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The northern plains of Saudi Arabia are an area of approximately 231,000 km2, or roughly equivalent to the size of the whole of the United Kingdom. During previous ABBA Surveys in this area in late winter and spring significant numbers of wintering species such as Dotterel Charadrius morinellus, sandgrouse Pterocles sps and eagles and vultures have been recorded, as well as the threatened Sociable Plover Vanellus gregarius. The main objective of ABBA Survey 40 (30 January - 28 February 2009) was to assess wintering populations of these birds in northern Arabia through sampling methods. In all 21 timed walked censuses in the early morning and 25 driven transect counts (over a total distance of 1511 km) were carried out. Unfortunately most of the region had suffered a severe drought over an extended period, perhaps the previous ten years or longer, and in most of the survey area there had been no rain at all during the winter/spring period of 2008/2009. This lack of rain had resulted in a complete lack of green vegetation in most of the western part of the area studied. Consequently the census results showed low species diversity and small populations.
West Slavic accentuation
(2009)
At the time of the earliest reconstructible dialectal divergences, which belong to the Late Middle Slavic period of my chronology (stages 7.0 - 8.0 of Kortlandt 1989a, 2003, 2008), the West Slavic languages represented the most conservative part of the Slavic dialects (cf. Kortlandt 1982b: 191 and 2003: 231).
In einem der wenigen Interviews, welche die kürzlich verstorbene Pina Bausch vor vielen Jahren gegeben hatte, wurde sie gefragt, warum in ihrem Tanztheater so wenig getanzt werde. Wie man sich bewege, so war die Antwort, interessiere sie weniger, als vielmehr, was bewege. Eine ähnliche Frage scheint in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten auch der Ausgangspunkt vieler Recherchen im Bereich des neuen Musik- bzw. Sprechtheaters zu sein, betrachtet man beispielsweise die Inszenierungen bzw. szenischen Projekte von Komponisten und Regisseuren wie Christoph Marthaler und Heiner Goebbels oder von bildenden Künstlern wie Robert Wilson und Romeo Castellucci. Keiner Sparte im engeren Sinne zuzuordnen, erproben sie eine Aufhebung der Spartengrenzen und streben die Geburt eines anderen Theaters an, aus dem Geist der Musik. Ihre Frage könnte heißen: Was singt in der Sprache, in der Stimme?
The main goal of this article is to define the problem of vowel duration in Civili (H12a). It shows that the so-called Civili vowel-length desperately needs to be re-examined, because previous works on the sound system of this language hardly explain a number of phonological phenomena, such as vowel lengthening, on the basis of data at hand. Demonstrating the problem in question, the author first reviews previous works that all identify a vowel lengthening in Civili. From different analyses the complexity of the phenomenon is found out by observing differences from an analysis to another, and by regarding difficulties the different phonologists came up against. Then, the problem is also seen through the weakness of each analysis results. This eventually shows more aspects of the vowel duration issue, and leads the author to make a clear distinction between vowel length and vowel lengthening that can be all regarded as only vowel duration. Finally, the article shares a possible way for a solution through an experimental approach of the Civili sound system.