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Phonetic Detail in German Syllable Pronunciation: Influences of Prosody and Grammar
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 This study presents two experiments designed to disentangle various influences on syllable pronunciation. Target syllables were embedded in carrier sentences, read aloud by native German participants, and analyzed in terms of syllable and vowel duration,
Barbara eSamlowski +2 more
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Is Reduced Visual Processing the Price of Language?
Brain Sciences, 2022 We suggest a later timeline for full language capabilities in Homo sapiens, placing the emergence of language over 200,000 years after the emergence of our species. The late Paleolithic period saw several significant changes.
Christer Johansson, Per Olav Folgerø
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Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2021 This research aims to trace a journey towards spiritual development by underscoring different stages which are essential for a mystic to cover a long distance of spiritual development and reach his/her goal, i.e. self-fulfillment, a higher state of a man’
Shazia Parveen, Nadia Anwar
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Yearbook of Balkan and Baltic Studies, 2020 On 12 March 2020, the Government of the Republic of Estonia announced emergency situation in Estonia until 1 May and imposed special measures to hinder the spread of COVID-19.
Mare Kõiva, Piret Voolaid
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Spatial Literary Studies versus Literary Geography?
The Journal of English Language and Literature, 2019 Scholars have long examined the relationship between literature and space, place, or mapping, but formal methods or disciplines for such work have only recently come into being. Particularly after what has been called the “spatial turn” in the humanities and social sciences, researchers from various academic and artistic disciplines have developed work
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Latour and Literary Studies [PDF]
PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, 2015 I am interested in questions of reading and interpretation. I am also drawn to actor-network theory and the work of Bruno Latour. Can these attractions be brought into alignment? To what extent can a style of thought that describes itself as empiricist and rejects critique speak to the dominant concerns of literary studies?
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Childhood Trauma and the Burden of Prophecy in Chigozie Obioma's The Fishermen
ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBOChildhood trauma has emerged as a critical subject in contemporary literary and psychological discourse, reflecting the enduring scars left by early adverse experiences.
Oluwatosin Ayomikun OYEWOLE +2 more
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FilologThis study examines conversational structure and turn management in interactions between clients and officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) at a Nigerian drivers licensing office in order to unveil how sociocultural nuances shape the ...
Омотошо М. Мелефа +2 more
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Implementation of STAD in Improving Students' Reading Skill
Journal of English Teaching and Linguistics, 2023 In the process of teaching, teachers must employ various strategies to ensure that students grasp and understand the subjects they are learning. One effective strategy for teaching reading is the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) approach.
Nurlayli Yanti, Rahil Helmi
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Post-Digital Literary Studies [PDF]
Matlit Revista do Programa de Doutoramento em Materialidades da Literatura, 2016 Digital humanities and digital literary studies face much the same challenges as contemporary media art: what will become of them once their media are no longer “new”, and the limitations of processing art as data have become more clearly and widely understood?
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