THE SOCIOLINGUISTICS OF THANKING IN AKAN

The Sociolinguistics of Thanking in Akan

The Akan cherish people who are Sharpening Stones grateful.The paper addresses the language of thanking in Akan under expressive speech acts and linguistic routines.The paper gives ethnographic situations and communicative events for thanking including, (1) thanking after child birth; (2) thanking in joyful occasions: marriage and wedding; survival

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The Insula Is a Hub for Functional Brain Network in Patients With Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis

BackgroundIn recent years, imaging technologies have been rapidly evolving, with an emphasis on the characterization of brain structure changes and functional imaging in patients with autoimmune encephalitis.However, the neural basis of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis and its linked cognitive decline is unclear.Our research

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Non-Invasive Assessment of Abdominal/Diaphragmatic and Thoracic/Intercostal Spontaneous Breathing Contributions

(1) Background: Technically, a simple, inexpensive, and non-invasive method of ascertaining volume changes in thoracic and abdominal cavities are required to expedite the development and validation of pulmonary mechanics models.Clinically, this measure enables the real-time monitoring of muscular recruitment patterns and breathing effort.Thus, it h

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