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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A bio‐inspired Micro‐wrinkled Janus elastomeric flexible strain sensor mimicking wrinkled‐leaf viburnum is developed. Endowed with a synergistic sensing mechanism including wrinkle‐guided microcracks, modulus‐gradient‐driven strain division, and a parallel conductive circuit, it achieves ultra‐high linearity, sensitivity, wide strain range, and ...
Jing Lin +11 more
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Navigating the climate change minefield: the influence of metaphor on climate doomism
Frontiers in CommunicationClimate doomism is an increasing concern for climate change communication. In the United States, this opinion regarding anthropogenic climate change is now more prevalent than climate skepticism, and is the primary reason cited for opposition to climate ...
Caitlin Johnstone +2 more
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Phonetic Imitation of Vowel Duration in L2 Speech [PDF]
, 2013 This paper reports the results of a pilot study concerned with phonetic imitation in the speech of Polish learners of English. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether native speakers of Polish imitate the length of English vowels and to ...
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Trauma‐Informed Practice in Welfare‐to‐Work and Employment Services: A Scoping Review
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition within welfare services, including employment services, that many participants may have histories of trauma. Research suggests that experiences of trauma not only impact individuals' psychosocial health but also vocational elements such as job performance, employability, career progression, and financial ...
Emily Corbett +3 more
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From the British Isles to Ceylon, or English in Sri Lanka [PDF]
Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, 2018 Although Sri Lanka was a site of colonization of the Portuguese, Dutch and (under the treaty of Amiens in 1802) British, it was the English language that had the strongest influence on the indigenous population of the island as the earlier colonizers ...
Olga Laskowska
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Program of College Students’ Language Attitudes Research
Şarkiyat Mecmuası, 2022 This study investigated the language attitudes of undergraduates, masters and doctoral students at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) regarding British English, American English, Chinese English and Mandarin through a questionnaire ...
Yu Liu
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Say Oui to We : A Longitudinal Analysis of Pronouns and Articles in French and English [PDF]
, 2019 Modern English only uses gender in personal, reflexive, and possessive third person singular pronouns. Modern English also does not use gendered articles, which extends to not assigning an arbitrary gender to inanimate objects.
Wilkes, Colleen
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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How British is English: Culture and Contemporary Language Learning
Etnoantropološki ProblemiThe paper examines the extent to which it is possible to displace English as a functional communication tool from its culturally rich British contexts and associations.
Vera Ošmjanski
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