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Tackling saiga horn consumption in Singapore: From consumer insights to intervention co‐design
Abstract The illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade is a key driver of biodiversity loss, and reducing consumer demand is recognised as a critical step in addressing it. However, studies understanding the drivers of wildlife product consumption and identifying effective strategies to reduce it remain very limited.
Xiaotong Cai +5 more
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Sound cannot be studied methodically unless it can be captured in some way, and so from the phonograph to the tape recorder to the computer, the development of new technologies has facilitated the study of phonetics.
Hincks, Rebecca,
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6. The phonetics of Bitur [PDF]
This paper offers a description of the phonetics of Bitur, a language spoken by less than a thousand people in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. With just thirteen consonants and five vowels, the phoneme inventory of Bitur is fairly typical of a Papuan
Rogers, Phillip G.
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Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency
Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
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ABSTRACT Objectives To evaluate the clinical impact of anatomy‐based fitting (ABF) in cochlear implants for patients with asymmetric hearing loss. Study Design Prospective cohort study. Setting Tertiary referral center specializing in hearing disorders.
Andrea Canale +6 more
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Change in Vocal Resonance Following Sinonasal Surgery
ABSTRACT Objectives Delineate objective and clinician‐perceived subjective changes in voice quality following sinonasal surgery. Methods Prospective cohort study of six adults who completed pre‐ and post‐operative voice recordings which were analyzed for jitter, shimmer, noise to harmonic ratio (NHR), cepstral peak prominence (CPP), formant and anti ...
Meha G. Fox +5 more
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A HANDBOOK OF PHONETICS A Handbook of Phonetics (a0003) Einleitung (a0005introduction) Register (a0015index) Inhaltsverzeichnis ...
Sweet, Henry
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Abstract Dyslexia is a common specific learning difficulty that can affect academic performance and students' educational experiences. Despite its prevalence in primary education, delays in identification are still reported, sometimes associated with educators' misconceptions and limited knowledge about the condition.
Inmaculada Baixauli +2 more
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Fronting in Old Catalan: Asymmetries between Narration and Reported Speech1
Abstract This article explores the distribution, syntax, and information structure of XVS clauses in the narrative text and the reported speech of a thirteenth‐century Old Catalan chronicle, the Llibre dels Fets. It is shown that XVS occurs mainly within reported speech and in embedded clauses.
Afra Pujol i Campeny
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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