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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Sluicing"”.
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Grammatical Effects of Topic and Focus Information
… to be involved with focus movement, so-called 'sluicing' and cleft constructions, are examined only to refute the existence of syntactic focus movement. Also word order variations in copular constructions are examined to see how topic and focus information are relevant in restricting sentence …
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The Ahipara gumfields
… area has been modified by machine washing and sluicing, leaving permanent scars in the landscape where the topsoil has been washed away, these workings are from the later period of gumdigging about 1930 onwards, however, in parts the ground is pockmarked with shallow holes where earlier …
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Engineering Characteristics of Coal Combustion Residuals and a Reconstitution Technique for Triaxial Samples
… the majority of coal-burning facilities used the sluicing method to dispose of CCRs at one point, many times it is desirable to construct new "dry-disposal" phases above the retired ash impoundments; since in-situ sampling of CCRs is difficult and likely produces highly disturbed samples, a sample …
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Spanish-Speaking Learners' Acquisition of English VPE and WH-Extraction Out of VPE
<p>The general goal of this dissertation is to explore two decades-long second language (L2) acquisition issues: whether and to what extent the L2 learner's first language (L1) and Universal Grammar (UG) respectively play a role in L2 development. Targeting English verb phrase ellipsis (VPE) and …