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Phonological and morphological features of Boyash language varieties in Eastern Slovakia

Acta Academiae Beregsasiensis, Philologica, 2022
The heterogeneous group of Boyash (or Bayash, Rudari) are small communities speaking different highly endangered conservative subvarieties of the Romanian language and dispersed throughout Central and Southeastern Europe.
Mátyás ROSENBERG
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The Discursive Strategies in the Spoken Narratives of Multilingual Sepitori and Sesotho Speakers

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In linguistically diverse and multilingual South African communities, it is common to use non-standard language varieties (NSLVs), often called mixed languages, as lingua franca. These NSLVs are primarily spoken in black townships throughout South Africa.
Ramona Kunene Nicolas, Nonhlanhla Ntuli
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Gli italiani regionali. Atteggiamenti linguistici verso le varietà geografiche dell’italiano

Incontri: Rivista Europea di Studi Italiani, 2016
Regional Italians: language attitudes toward the geographical varieties of ItalianThis paper explores the opportunities of presented by a direct attitude experiment on regional varieties of the Italian language.
Stefano De Pascale, Stefania Marzo
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Brief Description of German and Other Germanic Language Varieties on the Territory of Wallonia

Дискурс, 2021
Introduction. The article considers the official and regional Germanic language varieties of Wallonia. As researchers mainly focus on the confrontation of the French and Dutch parts of Belgium when analyzing sociolinguistic processes in the country ...
E. S. Alekseenko, L. A. Ulianitckaia
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. WHAT CHALLENGES DO TEACHERS OF ENGLISH FACE? [PDF]

Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia, 2016
English as a Foreign Language. What Challenges Do Teachers of English Face? The article undertakes to suggest ways in which English as a foreign language should be taught as a consequence of English becoming a global language and its being spoken in ...
SILVIA IRIMIEA
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On Varieties of Literally Idempotent Languages [PDF]

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications, 2008
A language $L\subseteq A^*$ is literally idempotent in case that $ua^2v\in L$ if and only if $uav\in L$, for each $u,v\in A^*$, $a\in A$. Such classes result naturally by taking all literally idempotent languages in a classical (positive) variety or by considering a certain closure operator on classes of languages.
Ondrej Klíma 0001, Libor Polák
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Social Functioning Within the First Years After Pediatric Brain Tumor Diagnosis and the Relationship With Family Psychosocial Risk

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) can experience long‐term social difficulties, impacting quality of life. Beyond medical and environmental factors, family psychosocial risk may play a role in social outcomes by shaping the caregiving environment and may provide intervention options.
Renske H. Houben, Marisa H. Huisman, Martha A. Grootenhuis, Femke K. Aarsen, Marita Partanen   +4 more
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An investigation of Filipino ESL learners’ language stereotypes toward Philippine lectal speakers using a Matched Guise Test [PDF]

Asian Journal of English Language Studies (AJELS), 2020
With the widespread use of English all over the world, more language varieties have been observed and documented (Smith & Nelson, 2006) yielding to differing preferences, perceptions, and attitudes toward varieties and subvarieties.
Henelsie B. Mendoza
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Retrospective Analysis of Donor Lymphocyte Infusions in Pediatric Patients With Mixed Chimerism After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) is an essential therapy for several malignant and nonmalignant diseases, but relapse and graft loss remain the principal threats to its success. Routine monitoring of chimerism and minimal residual disease (MRD) enables early detection of imminent recurrence and guides ...
Carmen Junk, Sebastian Michaelis, Michaela Döring, Thomas Eichholz, Ursula Holzer, Martin Ebinger, Tim Flaadt, Rupert Handgretinger, Peter Lang, Jan Frederic Weller, Markus Mezger   +10 more
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