THE EXISTENTIAL IN XHOSA IN RELATION TO INDEFINITENESS

The existential in Xhosa in relation to indefiniteness

Bare nouns in languages without articles can be semantically ambiguous between definite and indefinite interpretations.It is here assumed that speakers of such languages can still signal to the hearer when they refer to unique and identifiable referents.This paper contributes to the long-standing duospiritalis.com cross-linguistic question of how b

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Central retinal artery occlusion in a patient with sickle cell disease treated with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator

Central retinal artery occlusion is a rare ophthalmological complication of sickle cell disease, usually provoked by additional contributing risk factors and its treatment peperomia double duty remains controversial.We describe a patient with sickle cell disease and a spontaneous central retinal artery occlusion of his left eye that probably has go

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Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Policy Punctuations

Do democracies perform better than more autocratic political systems? Most existing literature focuses on single issues, such as maintaining the peace, avoiding famines, or promoting stable economic growth.The key to policy success for all these and other issues is adaptive policymaking in complex, dynamic environments.Relying on theory and empiric

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