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First Sounds, Second Language: How Word Onsets Spark Language Co‐Activation in 3‐Year‐Old Bilinguals
Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 5, September 2026.ABSTRACT Adult and young bilinguals co‐activate their languages to different degrees, even in entirely monolingual tasks. However, many studies use translation pairs with high phonological overlap (e.g., the English‐GERMAN: “milk”‐“MILCH”), making it difficult to discern the origin of the co‐activation.
Daniela Avila‐Varela +1 more
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The Impact of Dance Activities on School Liking and Public Speaking Anxiety
European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the impact of dance activities, designed to initially involve large group activities, then paired dances and finally individual performances in front of a group, on second‐grade students' school liking, school avoidance and public speaking anxiety.
Hüseyin Kotaman +2 more
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European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Existential constructions (ECs) play an important role in academic writing by introducing new information, expressing epistemic stance and facilitating information flow. Examining how EFL learners use different EC types can offer valuable insights into their syntactic development and writing proficiency. Previous research, however, has focused
Bingwei li +3 more
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Corporum, 2019 Lexical bundles are the fixed patterns of language that appear in texts more than expected which according to Biber and Conrad(1999) are “word forms that often co-occur in longer sequences” (p. 989). The length of these structures varies but the
Muhammad Yousaf +3 more
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The transportation of embedded inversion in world Englishes
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 389-404, September 2026.Abstract The present study uses private correspondence to investigate the use of embedded inversion on both sides of the Atlantic as an illustration of the spread of spoken/conversational features through writing. The paper discusses the use of embedded inversion in Irish English (IrE) and briefly compares its occurrence in other varieties of English ...
Carolina P. Amador‐Moreno
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Modal verbs in South Asian online Englishes: must, (have) got to, have to and need to
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 574-594, September 2026.Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 532-553, September 2026.Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie +2 more
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Evolution of P‐wave Anisotropy as an Indicator of Pre‐failure Deformation in Shale
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 15, 16 August 2026.Abstract Understanding the multiscale mechanical behavior of clay‐rich rocks is critical for assessing fault reactivation and the long‐term integrity of underground waste repositories. This study investigates the evolution of microdeformation in Tournemire's shale samples under compressive stress by integrating high‐resolution imaging (from an ...
Matthieu Lusseyran +5 more
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Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, Volume 40, Issue 15, 15 August 2026.ABSTRACT Rationale Recent advances in ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMS) have led to the development of high‐resolution platforms such as cyclic IMS and SLIM IMS (structures for lossless ion manipulations), both offering enhanced capabilities for resolving complex biomolecular conformations.
Rania Benazza +5 more
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