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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Developmental Trajectories and Sequential Analysis of Triadic Joint Attention
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Triadic joint attention (JA) refers to the shared focus of a child and an interlocutor on an object or event, accompanied by mutual awareness of this shared attention. Although JA is associated with early social interaction and later language development, its definitions and behavioral markers vary across studies and are often restricted to ...
Tove Nilsson Gerholm +2 more
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The Effect of Relevance on Children's Multiple Text Reading: Evidence From Eye Movements
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examined how Finnish children read and integrate information across multiple expository texts when given an inquiry task. We were interested in how task‐relevance of text information affects readers' eye movements and whether the eye movements are connected to the quality of an essay written after reading.
Tuomo Häikiö +4 more
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New Zealand Scrabblers\u27 Anagrams [PDF]
, 1988 We have a close-knit, but highly competitive band of Scrabble enthusiasts here in New Zealand. There are upwards of a dozen tournaments held annually, ranging from six-game one-dayers to the National Masters event, where each competitor plays 23 games ...
Grant, Jeff
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract How can anthropologists ensure the accuracy of the statements they make in their publications, especially in an era of ever increasing budgetary and bureaucratic pressures that limit the duration of fieldwork? What should the role of language abilities be in this context and to what degree is it necessary to learn the language of the place ...
Mark Collins, Tukul Walla Kaiku
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Analysis of spelling errors from the ‘dyslexic sight words’ list
Frontiers in PsychologyIn this study the spelling errors of the ‘Dyslexic Sight Words - DSW’ list are analyzed according to the semiological classification. The spelling errors were made by schoolchildren with and without dyslexia.
Luciana Cidrim +3 more
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The Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Ethnographers observe and engage the field. They live with, play with, eat with, dance with, feel with, and, increasingly, write or film with their interlocutors. But most of all, they listen and converse. As they enter the lingual ecology of their hosts through a range of practices of communication, ethnographers begin a multi‐faceted journey
Borut Telban, Ute Eickelkamp
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What do pseudowords tell us about word processing? An overview
Frontiers in Language SciencesThis article provides an overview of the use of pseudowords—letter strings that resemble real words by adhering to phonotactic and orthotactic rules (e.
Celia Martínez-Tomás +7 more
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Multiliteracy, past and present, in the Karaim communities [PDF]
, 2007 Csató, Éva Á., Nathan, David
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