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One test, many tongues: Surveying language proficiency across the globe. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
van Rijn P, Sun Y, Lee H, Marjieh R, Sucholutsky I, Lanzarini F, André E, Jacoby N.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

From Nominalisation to Passive in Old Tibetan: Reconstructing Grammatical Meaning in an Extinct Language1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
wiley   +1 more source

"I am like a camel struggling in the desert": understanding Chinese foreign language teachers' perceived identities through metaphors. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Yan Y, Lu H, Ge S.
europepmc   +1 more source

James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review and meta-analysis on achievement emotions, working memory and student-teacher relationship during second language learning in primary school. [PDF]

PLoS One
Trotta E, Semeraro C, Gatti M, Coppola G, Mammarella N, Palladino P.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
wiley   +1 more source

From "carbohydrate" to standardized Chinese terminology: historical evolution and implications for nutrition communication. [PDF]

Front Nutr
Zeng S, Zhang H, Miao P.
europepmc   +1 more source

German as a foreign language

, 2015
openaire   +2 more sources

‘Humans Are Omnipotent and Beyond Their Destiny!’ Late Soviet Perspective on Girls’ Upbringing and the Female Self

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The article examines post‐Stalinist Soviet expertise on girls’ education and upbringing, analysing texts for and about female adolescents created by specialists in pedagogical sciences, psychology, sociology, medicine as well as children's writers and journalists from different parts of the Union, including national republics. The text focuses
Ella Rossman
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural diversity in urban park use and perception. [PDF]

Disc Cities
Aliyev T, Fischer M, Bolliger J, Pakizer K, Zinn N, Schmid N.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source