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Attributive possession in 19th century Mauritian Creole [PDF]
Linguistik Online, 2016 The paper examines the attributive possessive structures attested in 19th century Mauritian Creole. It is first shown that these include a construction with the preposition pou ‘for’, which has not been mentioned in the literature.
Andrei Avram
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Decolonizing Creole on the Mauritius Islands: Creative Practices in Mauritian Creole
Island Studies Journal, 2016 Many Caribbean and Indian Ocean islands have a common history of French and British colonization, where a Creole language developed from the contact of different colonial and African/ Indian languages. In the process, African languages died, making place
Gitanjali Pyndiah
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Trumping the Ethnic Card: How Tourism Entrepreneurs on Rodrigues tackled the 2008 Financial Crisis [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2012 The 2008 global financial crisis had significant repercussions on small island states and territories. This article discusses the efforts of tourism entrepreneurs from Rodrigues, a subnational island jurisdiction and a de¬pendency of the Republic of ...
Carsten Wergin
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The perception of the French /s/-/ʃ/ contrast in early Creole-French bilinguals [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2014 One particularity of the Mauritian Creole language is that there is no contrastive distinction between the consonants /s/ and /ʃ/, which are both pronounced /s/ in Creole.
Sophie eDufour +3 more
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Mauritius is reported to have the highest marine species endemism in the Western Indian Ocean faunal Province but the status of these species has not been evaluated. To address this knowledge gap, 119 reef sites were sampled to evaluate populations of 16
Tim McClanahan +4 more
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Elevated serum uric acid is a risk factor for progression to prediabetes in Japanese women: A 5-year retrospective chort study. [PDF]
J Diabetes Investig, 2023 In women, restricted cubic spline analysis revealed the dose–response relationship between serum uric acid and progression to prediabetes. However, this similar relationship was not statistically significant for men. ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction The association between serum uric acid (SUA) levels and prediabetes risk remains poorly understood.
Shimodaira M, Minemura Y, Nakayama T.
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Decolonizing Creole: creative practices in Mauritian Creole [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2016 Many Caribbean and Indian Ocean islands have a common history of French and British colonization, where a Creole language developed from the contact of different colonial and African/ Indian languages. In the process, African languages died, making place
Gitanjali Pyndiah
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Prevalence of overweight, obesity and thinness in 9-10 year old children in Mauritius. [PDF]
Global Health, 2012 RIGHTS : This article is licensed under the BioMed Central licence at http://www.biomedcentral.com/about/license which is similar to the 'Creative Commons Attribution Licence'.
Caleyachetty R +5 more
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Effectiveness of a theory-driven nutritional education program in improving calcium intake among older Mauritian adults. [PDF]
ScientificWorldJournal, 2013 Background. Low calcium intake, a risk factor of osteoporosis and subsequent fractures, has been previously reported among post‐menopausal women in Mauritius. Objective. To assess the effectiveness of a theory‐based educational intervention in improving the calcium intake, self‐efficacy, and knowledge of older Mauritians. Methodology.
Bhurosy T, Jeewon R.
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Études Créoles, 2022 Mauritian Creole, first language of the vast majority of Mauritians, has been included in the education system in 2012, in which French and English are taught as core subjects.
Guilhem Florigny
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