ADVERTISING BOOKS: A LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF BLURBS

Advertising books: a linguistic analysis of blurbs

The purpose of this paper is to present a preliminary approach to the study of blurbs, brief texts traditionally displayed on bookcovers, and nowadays also on the Internet, which provide information about a book to potential readers.This study focuses on four of the most widelyknown publishing and bookselling companies in the English-speaking world

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Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Modulates the Dependence on Age of the Variability of Synchronous Neural Interactions

Recent evidence documented a protective effect of Class II human leukocyte antigen (HLA) DRB1*13 on brain health across the lifespan including evidence of reduced neural network variability relative to non-carriers.Here, in an extension of those findings, we evaluated the influence of a large number of Class I and Class II HLA alleles on aging-rela

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