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Non-specific, specific and obscured perception verbs in Baltic languages

open access: yes, 2016
Opportunistic perception verbs (‘see’, ‘hear’, as opposed to explorative perception verbs, ‘look’, ‘listen’) express the opportunity for perception and are condition-oriented (exposure, i.e.
Wälchli, Bernhard
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Aspectual Restriction on Sorting in Czech and Slovak

open access: yesLanguages
This article is about the cross-linguistic universality of the so-called Universal Sorter, where a noun N means ‘kind of N’. We discuss two restrictions in two Slavic languages which are absent from English, pertaining to perfective verbs and numerically
Mojmír Dočekal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Geographic Information System (GIS)–CRiteria Importance Through Intercriteria Correlation (CRITIC) Framework for Selecting Solar Photovoltaics Sites: A Case Study

open access: yesEnergy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
A novel framework integrating environmental constraints, topography, infrastructure accessibility, and solar irradiation was developed to identify optimal utility‐scale solar photovoltaics (PV) sites in Lithuania. Western and central Lithuania showed the highest suitability for future solar PV expansion.
Mahyar Kamali Saraji   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food Security Versus Environmental Health: The Nitrogen Dilemma

open access: yesJournal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth and, consequently, crop production. However, the cycling of nitrogen in the environment can have negative effects. Here, we review the historical development of scientific and public awareness of these effects and the influence this has had on political action to control them.
Henrike Mielenz   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Review of: Circum-Baltic Languages Vol. 1: Past and Present, and Circum-Baltic Languages Vol. 2: Grammar and Typology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
These twin volumes grew out of a six-year research program entitled \u27Language typology around the Baltic Sea\u27, sponsored by the Faculty of Humanities at Stockholm University and directed by one of the editors (Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm). They seek to
Vajda, Edward J.
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Computerized mediated explicit instruction and EFL learners' knowledge of speech acts: Investigating the role of EFL learners’ language proficiency and perceptions

open access: yesHeliyon, 2023
Computer-mediated explicit Instruction (CMEI) is effective in promoting second language development, particularly in the area of speech acts. However, more information is needed about the role of learners' language proficiency and perceptions in the ...
Lijia Zhong, Yanle Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Review of the Salpausselkä ice‐marginal formations in Finland

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Extensive Salpausselkä ice‐marginal formations were deposited in southern and eastern Finland during the Weichselian deglaciation. These comprise three major ridges (I, II, and III Salpausselkäs) and their eastern counterparts (Tuupovaara, Koitere, and Pielisjärvi), together forming laterally continuous ice‐marginal formations extending ...
Jukka‐Pekka Palmu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Eine slowenisch-prußische lexikalisch-mythologische Parallele: kres/kresze

open access: yesSlovenski Jezik - Slovene Linguistic Studies
In three 15th-century German sources concerning certainly Baltic (chiefly Prussian) pagan customs, the term Kresze 'a pagan feast' is mentioned (the other two forms mentioned are keyse, krysze). This form is comparable to the Slavic *krěs’b and also with
Nikolai Mikhailov
doaj   +1 more source

The submerged genitive in Old Prussian

open access: yesVilnius University Open Series, 2021
This paper is devoted to the Old Prussian phrase ʃwaiāʃmu ʃupʃei buttan ‘to his own house’ (Enchiridion, III 876). Far from being simply the result of a syntactic error, the genitive ʃupʃei ‘of oneself’ can be recognized as the reflex of an archaic ...
Daniel Petit
doaj   +1 more source

Automatization of multistep sample preparation for microplastics monitoring in aquatic environments

open access: yesLimnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Microplastics (MP) have been found in every environmental compartment in urban and remote areas. Although their ubiquity is widely recognized, the lack of harmonized protocols for sampling, sample preparation, and particle identification/quantification hinders comparability among studies.
Markus Sillanpää   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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