INTERNALLY-HEADED RELATIVE CLAUSES IN SIGN LANGUAGES

Internally-headed relative clauses in sign languages

This chapter considers relative clause data from sign languages in light of their variation with respect to basic word order, nonmanual marking, and presence/absence of internally-headed and externally-headed relative clauses.Syntactically, a double merge cartographic model (Cinque 2005a; b), following Brunelli (2011), is adopted.The differences ac

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Exposure-response relationship of wind turbine noise with self-reported symptoms of sleep and health problems: A nationwide socioacoustic survey in Japan

The association of wind turbine noise (WTN) with sleep and physical/mental health has not been fully investigated.To investigate the relationship of WTN with the prevalence of self-reported symptoms of sleep and health problems, a socioacoustic survey of 1079 adult residents was conducted throughout Japan (2010-2012): 747 in 34 areas surrounding wi

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Using Electronically Delivered Therapy and Brain Imaging to Understand Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Pathophysiology: Protocol for a Pilot Study

BackgroundObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a debilitating and prevalent anxiety disorder.Although the basal ganglia and frontal cortex are the brain regions that are most commonly hypothesized to be involved in OCD, the exact pathophysiology is unknown.By observing the effects of proven treatments on brain activation levels, the cause of OCD

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