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Lee, Jesse – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The goal of this study was to find and trace word order patterns in Possessive Noun Phrases ("PNP's") in formulaic language within notarial documents dating from the tenth through the thirteenth centuries, originating from the Monastery of Sahagun, Leon, Spain. The overall results show clear trends, which reveal a diachronic process that…
Descriptors: Latin, Romance Languages, Nouns, Word Order
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Campos, Alfredo; Camino, Estefania; Perez-Fabello, Maria Jose – Educational Gerontology, 2011
The aim of the present study was to assess the influence of word image vividness on the immediate and long-term recall (one-day interval) of words using either the rote repetition learning method or the keyword mnemonics method in a sample of adults aged 55 to 70 years. Subjects learned a list of concrete and abstract words using either rote…
Descriptors: Vocabulary, Adult Learning, Mnemonics, Recall (Psychology)
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Stewart, Miranda – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2012
This article draws on interactional pragmatics and a cross-cultural approach (UK, France, Spain) to investigate the negotiation of individual and group identities in two different speech events, parliamentary debates and editorial meetings. The cross-cultural examination of the use of linguistic resources for signalling "social role,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Pragmatics
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McCauley, Donald E., Jr.; Colberg, Magda – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1983
A theory and test of cross-cultural transportability of measurement were constructed on a logico-mathematical basis regarding the deductive measures and on a basis of syntactic reduction and Latin-based vocabulary regarding the linguistic measuring medium. A pilot study was administered in Spain, France, and the United States. (Author/PN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies
Matthey, Marinette, Ed. – Travaux Neuchatelois de Linguistique (Tranel), 2001
Articles in this issue focus on language evolution, variation, and heterogeneity. The following are English translations of the French article titles appearing in the issue: "Irregular Phonetic Development Due to Frequency; Regional Traits in Proto-Romance"; "Linguistic Evolution and Evolution of Perspective in the Comparative…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Bilingualism, Creoles