TRANSITIVITY AND THE BA CONSTRUCTION

In this paper, I discuss the legitimacy of positing a Transitivity Projection (= TrP cf.Bowers 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2002) in the BA construction in Mandarin Chinese.BA has been proposed to be a semantically-bleached verb, inserted in the v position (Huang 1997 and Lin 2001).Several pieces of evidence such as manner adverbial XMAS placement (cf.Huan

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Improving the Assessment of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Advanced Age With a Novel Multi-Feature Automated Speech and Language Analysis of Verbal Fluency

Introduction: Clinically Nocks relevant information can go uncaptured in the conventional scoring of a verbal fluency test.We hypothesize that characterizing the temporal aspects of the response through a set of time related measures will be useful in distinguishing those with MCI from cognitively intact controls.Methods: Audio recordings of an ani

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Functional interactions between neurotransmitters and neuropeptides in regulating suprachiasmatic nucleus function and circadian rhythms

The overt expression of circadian rhythms is a manifestation of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN).This integrated complex function based on the transcriptional/translational feedback loops Inline Fuseholder (TFFLs), neurotransmitters, genes, networking, and synchronization is essential for this molecular mechanism to operate effectively.Neurotransm

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