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English as the official working language of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): Features and strategies [PDF]
ABSTRACTEnglish as a lingua franca: a specific example.
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In Quebec—a province with complex and fraught language politics—the federal Official Languages Act recognizes the English-speaking population of Quebec as a minority language community. Anchored in the perspective of English-speaking Quebec, the essay argues that the Official Languages Act is an attempt at nation-building, embedded and embroiled in the
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ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive decline is a disabling and variable feature of Parkinson disease (PD). While cholinergic system degeneration is linked to cognitive impairments in PD, most prior research reported cross‐sectional associations. We aimed to fill this gap by investigating whether baseline regional cerebral vesicular acetylcholine transporter ...
Taylor Brown +6 more
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'National' and 'Official' Languages of the Independent Asia-Pacific
In November 2018 New Caledonians went to the polls to vote on whether the French territory should become an independent state. In accordance with the terms of the 1998 Noumea Accord between Kanak pro-independence leaders and the French government, New ...
Rowena Ward (19587841)
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The Austronesian languages [PDF]
Source: Amazon This is the first single-authored book that attempts to describe the Austronesian language family in its entirety. It includes chapters or chapter sections on: the physical and cultural background in which these languages are embedded ...
Blust, R. A.,, Blust, R. A
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On linguistic borders: Official language policy in settler-colonial nations
On linguistic borders: Official language policy in settler-colonial ...
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Official Languages, National Identities and the Protection of Minorities: A Complex Legal Puzzle
This article focuses on three aspects that, in our opinion, make the Court of Justice's (ECJ) judgment in Cilevics particularly interesting. First, it is a ruling that shows the progressive involvement of national constitutional courts in the mechanism of the preliminary ruling procedure governed by Article 267 TFEU.
Giacomo Di Federico, Giuseppe Martinico
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ABSTRACT Background Emerging evidence suggests that low‐frequency neural oscillations are dynamically regulated by consciousness levels, with the recovery of low cortical activity potentially serving as a neurophysiological substrate for conscious emergence. Targeted enhancement of these low‐frequency rhythms in patients with disorders of consciousness
Chuan Xu +10 more
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Milleks mulle eesti keel? Riigikeele oskuse vajalikkusest vene koolinoorte pilgu läbi
The aim of the article is to analyze the attitudes of 9th grade students at Russian- medium general education schools in Estonia toward the importance of competence in the official language.
Birute Klaas-Lang, Kristiina Praakli
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Posterior Cortical Atrophy in the Asia‐Pacific: A Report From the PCA Asian Workgroup
ABSTRACT Objective Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA) is a distinct dementia syndrome primarily affecting spatial abilities and visual processing. It is associated with degeneration in the posterior part of the brain. PCA is subclassified into PCA‐pure and PCA‐plus syndromes based on consensus criteria.
Yuttachai Likitjaroen +11 more
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