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  • Amerind Personal Pronouns: A Second Opinion

  • Lyle Campbell
  • Journal:
    Language / Volume 73 / Issue 2 / June 1997
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 February 2026, pp. 339-351

  • There is now, surprisingly, a sizeable literature on pronouns in Native American languages and what their historical significance may be (references cited in N&P 1996 and Campbell 1994). Nichols & Peterson 1996 (henceforth Nichols and Peterson) is significant both for what it reveals about these pronouns and for the questions it raises about how they might be explained. Nichols and Peterson investigate the distribution of the pronoun pattern with n ‘first person’ and m ‘second person’ and assert that it is limited essentially to certain western American Indian languages and to Austronesian languages of northern New Guinea, based on ‘a moderately large sample of the world's languages’ (337), largely copied from Nichols 1992. They argue that this distribution is no accident, but rather is ‘a single historical development … though we cannot determine the exact nature of the shared history (common descent? areal affinity? etc.), it can be given a chronology and a geography and tied in to a bigger picture of circumpacific migration’ (337). The interpretation of this single historical development, however, is obscured in the discussion. My purpose here is to offer a different interpretation of their findings and thus hopefully to contribute to greater understanding of the role of pronouns in comparative linguistics in general. N&P contributes a number of significant insights concerning criteria for genetic relatedness. The reinterpretation offered here does not concern these, but rather only their more specific claims about the geographical distribution of pronoun patterns and how they are to be understood.

  • The cost of a healthy diet and its association with BMI in crisis-stricken Lebanon

  • Maha Hoteit, Myriam Abboud, Maroun Khattar, Rana Rizk
  • Journal:
    Public Health Nutrition / Volume 29 / Issue 1 / 2026
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    19 February 2026, e42
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  • Objectives:

    This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Lebanese adults living with underweight, overweight or obesity, assess and compare the cost of the Mediterranean Diet (MD) with that of the current dietary consumption pattern and explore diet cost as a determinant of living with underweight, overweight or obesity.

    Design:

    Data for this nationally representative cross-sectional study were collected through sociodemographic questionnaires, anthropometric measurements, the Arab Family Food Security Scale and dietary assessments using a validated FFQ and 24-h recalls. Diet costs were calculated based on 2023 market prices using purchasing power parity. Logistic regression was used to assess associations with BMI.

    Setting:

    Lebanon, using data representative of the Lebanese adults’ population.

    Participants:

    444 Lebanese residents aged 18–64 years.

    Results:

    Overall, 66·2 % of the participants were living with underweight (4·3 %), overweight (37·8 %) or obesity (24·1 %). On average, the cost of following MD ranged from Intl.$ 23·36 to Intl.$ 26·49/person/d, whereas a Lebanese adult spent Intl.$ 20·46 on consumption. Only 31·1 % of participants spent an amount equal to or greater than the minimum MD cost (Intl. $23·36/d). Participants who meet or exceed this threshold were 1·59 times more likely to be living with a healthy weight (aOR = 1·59, p = 0·043).

    Conclusions:

    The high prevalence of Lebanese adults living with underweight, overweight or obesity is compounded by the unaffordability of a healthy MD. Improving the affordability of nutritious foods is crucial to promoting healthier dietary patterns and achieving better weight outcomes. Public health strategies should include economic, behavioural and policy-level interventions to enhance diet quality and affordability in crisis-affected populations.

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