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Persian Deixis in the Flow of Conversation

open access: yesStudia Linguistica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the two demonstratives in Persian conversation, namely the proximal een, “this,” and distal oun, “that,” and their plural forms, that constitute the bulk of Persian pronominal and adnominal demonstratives functioning as anaphoric, deictic, discourse‐deictic and recognitional. The data from which these demonstratives are
Hossein Shokouhi
wiley   +1 more source

Rates and Risk Factors for On‐Treatment Mortality Among a Cohort of Adults Treated for Drug‐Sensitive Tuberculosis: Analysis of Data From the Adherence Support Coalition to End Tuberculosis Consortium in Five Countries

open access: yesTropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Tuberculosis remains a leading cause of death globally, particularly in countries with high tuberculosis and HIV burdens. Disruptions caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic may have further impacted tuberculosis outcomes. This study examines on‐treatment mortality and associated risk factors in five countries.
Amare W. Tadesse   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Matter of Memory? Age‐Invariant Relative Clause Disambiguation and Memory Interference in Older Adults

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Past research suggests that Working Memory plays a role in determining relative clause attachment bias. Disambiguation preferences may further depend on Processing Speed and explicit memory demands in linguistic tasks. Given that Working Memory and Processing Speed decline with age, older adults offer a way of investigating the factors ...
Willem S. van Boxtel, Laurel A. Lawyer
wiley   +1 more source

The transportation of embedded inversion in world Englishes

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The present study uses private correspondence to investigate the use of embedded inversion on both sides of the Atlantic as an illustration of the spread of spoken/conversational features through writing. The paper discusses the use of embedded inversion in Irish English (IrE) and briefly compares its occurrence in other varieties of English ...
Carolina P. Amador‐Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

Nigerian English research: Developments and directions

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key ...
David Jowitt, Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
wiley   +1 more source

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