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Pulmonalis or Pulmonaris? It's Elementarius, My Dear Watson
ABSTRACT The adjectival suffix ‐alis and its allomorph ‐aris are very common in the anatomical nomenclature; however, rules governing differential usage, such as ‐aris substituting for ‐alis following an ‐l‐, leave many exceptions. Here, we report an empirical study of 985 adjectives with ‐alis and ‐aris suffixes used in Terminologia Anatomica (2nd ed.)
Paul E. Neumann +3 more
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Lanna Tai of the 16th century: A preliminary study of the Sino-Lanna Manual of Translation
Our current understanding of the historical phonology of the Lanna Tai language, a variety of Southwestern Tai spoken by the majority in the northern part of Thailand, is largely limited to two stages: modern dialects and the reconstructed Proto ...
Shinnakrit Tangsiriwattanakul
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Executive functions and self‐limited epilepsy with centro‐temporal spikes: A scoping review
Abstract Executive functions are a set of high‐level cognitive processes necessary for planning, organization, decision‐making, self‐control, and attention, and are carried out in the anterior frontal lobes. An impairment in executive functioning might present as difficulties in planning and organizing activities, in attention and concentration, in ...
Edoardo Fino +6 more
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More on Sibilant Devoicing in Spanish Diachrony: An Initial Phonetic Approach
The devoicing of sibilants took place in Early Modern Spanish, a phenomenon which has been considered problematic to account for due to its occurrence context (medial intervocalic position).
Assumpció Rost Bagudanch
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ABSTRACT This study reveals constructs that determine how federal and state policies for identification of and services for students with dyslexia are implemented in three Ohio suburban public schools. The research questions guiding this study were: (a) How do K–12 public educators interpret federal and state policies for the identification of students
Rebecca Tolson
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Top-Down Historical Phonology of Rote-Meto
This paper examines the historical phonology of the Rote-Meto languages through a top-down perspective. It describes the sound changes which have taken place between Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and the present-day languages.
Owen Edwards
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Managing Dystonia in Partington Syndrome
Abstract Background Bilateral focal hand dystonia is an almost pathognomonic sign of Partington syndrome, frequently accompanied by intellectual disability and oromotor dyspraxia. However, a few studies have focused on the treatment of this focal dystonia, making patient management uncertain.
Emilie Pichon +13 more
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There are two chronological layers of metatonical circumflex in monosyllables, viz. an early Balto-Slavic layer which is reflected e.g. in Lith. dė̃s, jõs, duõs and a recent Aukštaitian layer which is found e.g. in nom.pl. tiẽ, acc.pl. tuõs, inst.sg. tuõ.
Frederik Kortlandt
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1
Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
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