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Making sense of N/nonsense in Flann O’Brien’s At Swim-Two-Birds and The Third Policeman, a Wittgensteinian perspective

open access: yesCorela, 2012
This paper examines the question of nonsense through a series of examples taken from Flann O’Brien’s satirical novels. Starting from Wittgenstein’s claim in the Tractatus that any reflexive discourse on language is itself nonsensical and that nonsense ...
Flore Coulouma
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Interpretation of Nonsense as a Method of Children Imagination Development (as exemplified in Carroll L. «Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There») [PDF]

open access: yesАктуальные проблемы филологии и педагогической лингвистики, 2020
The article enlightens the probem of nonsense and its role in the development of creative thinking and fantasy, and the way how the interpretation of nonsense affects children imagination.
Larisa V. Kalashnikova
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Word-decoding as a function of temporal processing in the visual system. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This study explored the relation between visual processing and word-decoding ability in a normal reading population. Forty participants were recruited at Arizona State University.
Holloway, Steven R   +2 more
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Two Languages, Number One Authors: The Influence of Bilingual Upbringing on the Literary Accomplishments of Roald Dahl and Dr. Seuss

open access: yesELOPE, 2008
This paper focuses on the nature and impact of bilingual upbringing on cognitive development, thought and cultural experience of two bestselling authors, Roald Dahl and Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss).
Ivana Marinić, Željka Nemet
doaj   +1 more source

Serious Ivermectin Toxicity and Human ABCB1 Nonsense Mutations.

open access: yesNew England Journal of Medicine, 2020
Ivermectin Toxicity and Nonsense Mutations Encephalopathy and coma developed in a 13-year-old boy shortly after he received a single dose of ivermectin to prevent scabies infection.
É. Baudou   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Identifying RNA splicing factors using IFT genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Intraflagellar transport moves proteins in and out of flagella/cilia and it is essential for the assembly of these organelles. Using whole-genome sequencing, we identified splice site mutations in two IFT genes,
Dutcher, Susan K.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Single-Molecule Imaging Uncovers Rules Governing Nonsense-Mediated mRNA Decay

open access: yesMolecules and Cells, 2019
Summary Nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) is a surveillance system that degrades mRNAs containing a premature termination codon (PTC) and plays important roles in protein homeostasis and disease.
Tim A. Hoek   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sous l’empire de la folie : Moby-Dick, Shakespeare & compagnie

open access: yesTransatlantica, 2010
This article aims at translating Moby-Dick back into Shakespeare’s ornate lingo, and back again into a Swiftian or Sternian brand of “jabberwocky,” in order to expose the sheer nonsense that underlies lame attempts at standing for the Body Politic called
Michel Imbert
doaj   +1 more source

Exome sequencing identifies nonsegregating nonsense ATM and PALB2 variants in familial pancreatic cancer. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We sequenced 11 germline exomes from five families with familial pancreatic cancer (FPC). One proband had a germline nonsense variant in ATM with somatic loss of the variant allele. Another proband had a nonsense variant in PALB2 with somatic loss of the
Al-Sukhni, Wigdan   +12 more
core   +3 more sources

The position of nonsense mutations can predict the phenotype severity: A survey on the DMD gene

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
A nonsense mutation adds a premature stop signal that hinders any further translation of a protein-coding gene, usually resulting in a null allele. To investigate the possible exceptions, we used the DMD gene as an ideal model.
A. Torella   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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