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The Development and Validation of the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In response to the increasing need for effective Chinese vocabulary assessments, this study developed the Chinese Vocabulary Levels Test (CVLT), a test designed for intermediate‐level Chinese as a second or foreign language (CSL/FL) learners, based on the vocabulary lists (levels 4–6) from the Chinese Proficiency Grading Standards for ...
Shiwei Qi, Ailan Fu
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Optimizing equity and efficiency in the aerial firefighting resource allocation problem
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract This study addresses the aerial firefighting resource allocation problem, formulated as the strategic prepositioning of a heterogeneous aerial firefighting fleet across capacity‐constrained airbases. A novel bi‐objective model is proposed that simultaneously optimizes efficiency (aggregate risk‐weighted accessibility) and equity (minimized ...
Konstantinos A. Tasias, George Nenes
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Надградени показатели на динамичните просторни релации во македонскиот јазик (во балкански контекст)
Slavia Meridionalis, 2015 Dominant exponents of dynamic spatial relations in the Macedonian language (in a Balkan context) In the Macedonian language, 'doubling' of prepositions is well documented in grammars and monographs, but now we can witness increased use of prepositional
Марјан [Marjan] Марковиќ [Markovikj]
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‘This Is Not Europe’: Investigating the Commission's Anti‐Populist Articulation of ‘European Values’
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Whilst ‘populism’ is often considered antithetical to ‘European values’, how this contrast shapes the very meaning of such ‘values’ remains underexplored. This article investigates the European Commission's anti‐populist articulation of ‘European values’, which constructs ‘populism’ as their constitutive outside.
Alex Yates
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Literal and metaphoric readings in spatial prepositions
, 2016 The goal of this paper is to propose a novel compositional analysis of literal and metaphoric readings in spatial prepositions and prepositional phrases. It is shown that these types of readings emerge as the result of prepositions interacting with other
Ursini, Francesco-Alessio
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Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Reading comprehension in individuals with intellectual disabilities is shaped by linguistic complexity and cognitive processing demands. Easy‐to‐Read (E2R) adaptations aim to reduce these demands, yet empirical evidence on their effects in narrative texts remains limited.
Isam Diab‐Lozano +2 more
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Empirical study of verbs and prepositions in european portuguese with recourse to Web/Text mining [PDF]
, 2018 This chapter describes our study of verbs and prepositions for European Portuguese as they are used in current articles in newspapers. The aim is to enrich the information that is available in dictionaries.
Leal, António +2 more
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Journal of English Studies, 2004 The simple relations model pervades most semantic treatments of the topological prepositions in, on and at. Concerning the preposition on, the pertinent literature has established two features, support and contiguity, which allegedly applies to all its ...
Carmen Guarddon Anelo
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Maladaptation in Supply Chains
Journal of Supply Chain Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Supply chains are increasingly suffering from widespread disruptions, leading to growing interest in supply chain resilience. Adaptation, a central concept of resilience, is conventionally assumed to effectively manage these disruptions. However, actions aimed at adaptation can have adverse consequences, a phenomenon known in the climate ...
Y. L. Lont +3 more
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Lexicalization Patterns of Path Motion in Vietnamese
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2020 This paper investigates how Vietnamese people express motion by using path verbs. This paper is based on the theory of lexicalization patterns, which is related to the conflation of semantic components into linguistic units.
Ngoc Toan Ly
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