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Smoothie or Fruit Salad? Learners’ Descriptions of Accents as Windows to Concept Formation [PDF]

, 2015
This paper explores the linguistically naive descriptions which one set of EFL learners provided when identifying and describing accents. First and second-year English majors at a French university were asked to do two tasks.
Alice Henderson, April, April, Bloch, Bloch, Boughton, Boughton, Bruner, Bruner, Celce, Celce, Couper, Couper, Couper, Couper, DeKeyser, DeKeyser, Dörnyei, Dörnyei, Ellis, Ellis, Fraser, Fraser, Fraser, Fraser, Frost, Frost, Henderson, Henderson, Honikman, Honikman, Huckvale, Huckvale, Hume, Hume, Kirkova, Kirkova, Lakoff, Lakoff, Lehiste, Lehiste, Meisel, Meisel, Messum, Messum, Oxford, Oxford, Preston, Preston, Preston, Preston, Rasier, Rasier, Strange, Strange, Szpyra, Szpyra, Thomson, Thomson, Walter, Walter, Wells, Wells, Wells, Wells, Wilton, Wilton, Wrembel, Wrembel, Wrembel, Wrembel   +70 more
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Prevalence and Trajectory of Household Material Hardship Among Children With Advanced Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Objectives Families of children with advanced cancer living in poverty experience inferior outcomes including poor parent mental health and worse child quality of life. Household material hardship (HMH: food, housing, transportation, and/or utility insecurity) is a modifiable poverty exposure—and potential intervention target—that ...
Sarah Wright, Morgan A. Paul, Selena Murcia Mendez, Emily Jones, Lucille Lokko, Chelsea Heneghan, Nicholas Purol, Morgan Arnold, Rahela Aziz‐Bose, Colleen A. Kelly, Sandi L. Pruitt, Joanne Wolfe, Kira Bona, Puja J. Umaretiya   +13 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles, Greg Russell, Leila H. DeWitt, Kimberly Montez, Callie L. Brown   +4 more
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Participation in Shadow Education in Church- and State-Maintained Schools: The Role of Cultural and Social Capital

Central European Journal of Educational Research
Research on shadow education is often justified based on Bourdieu’s theory of capital as it is assumed to contribute to social inequalities. This paper focuses on the role of cultural and social capital and on the differences between state- and church ...
Gabriella Hegedűs, Ildikó Csépes
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Is there an interlanguage speech credibility benefit?

Topics in Linguistics, 2016
Some (though not all) previous studies have documented the interlanguage speech intelligibility benefit (ISIB), i.e. the greater intelligibility of non-native (relative to native) speech to non-native listeners as compared to native listeners.
Podlipský Václav Jonáš, Šimáčková Šárka, Petráž David   +2 more
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English-Only policy and belief in the United States [PDF]

, 2012
English-Only initiatives are commonplace in the United States. Proponents of Official English would like to make the official language of the United States English despite the prestige English already has in the United States. The motivations behind this
White, Lauren E.
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Risk Prediction Models for Recurrence After Curative Treatment of Early‐Stage or Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
This systematic review synthesizes prognostic models for survival and recurrence in resected non‐small cell lung cancer. While many models demonstrate moderate to good discrimination, few are externally validated and reporting quality is variable, limiting clinical applicability and highlighting the need for robust, transparent model development ...
Evangeline Samuel, S. Tissera, E. Paul, J. Zalcberg, R. G. Stirling   +4 more
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A Plural Indefinite Article in Heritage Greek: The Role of Register

Languages, 2022
This paper investigates the use of kati “some” by Greek Heritage Speakers (HSs) in comparison to monolinguals. While all Greek determiners are marked for gender, case, and number, and agree with their nominal complement, kati is an exception, as it lacks
Artemis Alexiadou, Vasiliki Rizou, Foteini Karkaletsou   +2 more
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Hugo Williams, self-styled anglo-american poet [PDF]

, 2007
Although his poetry gives every appearance of being pre-eminently 'English', Hugo Williams claims he is an 'Anglo-American' poet. This surprising assertion rests on his enthusiastic embrace of American popular culture as well as the construction of a ...
Fulton, D
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Age‐Related Characteristics of SYT1‐Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives We describe the clinical manifestations and developmental abilities of individuals with SYT1‐associated neurodevelopmental disorder (Baker‐Gordon syndrome) from infancy to adulthood. We further describe the neuroradiological and electrophysiological characteristics of the condition at different ages, and explore the associations ...
Sam G. Norwitz, Josefine Eck, Joel S. Winston, Kate Baker   +3 more
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