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Noun-modifying clause constructions in Sino-Tibetan languages
, 2017 After a short background introduction on Sino-Tibetan noun modifying clause constructions generally, this paper demonstrates, using naturally occurring data, that the Mandarin pre-head noun-modifying clausal construction is grammatically unlike a ...
Randy J. LaPolla, LaPolla, Randy J.
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While industry platforms are widely recognized as enablers of circular innovation, we still know little about how they evolve to scale and sustain innovation as economic conditions tighten and circular economy funding schemes become more selective.
Eva Qi Wang +3 more
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Noun-modifying clauses in Cantonese
, 2017 Whether relative clauses can be identified in Chinese is a recurrent question. This paper asks whether relative clauses are distinct from other noun-modifying clause constructions in Cantonese, one of many East Asian languages in which a noun can be ...
Stephen Matthews +3 more
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A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
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Glossa, 2017 This paper presents an experimental study of multidimensional gradability across categories. The study tests whether and to what extent the naturalness of multidimensional adjectives and nouns in degree constructions is predictable from their conceptual ...
Galit Weidman Sassoon, Julie Fadlon
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Circular product design (CPD) is central to advancing the circular economy by enabling the narrowing, slowing, and closing of resource flows. Yet, its implementation remains persistently challenging for firms. Prior research has largely framed these challenges as discrete barriers, overlooking the structural contradictions embedded in CPD ...
Vanessa Robertson +2 more
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Climate‐Related Disclosure and Bank Performance: Does Bank Type Matter?
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether climate‐related disclosure (CRD) affects the financial performance of conventional banks (CBs) and Islamic banks (IBs) differently. Using a unique hand‐collected dataset on CRD for 591 banks (422 CBs and 169 IBs) from 24 countries over a 4‐year period, we examine how the relationship between CRD and financial ...
Rasim Simsek +2 more
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Employers’ Perception and Expectations of Professional Competency of Distance Learning Graduates: A Tracer Study of Nursing Graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) [PDF]
, 2018 This tracer study was designed to track National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) graduate nurses in their places of work with a view to ascertaining their level of professional competency and to explore employers’ expectation of graduate competencies ...
Iwuchukwu, Onyeka +3 more
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Revisiting the Latin Vocabulary of Terminologia Histologica: II. Adjectives and Participles
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Terminologia Histologica, the international standard nomenclature of human histology and cytology, contains 1093 Latin words that appear to be used as adjectives. Among these, we identified 56 (5%) with a variety of linguistic issues, including typographical or spelling errors, less favored spelling variants, and several unfortunate word ...
Paul E. Neumann +7 more
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Coordinate noun phrase disambiguation in a generative parsing model [PDF]
, 2007 In this paper we present methods for improving the disambiguation of noun phrase (NP) coordination within the framework of a lexicalised history-based parsing model.
Hogan, Deirdre
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