MENTAL REPRESENTATION OF WORD FAMILY STRUCTURE: THE CASE OF GERMAN INFINITIVES, CONVERSION NOUNS AND OTHER MORPHOLOGICALLY RELATED FORMS

Mental Representation of Word Family Structure: The Case of German Infinitives, Conversion Nouns and Other Morphologically Related Forms

This study investigates how two non-finite forms, infinitives and conversion nouns, are represented in the mind of L1 and L2 speakers and what is their relationship to other members of the corresponding word family.German native speakers and proficient German learners with Czech as L1 participated in four overt priming experiments involving a gramm

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Transcending the Technocratic Mentality through the Humanities

Catholic education has a long tradition of engagement lite brite with the liberal arts and especially the humanities.The place of the humanities today in the curriculum is under threat for several reasons, one being the predominance of the technocratic mentality.This paper revisits (in three steps) the contested issue of the role of the humanities

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5-HT3 and 5-HT4 antagonists inhibit peristaltic contractions in guinea-pig distal colon by mechanisms independent of endogenous 5-HT

Recent studies have Shoes shown that endogenous serotonin is not required for colonic peristalsis in vitro, nor gastrointestinal (GI) transit in vivo.However, antagonists of 5-Hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) receptors can inhibit peristalsis and GI-transit in mammals, including humans.This raises the question of how these antagonists inhibit GI-motility a

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