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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 454-493, June 2026.Abstract We closely replicated Ellis and Sagarra (2010b), a seminal study that demonstrated clear effects of blocking in second language (L2) learning. In that study, English‐speaking learners completed different types of pretraining about Latin temporal expressions (adverbs, verbs, none) to investigate how knowledge about specific cues influenced L2 ...
Kevin McManus +5 more
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 494-527, June 2026.Abstract We investigate what is learned from exposure to usage in verbal morphology using an error correction mechanism within an associative learning framework. We computationally simulated how second language (L2) learners would respond to naturalistic input of aspectual usage, characterized by “imperfect contingencies,” given two types of ...
Justyna Mackiewicz +2 more
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 597-632, June 2026.Abstract A key debate in second language acquisition research revolves around the relative significance of explicit and implicit learning conditions in grammar learning. However, little is known about the potential of learners’ extramural (i.e., out‐of‐class) language use in fostering implicit and/or automatized knowledge as compared to explicit ...
Alexandra Schurz (she/her)
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 671-703, June 2026.Abstract Studies have explored the relationship between text readability and processing effort in second language (L2) reading—as evidenced by eye movements. However, these studies generally relied on short texts, raising concerns about the validity of the analyzed data. This study reexamined these relationships using open‐source eye‐tracking data from
Shingo Nahatame, Kazuhiro Yamaguchi
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Sentence-medial adverb placement in Spanish: acceptability and preference
GlossaThis paper examines the acceptability of Spanish adverbs in sentence-medial positions in declarative main clauses. Both simple and complex verb forms are considered.
Laura Nogueira Sánchez
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Diacritic Restoration and the Development of a Part-of-Speech Tagset for the Māori Language [PDF]
, 2012 This thesis investigates two fundamental problems in natural language processing: diacritic restoration and part-of-speech tagging. Over the past three decades, statistical approaches to diacritic restoration and part-of-speech tagging have grown in ...
Cocks, John
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Can we repudiate ontology altogether?
Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 264-292, June 2026.Abstract Ontological nihilists repudiate ontology altogether, maintaining that ontological structure is an unnecessary addition to our theorizing. Recent defenses of the view involve a sophisticated combination of highly expressive but ontologically innocent languages combined with a metaphysics of features—non‐objectual, complete but modifiable states
Christopher J. Masterman
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Coming to Grips with Rather Elusive Adverbs: On English 'rather' and French 'plutôt'
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studiesThis parallel corpus study looks into the contrastive connective and degree modifier uses of two cognate adverbs that can be considered each other’s crosslinguistic counterparts, English rather and French plutôt.
Lobke Ghesquière, Lieselotte Brems
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How to … Coach Problem Representation to Strengthen Diagnostic Reasoning in Trainees
The Clinical Teacher, Volume 23, Issue 3, June 2026.ABSTRACT Problem representation (PR) is a concise synthesis of clinical information that captures the core diagnostic problem in a single statement, often referred to as a ‘one‐liner’. Although central to diagnostic reasoning, this skill is frequently underdeveloped in medical training.
Cody Clary +2 more
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An analysis of kindergarten children's language in conversations about television. [PDF]
, 1959 Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston ...
Ford, Marjorie Hill +1 more
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