North Africa in Russian Travelers Perception: Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt in Russian Travelogues

Russian Loanword Adaptation in Persian; Optimal Approach

In this paper we analyzed some of the phonological rules of Russian loanword adaptation in Persian, on the view of Optimal Theory (OT) (Prince and Smolensky, 1993, 2003). It is the first study of phonological process on Russian loanwords adaptation in Persian. By gathering about 50 current Russian loanwords, we selected some of them to analyze. We found out that vowel insertion, vowel prothesis...

Epidemiological Trial of Hypertension in North Africa (ETHNA): an international multicentre study in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

OBJECTIVES Inhabitants of developing countries such as those in North Africa have experienced lifestyle changes that have increased the risk of cardiovascular disease. The aim of the Epidemiological Trial of Hypertension in North Africa (ETHNA) was to evaluate the prevalence and clinical profile of hypertension in a large sample of individuals in North Africa. METHODS This was an internationa...

On-line Comprehension of Russian Case Cues in Monolingual Russian and Bilingual Russian-Dutch and Russian-Hebrew Children

For a correct interpretation of the thematic roles of constituents of a sentence, the relation between those constituents has to be understood. For each language, a combination of specific interpretation cues leads to a correct understanding of a sentence, and one of the comprehension cues is most reliable. The speed and success rate of children in acquiring those cues most relevant for their l...

Subject Properties and Ergativity in North Russian and Lithuanian

The goal of this paper is to resolve an apparent mismatch between the morphology and grammatical function of the subject and object NPs of the North Russian (NR) and Lithuanian (Lith) nonagreeing constructions in (1-2) below. On the surface, this construction consists of i) a nonagreeing participle functioning as the main predicate, ii) a preverbal oblique (or PP) constituent, and iii) a nomina...

Microfinance in Algeria, Tunisia, and Lebanon