Can a child who has not learned language as a result of seculution from the human society be able to learn sign language after the critical period?

The critical period is important in learning language by a human baby. It is during this period that the language acquisition device (LAD) is active for language learning. It is assumed that...

01 February 2020 3,217 3 View

What is linguistic genealogy? How can one establish such a genealogy?

That languages belong to some families.

03 April 2016 5,551 3 View

Are there most current studies on comparative linguistics and reconstruction?

Colleagues, kindly assist me with the most current reference materials on comparative linguistics and reconstruction. I am interested in the studies not more than five years old.

03 April 2016 9,225 1 View

What are the causes of phonological variations of related languages or dialects of the same language?

Genealogically, some languages may be attributed to a single source referred to as their proto-language. Similarly, dialects of the same language are related in a number of aspects but may differ...

03 April 2016 9,136 10 View

What are the strategies employed in teaching Integrated English?

Integrated English is the approach of teaching English and Literature as related subjects with a view of enriching each other. For example, literary texts can be used in enhancing the learner's...

02 March 2016 2,150 0 View

What is the best model of reconstructing protospeech?

Genealogically all human beings must have come from a single family; that of Adam and Eve or otherwise. The first human family must have used a single language from which all languages of the...

02 March 2016 5,168 0 View

What is the difference between first language, vernacular and mother tongue?

In the Kenyan context mother tongue is regarded as the language of the school catchment area. First language is regarded as the language acquired before none. Some vernaculars are mother tongues...

02 March 2016 4,226 9 View

What are the best strategies for teaching language to autistic learners?

Children suffering from autism have difficulties in language leaning.

01 February 2016 6,531 0 View

Are concepts of lengtheme, toneme and intoneme phonologically legitimate?

Length, tone and intonation can be distinctively used like phonemes, especially in the African languages. Therefore, they function as phonemes in such languages.

01 February 2016 4,588 4 View

What are some of the models for genealogical reconstruction of languages?

31 December 2015 9,609 15 View

Can anyone share his experience regards Smoothing in origin?

I am working on TiO2 composite material and the results of XRD have a lot of small/junk peaks and while I apply a smooth filter in Origin then the other characteristics peaks disappear so anyone...

26 February 2021 8,183 3 View

Do you know of an informal caregiver of a person who has recently received a bone marrow transplant?

We are conducting a pilot study of an intervention for informal caregivers of persons who have recently received a bone marrow transplant in the US. If you know of anyone who might be interested,...

13 February 2021 9,174 1 View

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Western Bands?

Hello, I am western blotting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from lentiviral using an antibody against S1. To prepare samples, I mixed concentrated lentivirus 1:1 with 2X Laemmli buffer and boiled...

07 February 2021 3,643 4 View

Does Location Map of Informal Settlements in South Africa exist?

I urgently need a map that shows the point locations of informal settlements in South Africa. I am currently working on a study that seeks to relate protests location to the location of informal...

02 February 2021 4,113 7 View

Are there existing studies in economic sociology that have applied Kalyan Sanyal's theoretical framework as a methodological basis?

To be precise, I am looking for studies on informal labour that have taken on board Sanyal's category of the Need Economy and his 'Politics of Exclusion' in studying the political-economy of...

26 January 2021 4,219 3 View

Is recycling a challenge to the governments of developing countries?

Is recycling a challenge to the governments of developing countries? A strong will for more serious aggressively organized recycling initiatives, embedded with strict regulations supported through...

12 January 2021 510 13 View

What is the effect of SDS running buffer concentration on western results?

I am trying to do a thermal shift assay for a recombinantly-produced membrane protein, by western blot band quantification. I use Bio-rad 10X Tris/glycine SDS running buffer for my SDS-PAGE and...

11 January 2021 5,302 2 View

Does these studies, and research based recommendations bring any positive change.?

A strong will for more serious aggressively organized recycling, embedded with strict regulations supported through public awareness projects/programs to be instituted both by formal and informal...

03 January 2021 3,202 2 View

Please Guide me on this how to solve this issue ?

I have submitted a paper in a journal and the reviewers reply to me with this. Can anyone guide me on this how to solve it Thanks in advance Figure 4: (i) the image presented in panel (a) shows...

15 December 2020 636 6 View

How to quantify total protein in crooked western lanes?

I've been using Revert700 total protein stain to detect total protein in my western lanes. While this stain is robust & reversible, I have trouble quantifying in Image Studio Lite (LiCor) and...

05 December 2020 9,014 3 View