REVISITING GRADABILITY IN AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE (ASL)

Revisiting gradability in American Sign Language (ASL)

This paper addresses gradability in American Sign Language (ASL).The literature has argued that languages may or may not introduce degree variables, i.e., there is cross-linguistic variation as to whether languages should be analyzed as degree- or degreeless.For ASL, the degree-based analysis has been assumed or explicitly proposed.For example, due

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Learning to Voice? The Evolving Roles of Family Farmers in the Coordination of Large-Scale Irrigation Schemes in Morocco

In Morocco, large-scale irrigation schemes have evolved over the past twenty years from the centralised management of irrigation and agricultural production into more complex multi-actor systems.This study analysed whether, and how, in the context of state withdrawal, increased farmer autonomy and political liberalisation, family farmers currently

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Pyelonephritis xanthogranulomatosa – case report (2 cases)

Pyelonephritis xantogranulomatosa is a very rare form of chronic kidney inflammation.Only a few hundred cases have been described in children.The cause of the disease is not fully understood, but it is strongly correlated with urolithiasis.The inflammatory process usually involves one kidney and is diffuse, rarely a form ALPHA GPC limited to the pa

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