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Contents Glottometrics 26 , 2013 Karl - Heinz Best

Many authors examined the influence of loanwords in German (cf. Best 2001; Körner 2004, Ternes 2011). The present paper presents the development of Iranian borrowings and demonstrates that this process abides by the logistic law which in linguistics is known as Piotrowski Law. Zhu Yujia Sentence length and syntactic complexity in spoken and written English 9-16 Abstract: This study examines the...

Contents DRAFT : Revised September 15 , 2013 Evolution of Geometrical

There are competences produced by biological evolution plus individual learning and development in humans (and probably several other species), that are important for perceiving, understanding and using affordances in the environment (a point made forcefully by James Gibson, though he focused on a narrow subset). I conjecture that those competences were essential precursors to the mathematical ...

PTSD in the DSM-5: reply to Brewin (2013), Kilpatrick (2013), and Maercker and Perkonigg (2013).

The greater emphasis on scientific evidence and the high threshold for changing any criterion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (4th ed., DSM-IV) probably account for many key differences between the DSM-5 and the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (11th ver.; ICD-11) with regard to diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disord...

Bowlers’ Performances in 2013 Champions Trophy

Cricket is becoming a fashionable team game throughout the world. One day internationals (ODI) have been able to bring more and more spectators to the cricket ground, due to the nature of its’ format. Among the ODI tournaments, the Champions trophy takes a significant place, as it is the second largest tournament after the global event of cricket world cup. This paper investigates the performa...