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THE EFFECT OF PRAGMATIC TRANSFER AND LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ON MOROCCAN EFL LEARNERS’ PRAGMATIC COMPETENCE

In the present study, we investigate the potential effects of first language negative pragmatic transfer and target language proficiency on Moroccan EFL learners’ pragmatic competence as reflected in their request productions.
Latif, Hicham
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Extent of Sinus Surgery Is Associated With Disease Control in Biologic Treated Type 2 Dominant CRS

International Forum of Allergy &Rhinology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background A greater benefit of biologics is observed after surgery in Type 2 chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). However, the extent of surgery remains undefined in many studies. This study evaluated the extent of surgery on disease control in patients receiving biologics for refractory Type 2 dominant CRSwNP.
Nicholas J. Campion, Peta‐Lee Sacks, Lu Hui Png, Ruoxin Hua, Rhea Darbari Kaul, Raquel Alvarado, Christine Choy, Raymond Sacks, Peter Earls, Raewyn G. Campbell, Larry Kalish, Richard J. Harvey   +11 more
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Pragmatics & Language Learning, Volume 11

, 2006
Conference proceedings from the Pragmatics and Language Learning conference, 2004 at Indiana University, Bloomington.This volume of Pragmatics & Language Learning, a refereed series sponsored by the National Foreign Language Resource Center at the ...
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen, Omar, Alwiya, Félix-Brasdefer, César   +2 more
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Multimorbidity and Associations with Cognition and Alzheimer's Disease Biomarkers

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Multimorbidity, the coexistence of 2 or more chronic conditions, has been linked to cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD‐related dementias, yet the mechanisms remain unclear. We aimed to examine the associations of multimorbidity with cognition and biomarkers across multiple mechanistic pathways.
Xiaqing Jiang, Sid E. O'Bryant, Robert A. Rissman, Leigh A. Johnson, Meredith N. Braskie, Kristine Yaffe, the HABS‐HD Study Team, Sid E. O'Bryant, Kristine Yaffe, Arthur Toga, Robert Rissman, Leigh Johnson, Meredith Braskie, Kevin King, James R. Hall, Melissa Petersen, Raymond Palmer, Robert Barber, Yonggang Shi, Fan Zhang, Rajesh Nandy, Roderick McColl, David Mason, Bradley Christian, Nicole Phillips, Stephanie Large, Joe Lee, Badri Vardarajan, Monica Rivera Mindt, Amrita Cheema, Lisa Barnes, Mark Mapstone, Annie Cohen, Amy Kind, Ozioma Okonkwo, Raul Vintimilla, Zhengyang Zhou, Michael Donohue, Rema Raman, Matthew Borzage, Michelle Mielke, Beau Ances, Ganesh Babulal, Jorge Llibre‐Guerra, Carl Hill, Rocky Vig   +45 more
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Developing pragmatic competence in a foreign language

, 2006
This article presents a theoretical discussion about the inclusion of explicit pragmatic instruction as a facilitative tool to develop pragmatic competence in a foreign language.
Tello Rueda, Yined
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Measuring Pragmatic Language in Speakers With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Comparing the Children’s Communication Checklist—2 and the Test of Pragmatic Language

, 2010
Purpose To compare the Children’s Communication Checklist—2 (CCC–2), a parent report instrument, with the Test of Pragmatic Language (TOPL), a test administered to the child, on the ability to identify pragmatic language ...
Joanne Volden, Linda Phillips
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A critical reappraisal of the carotid sinus and carotid bulb: Distinguishing neurohistological function from vascular geometry

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
This review redefines the carotid bulb (CB) as a variable geometric dilation shaped by hemodynamics and the carotid sinus (CS) as a conserved neurohistological baroreceptor field. Distinguishing these entities clarifies a century of anatomical confusion and links geometry, neurohistology, and clinical interpretation within a unified framework ...
Răzvan Costin Tudose, Nicolae Radu, Mugurel Constantin Rusu   +2 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
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Relationship of Nonverbal Communication Functions with Structural and Pragmatic Language Skills in Children with ASD

Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi
Introduction: Children with ASD display diverse developmental traits and face difficulties in communication and language abilities. Nonverbal communication functions are hypothesized to be a significant factor among the variables related to the diverse ...
Gamze Alak, Meral Çilem Ökcün Akçamuş   +1 more
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Figurative meaning construction in thought and language Figurative thought and language ;, v. 9./ edited by Annalisa Baicchi.

, 2020
Papers presented at the 2nd International Symposium on Figurative Thought and Language, November, 2015 at the University of Pavia, Italy.Includes bibliographical references and index."This volume brings together twelve usage-based studies conducted by ...
Baicchi Annalisa
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