Peace journalism and the usage of online sources by Ylva Rodny-Gumede

“…The discussion around online sources and potential bias and even hate speech is linked up with normative ideas and debates around peace journalism in the South African news media and the promise of peace journalism through the usage of alternative news sources. …”
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Communication, latéralité et cerveau chez les primates humains et non humains : vers une origine gestuelle ou multimodale du langage ? by Adrien Meguerditchian, Hélène Cochet, Catherine Wallez, Jacques Vauclair

“…Thus, the question of the lateralization and the localization of the neural substrate involved in gestural and vocal communication in nonhuman primates is essential for evaluating the potential continuities with such hemispheric specialization for language and thus for determining the best candidate for direct precursors of speech. In the present paper, after emphasising the tight relation between gestures and language in human infants, we underlie the specific significance of communicative gestures and of the progressive control of the oro-facial system and the vocal tract in the course of the language evolution by reviewing the findings related to lateralization and brain correlates of both vocal and gestural systems in nonhuman primates.…”
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De la nuit et de l’obscurité : une étude icono-épigraphique maya by Cédric Becquey

“…As a component of glyphs, figures of speech or iconographic elements, the frequent use of the concept “night” makes it possible to construct meaning through idea association. …”
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Primary Intracranial Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma: A Case Report by Pralisha Maharjan, Gopi Aryal, Reena Rana

“…We report a case of a 61 years old male presenting with difficulty in swallowing, slurring of speech, generalized body weakness. Patient had residual right cerebellopontine angle (CPA) mass causing midline shift and fourth ventricular obstruction on MRI. …”
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Competency-and-activity-based Model of Academic Writing by T. S. Putilovskaya

“…The article deals with the analysis of academic writing from the viewpoint of activity- oriented and competency-based approaches in present-day linguistic didactics, and with regard to the peculiarity of strategic behaviour concerning mental and speech activity. The author looks at academic writing as a complex type of activity, on the one hand, and the product of this activity, on the other hand. …”
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L’ayahuasca et son ombre. L’apprentissage de la possession dans un centre chamanique d’Amazonie péruvienne by David Dupuis

“…Every year, an international clientele participates in courses involving the ritualized use of emetic preparations and the psychotropic beverage ayahuasca, retreats in the jungle, conferences and speech groups. The proposed practices seem to lead those who are willing to perceive themselves as influenced, attacked and inhabited by malevolent forces that are usually invisible. …”
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Osama the Hero (2004) de Dennis Kelly ou pourquoi le théâtre politique n’est pas une « foutue perte de temps » by Aloysia Rousseau

“…Even though Kelly seems to minimize the political impact of his play in his opening speech for the Stückemarkt in Berlin in May 2012, entitled “Why political theatre is a complete fucking waste of time”, the play can indeed be deemed political, even if not obviously so. …”
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The Influence of Genre Constraints on Author Representation in Medical Research Articles. The French Indefinite Pronoun On in IMRAD Research Articles by Anje Müller Gjesdal

“…Particular emphasis will be put on the influence of the linear sequencing of text imposed by the IMRAD format and the distribution of author roles and speech acts across the text.…”
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Imitation and dyspraxia in autism: Clinical and therapeutic implications by Leonardo Massoni

“…It is known that ASD is often associated with defects in imitating other speech and behaviors as well as with self-other mapping problems, not simply referable to general factors such as memory, spatial reasoning, motor control, or attention. …”
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President De Klerk and ethos by Johann Cornelius de Wet

“…The author con. cludes that Mr De Klerk's display of ethos was credible insofar as he con veyed expertness (Intelligence), trust worthiness and good will during the speech. In fact, given the principles of (Western) democratic politics, no South African State President or Prime Minister has ever reached out with so much apparent good will to the vast majority of South Africans. …”
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“One is not Born, but Rather Becomes, a Woman”: Impressions of Women on the Career in Agribusiness and its Spaces by Heliani Berlato, Danilo Andretta, Thais Fernandes

