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Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation as a Tool to Induce Language Recovery in Patients with Post-Stroke Aphasia : An Overview of Studies

Ulanov, Maxim A.; Shtyrov, Yury Y.; Stroganova, Tatiana A. - 2017

In recent years, possible therapeutic effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have been widely investigated in studies of different types of neural pathologies. Recent reviews of tDCS in patients with post-stroke aphasia did not provide coherent evidence oа its efficiency....

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A Published Answer to Petr Chaadaev's First 'Philosophical Letter' : A Comment on Russian Political Language of the 1830s

Velizhev, Mikhail - 2017

This paper is aimed at exploring the rhetorical conventions of political polemics in 19th century Russia. We will compare two texts published in the 1830s – a classic “First Philosophical Letter” by Petr Chaadaev and a less known reply to it written by young Andrej Krayevsky –...

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The Language and People of Mehweb

Dobrushina, Nina - 2019

This paper describes the sociolinguistic situation of Mehweb, a lect of the Dargwa branch of East Caucasian, in the Republic of Daghestan. In the course of several field trips to the village of Mehweb, sociolinguistic interviews were conducted in four neighbouring Avar- and Lak-speaking...

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Gradable Predicates in Russian Sign Language

Aksenov, Kirill - 2019

This paper aims at describing the syntactic and semantic properties of gradable predicates in Russian Sign Language (RSL). Property signs in RSL, such as BIG or BEAUTIFUL, generally behave similarly to stative predicates. However, their compatibility with the degree modifiers and aspectual...

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Automatic Extraction Of Handshapes Inventory In Russian Sign Language

Klezovich, Anna - 2019

for RSL, comparing this data with other sign languages. The last but not the least, the enventory of phonemic hanshapes …

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Simultaneity In Polypredicative Constructions In Russian Sign Language

Dushkina, Valeriya A. - 2019

While spoken languages primarily make use of the acoustic-auditory modality, sign languages use visual …-gestural modality. This results in structural differences between those languages. Sign language properties are especially intriguing …

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SENTENTIAL NEGATION IN RUSSIAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Pasalskaya, Elena - 2018

In this paper, a description of sentential negation makers in Russian Sign Language (RSL) is provided. Two types of these markers exist. The first one is a negative sign – a manual negator. The second type is markers that are expressed by facial expressions, and head movements – non-manual...

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Master or Servant : Language in Thomas Hobbes' Political Philosophy

Pleshkov, Alexey - 2014

Language theory is an important part of Hobbes’ intellectual legacy. Nevertheless, it seems that the value of language can be understood only within political sphere. The role and place of language in Hobbes’ political theory should be examined intimately. What can language say about...

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Contact-Induced Usages of Volitional Moods in East Caucasian Languages

Dobrushina, Nina - 2016

of the verbs of 'wish' and in purpose clauses, in East Caucasian languages evolves under the influence of Azerbaijanian … (Turkic).• Design/Methodology/Approach and Data and AnalysisThe data of thirteen languages spoken in Daghestan and Azerbaijan … languages are included in the sample: Archi, which belongs to the same genetic group as the languages which use volitionals in …

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Automatic Detection of Natural Phonological Classes in Russian Sign Language

Moroz, George - 2018

plots and MCA is a promising way of revealing non-binary oppositions in phonological systems of human languages irrespective …

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