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Parameter Hierarchies and Language Contact: The Present Perfect in Ecuadorian Spanish1

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the hypothesis that the ‘fine‐grained’ grammatical differences that adult grammars under contact are said to be sensitive to (e.g., Hicks et al. 2023) amount to micro/nanoparametric distinctions, in the sense of Roberts (2019).
Norma Schifano
wiley   +1 more source

The body in language, the language beyond the body: embrainment and graded embodiment in the evolution and use of language. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Arbib MA, Cuccio V.
europepmc   +1 more source

Deciphering the linguistic blueprint of DNA: context-sensitive structures, statistical patterns, and regulatory implications. [PDF]

Genomics Inform
Akhmetov I, Saparov T, Duran V, Pak A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
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Self-efficacy and self-regulated learning strategies as significant predictors of english writing proficiency in Chinese EFL senior high school students. [PDF]

PLoS One
Chen X, Yan J, Guo W.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘The Bethune College Sensation’: Gender, Archive and Radical Passivity

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the student protests at Bethune College, Calcutta, on 3 February 1928, against the Simon Commission, a British parliamentary delegation that excluded Indian representation. On this day, female students staged a quiet but radical act of defiance by refusing to attend classes, sign apologies or vacate their hostel, despite ...
Meghmala Bhattacharya
wiley   +1 more source

Language policy and language contact in Barcelona: a contemporary perspective.

, 2012
PhDThe present thesis provides an analysis of language policy and language contact in present-day Barcelona. On the one hand, the effectiveness of the implementation of Catalan-medium education in Catalonia will be critically evaluated.
Hawkey, James William
core  

Navigating the landscape of academic prose: A corpus-driven inquiry into rhetorical preferences and their pedagogical implications for advanced L2 writers. [PDF]

PLoS One
Yu Y, Xu Y, Wu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

‘Enthusiasts’ and ‘Fanatics’: The Decembrists as a Case Study in French Influence on Russian Culture, Emotions and Thought

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Participants in Russia's 1825 Decembrist uprising against the Tsarist regime were, quite literally, a case study in French cultural influence upon Russia. This is particularly true as it relates to Russia's emotional cultures. Although this has not, traditionally, been the primary focus of historical analysis of this event (in Soviet or ...
ADAM COKER
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The effectiveness of corpus-based high-frequency word acquisition strategies in improving English writing skills. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Li H, Zhu J.
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