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Vowel adaptations of Indonesian loanwords into dialects of Acehnese: Reinforcing Acehnese identity

Studies in English Language and Education, 2023
Acehnese, like other regional languages throughout Indonesia, is in constant and intense contact with Bahasa Indonesia, a lingua franca of Indonesia. Not surprisingly, many Indonesian loanwords are flooding into Acehnese. There are some interesting sound
Zulfadli A. Aziz, Rob Amery, Faisal Mustafa   +2 more
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A unified approach to parasitic gap and across‐the‐board constructions: Evidence based on Mandarin Chinese

Syntax, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the lack of consensus on English facts, this study demonstrates that both parasitic gap (PG) and across‐the‐board (ATB) constructions in Mandarin Chinese exhibit parallel effects in variable binding reconstruction, while also displaying asymmetries in gap licensing categories.
Jen Ting
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“They Have Mouths, But Do Not Speak”: The Efficacy of Communicative Language Teaching Methods in Biblical Hebrew Education Within the UK University Context

Teaching Theology &Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper reports on the findings from a survey of the methods used by Biblical Hebrew teachers in UK universities, particularly the degree to which they incorporate some techniques characteristic of Communicative Language Teaching alongside traditional grammar‐translation techniques to form best practice approaches.
Marian Kelsey
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The Phonetics and Phonology of Chuxnaban Mixe

Linguistic Discovery, 2011
This paper presents the first detailed description of the phonetic structures of the endangered Mexican indigenous language Chuxnab?n Mixe, including a survey of the main features of the consonant system and acoustic measurements of the characteristics ...
Carmen Jany
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Arau lexikoen eta lexiko-ostekoen ezberdintasunaz: bokalen asimilazioa Lekeitioko euskaran

Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1993
In this paper we explore a phenomenon of vowel assimilation in the Basque dialect spoken in Lekeitio. In fast or relaxed speech, an initial [-round] vowel of a determiner may optionally assimilate in all its features to the final vowel of a nominal stem,
José Ignacio Hualde, Gorka Elordieta
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The Perception of Postalveolar English Obstruents by Spanish Speakers Learning English as a Foreign Language in Mexico

Languages, 2020
The present study deals with the perception (identification and discrimination) of an English phonemic contrast (/t∫/–/∫/, as in cheat and sheet) by speakers of two Mexican varieties of Spanish who are learning English as a foreign language.
Mariela López Velarde, Miquel Simonet
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The Categorization of L3 Vowels Near First Exposure by Spanish-English Bilinguals

Languages, 2022
The present study examined the predictions the Perceptual Assimilation Model in the context of naïve bilingual speakers while also considering whether the predictions of third language (L3) models of morphosyntax could be extended to L3 phonology.
Kyle Parrish
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The Religious Nature of Ethics

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyses the nature of ethical concepts, views, and theories and inquires in particular to what extent they may be considered religious. The analysis is not limited to the religious aspects of specific religious worldviews (such as Christianity). The concepts ‘good’ and ‘dignity’ are examined as representative examples.
Jasper Doomen
wiley   +1 more source

Coalescent Assimilation Across Wordboundaries in American English and in Polish English [PDF]

, 2016
Coalescent assimilation (CA), where alveolar obstruents /t, d, s, z/ in word-final position merge with word-initial /j/ to produce postalveolar /tʃ, dʒ, ʃ, ʒ/, is one of the most wellknown connected speech processes in English.
Andreas Baumann, Avery, Avery, Batliner, Batliner, Booth, Booth, Bowen, Bowen, Bronstein, Bronstein, Carr, Carr, Christensen, Christensen, Cohen, Cohen, Collins, Collins, Cox, Cox, Cruttenden, Cruttenden, Davidson, Davidson, Ewelina Wojtkowiak, Hyndman, Hyndman, Jenkins, Jenkins, Kamil Kaźmierski, Ladefoged, Ladefoged, Pitt, Pitt, Podesva, Podesva, Pęzik, Pęzik, Redi, Redi, Roach, Roach, Shockey, Shockey, Sloetjes, Sloetjes, Sobkowiak, Sobkowiak, Venables, Venables, Vienna, Vienna, Zsiga, Zsiga   +54 more
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Consonantal Phonological Processes in Common Words between the Standard Persian Language and Hawrami Language (Hawramane Takht Dialect) [PDF]

مطالعات زبان‌‌ها و گویش‌های غرب ایران, 2014
The purpose of this article is to study and describe the consonantal phonological processes in common words between the standard Persian language and Hawrami language (Hawramane Takht dialect), one of the members of the new northwest Iranian family of ...
Seyyed Mahdi Sadjadi, Aleyeh Kord Zafaranlu Kambuzia   +1 more
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