Cross-linguistically, both subjects and topical information tend to be placed at the beginning of a sentence. Subjects are generally highly topical, causing both tendencies to converge on the same word order. However, subjects that lack prototypical topic properties may give rise to an incongruence between the preference to start a sentence with the subject and the preference to start a sentenc...

Smile line is one of the most important element of the smile esthetics. In an attractive smile, the maxillary anterior incisal curve is parallel to the lower lip. With the changes in face, lips and teeth muscles, which are caused by aging, this element (smile line) also changes. Aging causes smile line to move from its parallel position and in complete smile, formulate different shapes relative...

This study aims to describe the representation of female characters in novel Woman at Zero Point by Nawal El Saadawi terms subject-object position and reader's using Sara Mills perspective approach. research is qualitative with a descriptive method. The data source Saadawi. results are as follows. First, character subject describes who considered have committed rebellion form resistance against...

Academic writing is not just about presenting a set of ideas, but through the act of writing, the authors position themselves as individuals having particular identities which mostly reflect the dominant sociocultural values and practices of the discourse communities in which they are living and performing. The present study, using a mixed method approach, attempted to explore the evidences of ...

There are several competing analyses for the Mandarin long passive. The first is the movement hypothesis (e.g. Travis, 1984; Koopman, 1984; Li, 1990) in which the long passive is involves NP-movement analogous to the kind that occurs in English be passives. The morpheme bei is treated as a preposition that both suppresses the subject and absorbs the accusative case of the object. The object thu...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To explore the difference in the course of the lingual arteries between the tongue in the fully extended position and in the resting position in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) patients. STUDY DESIGN Prospective nonrandomized study. METHODS Seventeen patients with OSAHS were included in the study. Each patient received two lingual artery computed tomo...