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Linguistic insecurity in Winnipeg: Validation of a Canadian index of linguistic insecurity

Language in Society, 1984
ABSTRACTThe study reported here reports data on the validity of a Canadian version of Labov's “index of linguistic insecurity.” Data were gathered from a random sample of two census tracts in Winnipeg, Canada. Both Labov's original test and a new Canadian equivalent test were given to the sample of eighty adults.
Thomposon W. Owens, Paul M. Baker
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Validating Metaphoric Models in Applied Linguistics

Metaphor and Symbol, 2003
Metaphoric modeling has, over the last 20 years, become a powerful tool in applied linguistics. Although research quality assessment criteria are starting to be applied to educational research, via meta-analyses and systematic reviews, there are as yet few agreed methodological or reporting criteria in the area of metaphoric models.
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The Spanish Linguistic Validation of the Ureteral Stent Symptom Questionnaire

Journal of Endourology, 2014
Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire (USSQ) is an intervention-specific health-related quality-of-life (HrQoL) measure. We describe development and validation of the Spanish version.We followed established methods to develop the Spanish version of the original USSQ.
Sanguedolce F, Millán-Rodriguez F, Santillana-Altimira JM, Fantova-Alonso A, Sánchez-Martín FM, Angerri-Feu O, Martinez JML, Keeley FX, Joshi HB, Villavicencio-Mávrich H   +9 more
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The Italian Linguistic Validation of the Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire

Journal of Urology, 2008
We validated the Italian version of the Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire in male and female patients with an indwelling ureteral stent.A double-back translation of the original Ureteral Stent Symptoms Questionnaire was performed by 3 urologists and 4 professional translators.
Gianluca, Giannarini, Francis X, Keeley, Francesca, Valent, Cristiana, Milesi, Andrea, Mogorovich, Francesca, Manassero, Fabio, Barbone, Hrishi B, Joshi, Anthony G, Timoney, Cesare, Selli   +9 more
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German translation and linguistic validation of the HAND-Q

Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation
Hand injuries can severely affect physical function and quality of life. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are vital for capturing patient perspectives. The HAND-Q is a validated, modular PROM developed for individuals with hand conditions.
D, Jann, O, Politikou, P, Giovanoli, M, Calcagni, I S, Besmens   +4 more
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On the cross-linguistic validity of a dual-mechanism model

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1999
Recent studies of Italian past definite and past participle forms show that human performance with regular and irregular inflections is not dissociated as Clahsen's model would predict. Some performance profiles, accounted for by dual-mechanism models in terms of an underlying symbol-manipulating combinatorial procedure, are generated in Italian by the
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Japanese linguistic validation of the ureteral stent symptom questionnaire

International Journal of Urology, 2022
ObjectiveWe validated the Japanese version of the ureteral stent symptom questionnaire in patients with an indwelling ureteric stent.MethodsThe English version of the ureteral stent symptom questionnaire was translated into Japanese using a multistep process by three urologists and two independent translators.
Junichi Matsuzaki, Sataoshi Takahashi, Akito Yamaguchi, Koichiro Wada, Jun Miyazaki, Soichi Mugiya, Tadashi Matsuda, Kikuo Nutahara, Susumu Seki, Takeshi Morimoto, Shingo Yamamoto   +10 more
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On Valid Tests of Linguistic Hypotheses

2016
Although it is not clear if they knew each other, the linguist Zipf who graduated in 1923 was a near-contemporary of DDK’s at Harvard.
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Validity Issues in Assessing Linguistic Minorities

International Journal of Testing, 2015
Throughout the world, tests are administered to some examinees who are not fully proficient in the language in which they are being tested. It has long been acknowledged that proficiency in the language in which a test is administered often affects examinees’ performance on a test. Depending on the context and intended uses for a particular assessment,
Molly Faulkner-Bond, Stephen G. Sireci
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ELRA Validation Methodology and Standard Promotion for Linguistic Resources

Proceedings of the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference, 2004
This paper describes the results of work made for ELRA during 2003-2004. It describes the methodology for validation of written language resources (WLRs), specifically lexica, which has been developed for ELRA and tested on a few resources in the ELRA catalogue.
Fersøe H, Monachini M
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