extant literature
collocation in Englishmeaningsofextantandliterature
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extant
adjective
uk/ekˈstænt/us/ekˈstænt/us/ˈek.stənt/
used to refer to something very old that is ...
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literature
noun[U]
uk/ˈlɪt.rə.tʃər/us/ˈlɪt̬.ɚ.ə.tʃɚ/
written artistic works, especially those with a high and lasting ...
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Theextantliteratureprovides examples of adolescent dialect use for comparison as well.
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Generalizations from theextantliteratureabout parental influences are based mainly on studies of parents and children where assessments are concurrent.
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In sum, theextantliteraturesuggests that there is a negative association between exposure to partner violence and children's behavioral adjustment.
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We will present an account of why expletive it follows the trajectory it does, and consider the ramifications of the data onextantliterature.
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Because there is a relatively smallextantliteratureon precocious talkers, we took the preliminary step of verifying parent-reported precocity.
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Thus, theextantliteratureon moderators of treatment effects following the aforementioned line of inquiry has been relatively unproductive to date.
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Theextantliteratureignores the significant public opposition to an institutionalised military.
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It is clear from theextantliteraturethat social context and spatial analyses are important for substantive reasons in the study of political participation.
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In addressing them, we begin with a summary of theextantliteratureon interest group formation.
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It does, however, provide a useful synthesis of much of theextantliterature.
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Theextantliteratureon the role of social withdrawal in young children's peer relations is not without ambiguity, however.
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Theextantliteraturehas provided inconsistent data regarding age and gender as predictors of outcome.
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In the end, a single theoretical standpoint will be the most coherent explanation of theextantliterature, not a concatenation of historical viewpoints.
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There are three main objectives of the current investigation, which aim to build on and contribute toextantliteraturein this area.
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Our results extend theextantliteraturein three ways.
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Like the rest of theextantliterature, the papers in this issue focus heavily on upstream effects.
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These hypotheses were drawn from theextantliteratureon individual differences in children's response to discipline.
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Thus, theextantliteratureis mixed with respect to the role of parenting on children's theory of mind abilities.
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In particular, while theextantliteraturehas occasionally explored alternative mechanisms of contextual influence, it has seldom done so within the same study.
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This paper makes a number of contributions to theextantliteratureon phantom types.
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