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THE STRUCTURE OF NOMINALIZATION IN BURMESE
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2003-05)
Nominalized sentential elements have long been observed in Tibeto-Burman languages, but the role and extent of nominalized patterns have not been explored as a base of formative structuring. This dissertation examines ...
LEARNING EFFICIENCIES FOR DIFFERENT ORTHOGRAPHIES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HAN CHARACTERS AND VIETNAMESE ROMANIZATION
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2003-05)
In order to address the question of whether or not to abandon Han characters (Hanji), it is important to evaluate empirically the efficiency of Han writing. The purpose of this study is to compare the efficiency of learning ...
A SOCIOLINGUISTIC COMPARISON OF THE SYNTAX OF MODERN STANDARD ARABIC AND JORDANIAN ARABIC
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2003-08)
This thesis investigates some of the syntactic differences between two forms of Arabic, the standard and the local vernacular of Petra. This vernacular has not been looked at from a syntactic perspective. The attempt here ...
Review of The Korean Alphabet of 1446
(Association for Asian Studies, 2003-05)
Perhaps the most noteworthy product of Korean civilization, han'guil is a source
of pride among Koreans: not only does it embody a sense of national uniqueness, but
it is also a valuable tool against illiteracy. While ...
Adult Literacy: A Review of Implementation Experience
(World Bank, Operations Evaluation Department, 2003)
Worldwide, nearly a billion adults, at least 600 million of them women, are illiterate. Adult literacy is highly relevant to poverty alleviation efforts worldwide, because in the 21st century much of the information needed ...
Teaching adults to read better and faster: results from an experiment in Burkina Faso
(World Bank, 2003)
Abstract
Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness ...
Am I too fat? Bulimia as an epidemic
(Elsevier, 2003)
For at least the past ten years, eating disorders have had a major impact in the
physical and mental health of women, particularly young women. Anorexia and bulimia
nervosa are closely linked eating disorders. Anorexia ...
Improving adult literacy outcomes: lessons from cognitive research for developing countries
(World Bank, 2003)
Abstract
Despite the existence of about one billion illiterates in the world, adult literacy programs make up 1-5 percent of government or donor budgets, and they remain severely underfunded in comparison to primary ...