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Framing anatomical variation in anatomy textbooks: Language use and its implications

Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Text mining of anatomy textbooks shows “abnormal” is the most frequently used descriptor for anatomical variation, reinforcing a binary framing. We advocate for explicit teaching of variation as a spectrum, with consistent, neutral terminology and contextualization (prevalence and functional relevance) to support a more nuanced understanding of ...
An‐Di Yim, Matthew Schell, Alexandra Zachwieja   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SeLeCT: a lexical cohesion based news story segmentation system [PDF]

, 2004
In this paper we compare the performance of three distinct approaches to lexical cohesion based text segmentation. Most work in this area has focused on the discovery of textual units that discuss subtopic structure within documents.
Carthy, Joe, Smeaton, Alan F., Stokes, Nicola   +2 more
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Lexical typology : a programmatic sketch [PDF]

, 1997
The present paper is an attempt to lay the foundation for Lexical Typology as a new kind of linguistic typology.1 The goal of Lexical Typology is to investigate crosslinguistically significant patterns of interaction between lexicon and ...
Behrens, Leila, Sasse, Hans-Jürgen
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Methodological Perspectives of Doing Afrocentric Dementia Research in Africa

Brain Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper interrogates the methodological strengths and limitations inherent in conventional dementia research in Africa, where reliance on translated instruments and imported diagnostic rubrics has produced uneven evidence and ethical inadequacy.
Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola
wiley   +1 more source

From Green Governance to Biodiversity Strategy: The Role of Environmentally Experienced Directors in Chinese Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how directors with environmental protection (EP) backgrounds influence corporate biodiversity concern (BIO) among Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2008 to 2023. Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, we argue that directors' environmental expertise shapes firms' biodiversity strategies.
Chengming Huang, Sultan Sikandar Mirza, Chengwei Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decomposability and mental representation of French verbs

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2015
In French, regardless of stem regularity, inflectional verbal suffixes are extremely regular and paradigmatic. Considering the complexity of the French verbal system, we argue that all French verbs are polymorphemic forms that are decomposed during ...
Gustavo Lopez Estivalet, Gustavo Lopez Estivalet, Fanny Elise Meunier, Fanny Elise Meunier   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Corpus Analysis and Lexical Pragmatics: An Overview [PDF]

, 2014
Lexical pragmatics studies the processes by which lexically encoded meanings are modified in use; well-studied examples include lexical narrowing, approximation and metaphorical extension. Relevance theorists have been trying to develop a unitary account
Wilson, D, Kolaiti, P
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Reporting What Matters, or Reporting What Looks Good? Materiality and Balance in Post–Rana Plaza Apparel Sustainability Disclosure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reports (SRs) are widely criticized for vague disclosures and selective emphasis on positive outcomes, yet systematic research on two core SR challenges remains limited: materiality (whether disclosed content is relevant) and balance (whether both achievements and challenges are reported).
Mahsa Mohammadrezaei, José Carlos Marques   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual similarity and lexical access in an Arabic-derived script: evidence from Persian

Language and Cognition
Models of visual word recognition in Latin script assume rapid abstraction of letter identities from perceptual features, reflected in the absence of visual similarity effects for pseudowords (e.g., viotin and viocin yield similar response times in ...
Sarvenaz Changizi, Maria Fernández-López, Manuel Perea   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging Academic Research and Business Practices at the Crossroad of Circular Economy and the SDGs

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global shift toward sustainability has amplified interest in the Circular Economy, which aims to optimize resource use and minimize waste. In parallel, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a universal framework for addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Corentin Juin, Andrea Nicolodi
wiley   +1 more source