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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In cognitive psychology, longer intersession intervals are thought to enhance long‐term retention (i.e., lag effects). Recently, scholars have begun to test the generalizability of the lag effect to L2 vocabulary and grammar acquisition. Following their step, the present study not only replicated the lag effect but also provided a more fine ...
Xiang Li, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren
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Turkish /h/ deletion : evidence for the interplay of speech perception and phonology [PDF]
, 2013 It has been hypothesized that sounds which are less perceptible are more likely to be altered than more salient sounds, the rationale being that the loss of information resulting from a change in a sound which is difficult to perceive is not as great as ...
Mielke, Jeff
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Noûs, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many, perhaps even most, philosophers hold that, in order to promise someone something, the promisor must intend to communicate what they are promising. I argue against this claim, explain why it matters to the nature of promising, and sketch an alternative picture of normatively powerful speech acts.
Eliot Michaelson
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Phonology and intonation [PDF]
, 2008 The encoding standards for phonology and intonation are designed to facilitate consistent annotation of the phonological and intonational aspects of information structure, in languages across a range ofprosodic types. The guidelines are designed with the
Féry, Caroline +5 more
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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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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 +2 more
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between 1609 and 1614, after over a century of forced conversions, cultural oppression and inquisitorial persecution, Spain expelled its morisco subjects. Despite being baptised Christians, the descendants of Spain's Muslim population had been deemed incapable of sincerely following the Christian faith and assimilating into society due to ...
Elizabeth Liliann Blakemore
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Towards a model of phonological acquisition in government phonology [PDF]
, 1998 Child phonology shows some interesting and systematic differences from adult phonology. In child phonology, for example, vowel harmony and consonant harmony are common phonological effects (Ingram 1986).
Tolson, Lucy
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The Use and Functions of English in Egyptian Social Media
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the contemporary functions of English in Egypt through two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, it provides an updated account of the status and roles of English in the country, revisiting and extending Schaub's assessment in light of significant historical, socio‐economic and linguistic developments over the past two ...
Lucia La Causa
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Reduktion in natürlicher Sprache [PDF]
, 2010 Natural (conversational) speech, compared to cannonical speech, is earmarked by the tremendous amount of variation that often leads to a massive change in pronunciation.
Zimmerer, Frank
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