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The Venetian Vernacular Lexicon in Eleventh‐ and Twelfth‐Century Latin Documents: Insights from the Codice Diplomatico Veneziano

Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Acoustic Overlap in Second Language Vowel Productions

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the alignment of vowel categories between second language (L2) learners and first language (L1) speakers of the target language, as well as potential overlaps between adjacent vowels in terms of formant frequencies and duration.
Georgios P. Georgiou, Elena Savva
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The road not taken: The Sound Pattern of Russian and the history of contrast in phonology

Journal of Linguistics, 2020
This article examines a turning point in the history of the theory of phonological distinctive features. In Morris Halle’s (1959) The Sound Pattern of Russian, features are organized into a contrastive hierarchy designed to minimize the number of ...
B. Dresher, Daniel Currie Hall
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Making fun of the standard tongue: Enregisterment, social difference, and Kurdish language humor

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyzes how humor around contrasts between standard and non‐standard Northern, i.e., Kurmanji, Kurdish spoken in Turkey contributes to the enregisterment of standard Kurdish, arguing that Kurdish language jokes promote the recognition and, to different degrees, uptake of standardized linguistic repertoires among differently ...
Patrick C. Lewis
wiley   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Nigerian English: History, functions and features

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi, Sopuruchi Christian Aboh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Samoan root phonotactics: Digging deeper into the data

Linguistic Discovery, 2013
This article gives a detailed quantitative account of Samoan root phonotactics. In particular, count data is given in eleven tables of segment frequencies (i.e., consonants, short and long vowels, diphthongs) and frequencies of combinations of segments ...
John Alderete, Mark Bradshaw
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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
doaj   +1 more source

An acoustic study on monophthongs in Central Australian Aboriginal English

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We present an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowel production in Central Australian Aboriginal English (CAAE), providing one of the first systematic examinations of this variety spoken by English‐as‐a‐first‐language (L1) speakers in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia.
Yizhou Wang, Carmel O'Shannessy, Vanessa Davis, Rikke Bundgaard‐Nielsen, Denise Foster   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source