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Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
wiley   +1 more source

発音指導に関する日本人英語教員対象のアンケート調査:音声知識と指導の実践 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
英語による授業の実施が推進され教員と生徒ともに英語運用能力の向上が求められる中、英語教員の正しい音声知識と適切な発音指導能力の習得が必要不可欠となっている。本研究者らは現役の英語教員がどのような音声指導を行いどれだけの音声知識を有しているかを解明し、改善策を提案することを目的に、2015 年に中学校英語教員に対して発音指導に関するアンケート調査を実施した。100 名の回答によると、大人数クラスで行いやすい全員での発音練習等が実践されることが多い活動であった。また以前と比べ ...
Junko Sugimoto   +3 more
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A double dissociation between memory span and word processing among neurological patients attests to the functional independence of verbal short‐term memory

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Reports of patients with impaired verbal short‐term memory are central to the debate of whether there are independent short‐term stores or whether immediate repetition is supported by activated long‐term memory. Patients with selective impairments of verbal short‐term memory support models with independent buffers.
Tobias Bormann   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Syllable Timing of Japanese

open access: yesThe Syllable Timing of Japanese
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openaire  

Animal fluency in people with Parkinson's disease: Item‐based performance before and after deep brain stimulation surgery

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract People with Parkinson disease (PD) after surgery for deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN‐DBS) often decline in animal fluency due to impairments in executive functions and/or language. Item‐based measures of animal fluency may shed light on the specific nature of this decline, and into the strategies used when ...
Adrià Rofes   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Überlegungen zur Isochronie-Hypothese und rhythmustypologischen Klassifizierung von Sprachen (silben vs. akzentzählend) am Beispiel des Polnischen und Deutschen [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Już w 1775 r. Joshua Steele sformułował tezę o występowaniu równych pod względem czasowym interwałów – nie tylko w muzyce, ale również w mowie ludzkiej. Tak zwana teoria izochronizmu stała się w późniejszym okresie wyjściowym kryterium dla typologicznego
Grzeszczakowska-Pawlikowska, Beata
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Double dissociation between conduction aphasia and conduction agraphia supports a ventro‐dorsal partition of the left arcuate fasciculus

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract We identified in two awake surgery cases a postoperative double dissociation between phonological and graphemic output buffer deficits. Using lesion‐symptom mapping from ischaemic mini‐strokes and preoperative tractography, we demonstrated that the phonological (resp. graphemic) disorder fitted with ventral (resp.
Valéry Mandonnet   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Relationships of Oral Function Tests With Sarcopenia and Frailty in Dental Outpatients

open access: yesJournal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The relationships between various oral function tests and sarcopenia or frailty remain unclear, particularly in dental outpatients. Objective The present study investigated the interrelationships among various oral function tests and the relationships of each oral function with sarcopenia and frailty in dental outpatients. Materials
Seiya Tozawa   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vowel Reduction In The English Of Educated Edo (nigerian) English Speakers

open access: yesThe Journal of Studies in Language, Culture and Society
Educated Edo English (EEE) is a sub-group of Nigerian English (NigE), one of the new Englishes. Phonological studies on NigE rhythm have been on the major ethnic (Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba) and a few minority group (Isoko, Urhobo, Eka, Ibibio) while studies ...
Julianah Ajoke Akindele
doaj  

Comparative Analysis of Oral Hypofunction in Community‐Dwelling Adults in Japan and Clinic‐Recruited Community‐Dwelling Adults in Switzerland: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesJournal of Oral Rehabilitation, EarlyView.
Oral hypofunction (OHF) was assessed using standardised diagnostic criteria in Japan and Switzerland. Both populations showed age‐related decline, with higher prevalence and progression in Switzerland, underscoring the cross‐cultural validity of OHF criteria and the importance of tailored prevention.
Risako Mikami   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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