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Indefinite readings of referential null subjects and null objects in Spanish

open access: yesBorealis – An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2023
It has been claimed in the literature that referential null subjects receive definite readings in consistent null-subject languages, like Spanish. That is why they are said to display the typical behavior of definite pronouns (pro). However, referential null subjects can receive indefinite readings under the following conditions: i) the antecedent must
Carlos Martínez García
openaire   +3 more sources

Multifaceted Interventions Based on Education and Recognition to Enhance Nurses' Compliance With Standard Precautions: A Quasi-Experimental Design. [PDF]

open access: yesNurs Health Sci
ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of multifaceted interventions based on education (1) and recognition (2) of compliance with standard precautions (SPs). A quasi‐experimental research design with a one‐group pre‐test and post‐test was used. The purposive sample included 71 nurses working in different specialty units at a large hospital in Turkey.
Yildirim M, Seren Intepeler S, Lam SC.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 1-28, March 2025.
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative effectiveness of alternative times to opioid agonist treatment taper initiation on taper completion and all‐cause mortality among people with opioid use disorder: A retrospective population‐based target trial emulation study in British Columbia, Canada, 2010–2020

open access: yesAddiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment guidelines worldwide recommend opioid agonist treatment (OAT) as a long‐term, potentially indefinite treatment for managing OUD. However, many individuals express a strong interest in eventually tapering fully off treatment.
Ruyu Yan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring the time‐varying market efficiency in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market, 1924–1943

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 131-159, March 2025.
Abstract This study examines the adaptive market hypothesis in the prewar and wartime Japanese stock market using a new market capitalization‐weighted price index. First, we find that the degree of market efficiency varies over time and with major historical events. This implies that the hypothesis is supported in this market.
Kenichi Hirayama, Akihiko Noda
wiley   +1 more source

Hedgehog Pillows and Squirrel Plates: Priming Semantic Structure in Children's Comprehension

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract We report three expression–picture‐matching experiments targeting preschoolers’ semantic processing. We assessed whether 3‐ and 4‐year‐olds’ interpretations of ambiguous novel noun–noun combinations (e.g., hedgehog pillow) were affected by immediate language experience and what role lexical items played in this process.
Judit Fazekas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Dominance Shapes Protracted Development of Nonpersonal Clitics (Even) in Cases of Widespread Bilingualism

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Little research has explored how language dominance may affect the development and ultimate attainment of morphosyntax in a situation of widespread and social bilingualism, where exposure to both languages starts early on and can be sustained over time.
Adriana Soto‐Corominas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How generics obscure the logic of conditionals

open access: yesMind &Language, EarlyView.
This paper discusses counter‐examples to modus ponens and modus tollens involving modals and quantificational adverbs, and presents new counter‐examples with generic conditionals. We argue that the counter‐examples are spurious, and are explained by the domain‐restricting effects of if‐clauses.
Daniel Lassiter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Plagiarist in the Machine? Generative AI and the Will to Fail

open access: yesFuture Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that the real challenge posed by Large Language Models (LLMs) in Higher Education lies not in their potential for plagiarism, but in their creation of a new form of writing that is indistinguishable in the traditional essay.
Matthew J. Barnard, Keith Crome
wiley   +1 more source

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