The Norwegian language community is characterized by a considerable public interest in linguistic issues. Standardization of the written language has been an issue of controverse during more than a century, and in the Post-War period, the growing influence from Anglo-American culture has been of concern to the public opinion. Lexical elaboration of the national language is, consequently, consid...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In response to the established notion that improvement of language functions in chronic aphasia only can be achieved through long-term treatment, we examined the efficacy of a short-term, intensive language training, constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT). This program is founded on the learning principles of prevention of compensatory communication (constraint), masse...

PROTEIN AND AMINO ACID REQUIREMENTS IN EARLY LIFE. By L. Emmett Holt, Jr., Paul Gyorgy, Edward L. Pratt, Selma E. Snyderman, and William M. Wallace. New York University Press, 1960. 63 pp. $1. This small volume presents a well-written, critical, and (considering its size) reasonably comprehensive review of the current knowledge of protein nutrition in early childhood. The authors are pediatrici...

The musical group the Beatles had a profound impact on Western culture during their time together between 1960 and 1970. The three songwriters, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, together and separately evolved in their lyrical styles over time. Using a new generation of computer text analyses, the Beatles’ lyrics were analyzed to address how the group changed as a unit over time...

This study utilizes a qualitative approach to examine the customary practice of land pawning in Semoyo Village. is based on traditional institutions passed down for generations. It involves direct transfer without need written agreement, witnesses, or village officials. The spirit togetherness and trust neighbors relatives facilitate this practice. borrower surrenders possession lender, who can...

6 Friedrichs, K. O., Mathematical Aspects of the Quantum Theory of Fields (New York: Interscience, 1953). 7Friedrichs, K. O., Lectures, Summer Conference on Mathematics and Modern Physical Theories, Boulder (1960). 8 Schwartz, J., Mass Renormalization and Spectral Shifts, N.Y.U. Research Report (1960). 9 Friedrichs, K. O., "Spectral theory of operators in Hilbert space," N.Y.U. lecture notes (1...

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE hydrochloride, "Librium", was discovered in the Roche Research Laboratories a few years ago. It is 7-Chloro-2-methylamino-5phenyl-3H-1, 4-benzo diazapine and is structurally unrelated to any other psychotropic drug. It has been found to be an effective drug with a general lack of severe side effects in the treatment of anxiety, either occurring alone, or complicating a variety ...

This study examined the effects of aural and written prompts under two planning conditions (i.e. pre-task planning and no planning) on complexity, accuracy, and fluency of test takers' writing production. Forty learners in an English institute, who had already been classified as intermediate according to the Oxford Placement Test, were assigned to two planning conditions (i.e. no planning and p...