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The function of pronominal expressions in Puxian [PDF]
Puxian, a Min dialect of China, has many significant linguistic features. Based on a corpus of spoken data, this thesis sets out to examine aspects of the grammar of pronominal expressions in Puxian, focusing especially on three prominent issues in the ...
Siewierska, Anna +2 more
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This paper considers whether vowel systems are organized not only around principles of auditory-acoustic dispersion, but also around non-auditory perceptual factors, specifically vision.
Jonathan Havenhill
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Dieser Beitrag ist ursprünglich im Peter-Lang-Verlag erschienen (https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/plg/jwf/2022/00000006/00000001/art00003)
Lena Stutz
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A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
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Variation and change over time in British choral singing (1925–2019)
The front vowels of Received Pronunciation lowered in quality over the twentieth century (Wells, 1982b; Fabricius, 2007; Bjelaković, 2017). Connections between choral singing and Southern Standard British English (SSBE) have been made in musicological ...
Edward Marshall +3 more
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Cognitive Decline on the Bench: A Text Analysis of the Opinions of Justice Stephen Field
ABSTRACT This paper uses text analysis to understand how cognitive decline affected the opinion writing of Justice Stephen Field over the course of his career. Justice Field is used as a case study because of his lengthy tenure, the fact he did not have law clerks to write opinions for him, and because it is widely known he was senile for the last part
Mikel A. Norris
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Impacts of direction and morphological locus of control on learnability of sibilant harmony
A notable cross-linguistic gap exists in the typology of consonant harmony: Stem-controlled and suffix-controlled systems are known, but prefix-controlled consonant harmony remains unattested.
Elliot Stork +3 more
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Abstract This contribution critically analyses the main international educational frameworks for teachers' digital competence, highlighting both critical issues and potential in relation to their professional development and the need to update school curricula.
Daniela Marzano +3 more
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Recent studies indicated that Papuan Malay, spoken in the Eastern provinces of Indonesia, has regular penultimate word stress. Only when schwa occurs in the penultimate syllable, stress is ultimate, making the pattern highly predictable.
Constantijn Kaland
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ABSTRACT This pilot study investigated how the narrative‐rich Chinese AAA game Black Myth: Wukong supports advanced Mandarin learners. Using reflective journals, semi‐structured interviews, and exploratory electroencephalogram (EEG), we examined learners' cognitive, affective, and cultural experiences.
ShuPei Wang +2 more
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