How can the ability of six-month-old infants to learn words, meanings, and referential categories be explained?
... complexes) separately. And then, in the second year of life, they associate the learned names with concepts, forming words “name + meaning (concept)”. However, recent studies show that 6-month-old infants already know some common words, such as banana, mouth, and hand, indicating that they understand their referential uses. These and other results indicate that infants develop the associated pairs of “name + concept” from a very early age. This clearly contradicts the generally accepted paradigm....
Mercury content in fish caught in the Northern Dvina below a pulp and paper mill
... pollution due to the presence of pulp and paper mills in the area. These mills have historically utilised mercury in their production processes.
This study aims to analyse the mercury content in commercially important fish species living in the mouth of the Northern Dvina River. The content and distribution of mercury in tissue samples of various fish species were determined to provide insight into components of the mercury cycle in the study area. Lower mercury levels in pristine areas of the ...
Phraseological units as a means of information compression in the American election discourse
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Social and cultural determinants in the perception of environmental risks: Douglas grid group analysis
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The prognostic characteristics of storm floods in the mouth of the River Pregolya (in the Kaliningrad region)
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The anthropogenic transformation of river mouths and its geoecological consequences
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An assessment of the potential impact of the construction of a deepwater seaport on the hydrological regime of the Vistula lagoon
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