Effect of spoken language on primary care choice refugee health assessment program patients seen at Boston Medical Center [PDF]
PURPOSE: There are approximately 21.3 million refugees worldwide. Connection to primary care is essential for these patients because of the potential for long-term and complex care that they require.
Tunstall, Hannah
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"The maniac bellowed" : queer affect and queer temporality in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre [PDF]
textCharlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre, is commonly read as a feminist bildungsroman in which a young woman claims her independence. In opposition to these readings, I instead choose to question the ways in which the novel's feminist potential is elided
Davis, Carolyn Marjorie
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Oral language profiles and associated factors in children after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke
Abstract Aim To characterize language outcomes at age 7 years after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke (NAIS) and identify language profiles and determinants. Method This prospective longitudinal cohort study included 70 children (44 males) from a French cohort with NAIS.
Laure Drutel +4 more
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GATE -- an Environment to Support Research and Development in Natural Language Engineering [PDF]
We describe a software environment to support research and development in natural language (NL) engineering. This environment -- GATE (General Architecture for Text Engineering) -- aims to advance research in the area of machine processing of natural ...
Cunningham, Hamish +4 more
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Developmental stuttering with common and complex phenotypes
Aim To describe the phenotypic spectrum associated with stuttering. Method Individuals with current or resolved developmental stuttering self‐referred. Surveys assessed stuttering characteristics (onset, negative impact, family history) and health (early development, other conditions). Speech and non‐verbal intelligence were assessed using conversation
Sarah E. Horton +6 more
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What history tells us about the development of Creole in Guadeloupe
Review of the socio-historical context in which Creole developed in Guadeloupe. The author questions the validity of the claim made about the insignificant role of African languages in the development of creole languages.
Marie-Josée Cérol
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Mieux comprendre l’émergence de nouvelles langues
This contribution aims at a better understanding of the emergence of creole languages by examining the role of convergence in the evolution of the perfect marker (f)in/’n in Mauritian and Seychelles Creoles.
Sibylle Kriegel
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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Palatal sonorants in Portuguese-based creoles
The adaptation results of sounds across languages is a valuable source of information for their theoretical representation. Such research can be especially enlightening when complex or rare sounds are concerned.
Carlos Silva, Fábio Barcellos Granja
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Perspectives on Creole Genesis and Language Acquisition
Creolists tend to view the genesis of creole languages as more complicated than do other linguists. While most linguists define creoles as those languages which originate as pidgins and then acquire native speakers, creolists have long questioned the ...
Heather Barikmo
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