objectives: one of the factors predicting language impairments is an early limited lexicon in children. an early limited lexicon can also lead to limited performances in other language areas. this study was aimed to examine receptive and expressive vocabulary in 8-16 month-old children with cleft lip and palate as a predictor of development in other language areas. materials: the macarthur-bate...

This paper focuses on the interpretation of what has been considered an expletive marker in grammar Greek nominal domain: plural number mass nouns. We present results experimental investigation nouns by native speakers this language, and we propose a speech act analysis according to which at time producing utterances that contain speaker performs two acts: assertion expressive (s)he publicly co...

Brands provide a means for consumers to present the self, expressing their inner selves (the ‘real me’), or social (how others see me). With rise in media use, academics and practitioners seek understand how consumers’ self-expression through following brands online leads brand outcomes. This study investigates self-expressiveness of as separate antecedents two outcomes: intention co-create val...

A common objection to paternalism concerns its expressive content. Many reject paternalistic policies and actions on the ground that they arguably involve insulting expressions of disrespect toward those subjected them. The paper challenges this view. It argues refraining from acting paternalistically can be disrespectful. Specifically, there is a relevant way in which disregards moral worth B ...

let s be a monoid and x a class of s-acts which is closed under coproducts. the object of this article is to find conditions under which all s-acts have x-precovering. we have shown that the existence of torsion-free precovering implies the existence of torsion-free covering. this work is an attempt to further facilitate the study of the conjecture that all s-acts have flat cover.