“…Studies on gender discrimination and women’s careers in organizations reinforce how much women are silenced in their speech, undermined in their skills, and paid less than men. …”
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N.P. VAN WYK LOUW AS SATIRIKUS by HP van Coller

“…In conclusion, two seminal poems by Van Wyk Louw that were, in the past, read as detached and reflective are interpreted as satirical, with reference to Speech Act Theory. …”
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Making Maoshan Great Again: Religious Rhetoric and Popular Mobilisation from Late Qing to Republican China (1864–1937) by Qijun Zheng

“…Building upon J.L. Austin’s speech act theory, this study reconceptualizes these textual innovations as a form of “text acts”, arguing that Maoshan texts did not merely transmit religious doctrine but actively shaped pilgrimages and devotional practices through their illocutionary and perlocutionary force. …”
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Positron Emission Tomography—Computer Tomography Scan Used as a Monitoring Tool Following Cellular Therapy in Cerebral Palsy and Mental Retardation—A Case Report by Alok Sharma, Hemangi Sane, Amruta Paranjape, Nandini Gokulchandran, Pooja Kulkarni, Anjana Nagrajan, Prerna Badhe

“…He had diplegic gait and Intelligence Quotient (IQ) score of 44 with affected fine motor activities, balance, speech and higher functions. Positron Emission Tomography—Computer Tomography (PET-CT) scan identified frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital, left cerebellar lobes, amygdala, hippocampus, and parahippocampus as the affected areas. …”
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Feasibility Aspects of Exploring Exercise-Induced Neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Hanna Johansson, Malin Freidle, Urban Ekman, Ellika Schalling, Breiffni Leavy, Per Svenningsson, Maria Hagströmer, Erika Franzén

“…Assessment included physical performance, structural and functional MRI, blood sampling, neuropsychological assessment, and speech/voice assessment. Process and scientific feasibility were monitored throughout the study. …”
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Efficacy of soft palatal augmentation prosthesis for oral functional rehabilitation in patients with dysarthria and dysphagia: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Naoki Kodama, Tomonori Yokoyama, Takao Mukai, Kana Takao, Takashi Hiraoka, Nobuyuki Arai, Jitsuro Yano, Hiroaki Nagatsuka, Yousuke Manda, Kozo Hanayama, Shogo Minagi

“…Secondary outcomes are tongue function (evaluated based on maximum tongue pressure, repetitions of tongue pressure and endurance of tongue pressure), articulation function (evaluated based on speech intelligibility, oral diadochokinesis, Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL)) and swallowing function (evaluated using Eating Assessment Tool-10). …”
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An Age-Related Hearing Protection Locus on Chromosome 16 of BXD Strain Mice by Qing Yin Zheng, Lihong Kui, Fuyi Xu, Tihua Zheng, Bo Li, Melinda McCarty, Zehua Sun, Aizheng Zhang, Luying Liu, Athena Starlard-Davenport, Ruben Stepanyan, Bo Hua Hu, Lu Lu

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REAL DRIVING FORCE PAVING THE WAY FOR A TREND OF INTEGRATION FOR HOCHIMINH’S LANGUAGE by Nguyễn Lai

“…Here, the real strength of Hochiminh’s speech strategy, which is the crystallization of the experiential process of putting linguistic actions into social interactions, verifies the integration theories that are of interest. …”
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Réflexions sur la dichotomie entre néolocuteurs et locuteurs natifs/traditionnels dans le cadre de la revitalisation des langues minoritaires : vers un nouveau discours inclusif by Robert Neal Baxter

“…The concepts of legitimacy and ownership highlight how the analogous traditional/new speaker dichotomy can replicate and perpetuate divides within minority speech communities, potentially hindering revitalisation efforts. …”
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Underdetermined DOA Estimation via Independent Component Analysis and Time-Frequency Masking by Peter Jančovič, Xin Zou, Münevver Köküer

“…Experiments, performed using speech signals mixed in real environment when only two microphones are used but three and four sources are present, demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can estimate the DOAs more accurately than two previously used underdetermined DOA algorithms.…”
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