threepwood, Brandon is depicted as well-meaning, but not particularly bright.
Richard " Dick " Miller ( born December 25, 1928 ) is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 films, particularly those produced by Roger Corman, and later in films of directors who started their careers with Corman, including James Cameron and Joe Dante, with the distinction of appearing in every film made by Dante.
Many other players employ the strategy depending on the court surface, such as Roger Federer at Wimbledon, emulating Pete Sampras, who despite being known for his great serve and volley game, did not always come to the net behind the serve on slower courts, particularly on the second serve.
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