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Cognitive linguistics approach to the representation of knowledge contents in college English textbooks. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Zhang L, Mo Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Otherwise engaged? Learning from non‐participation in research with care‐experienced students

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores what can be learned when educational research “fails.” Drawing on a Welland Trust–funded project in the North East of England that aimed to support care‐experienced students transitioning from further to higher education, we reflect on why, despite sustained effort, there was a lack of engagement.
Lynette Harland Shotton, Tom Disney, Andrea Carrick, Laura Thurman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Syntactic change in diachrony versus contact-induced change: two sides of the same coin? [PDF]

Linguist Rev
D'Alessandro R, Putnam MT, Terenghi S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Utterance evolution: the road to generative, combinatorial communicators

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Language has long been considered uniquely complex in the animal kingdom; however, animal research over the last decade has begun to challenge some long‐standing premises about exactly which language capacities are uniquely human. The task of resolving why and how complex communication systems evolve, particularly human language, has ...
Catherine Crockford, Roman Martin Wittig, Cedric Girard‐Buttoz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing contact and migration in pre-Bantu Southern Africa through lexical borrowing. [PDF]

Evol Hum Sci
Fehn AM, Sands BE, Phiri A, Bolaane M, Masunga G, Fabiano E, Rocha J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Barriers to the Adoption of Circular Economy Business Models in the Indian Textile Industry

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Indian textile industry has significant negative impacts on the environment. This industry needs to adopt a circular economy approach to become more sustainable; however, progress on this has been limited. In this study, we report on the barriers to adoption of Circular Economy Business Models (CEBMs) in the Indian textile industry.
Himanshu Chandra, Jerry Anthony, Aradhna Malik   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing oral competence: Evidence-based strategies for developing foreign language speaking skills in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) learners. [PDF]

PLoS One
Olszak I, Borowicz A.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Material Tensions to Organizational Paradoxes: How Manufacturers Cope With the Limits of Circular Product Design

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular product design (CPD) is central to advancing the circular economy by enabling the narrowing, slowing, and closing of resource flows. Yet, its implementation remains persistently challenging for firms. Prior research has largely framed these challenges as discrete barriers, overlooking the structural contradictions embedded in CPD ...
Vanessa Robertson, Nelly Rahimy, Suleika Bort   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying linguistic theories to design effective public health messages: Implications for HPV vaccination promotion among Chinese-English bilinguals in Hong Kong. [PDF]

Hum Vaccin Immunother
Jia M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Two Hundred Eighty Characters of Environment: Relative Environmental Performance, Strategic Communication, and Firm Value

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate environmental communication has become an essential aspect of modern business practices, as stakeholders increasingly demand transparency and accountability regarding sustainability efforts. Within this context, we examine whether firms use environmental communication on X/Twitter to offset weaker relative environmental performance ...
Ivan Russo, Federico Bertacchini, Ugo Rizzo, Maria Cristina Arcuri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source