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Effects of prematurity and socio‐economic status on early life language exposure: A video coding study

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Preterm birth is associated with later language impairment and delay. Socio‐economic deprivation is linked to decreased language exposure in early childhood, but it is unknown how prematurity influences this relationship. This study investigated the effects of socio‐economic status and gestational age at birth on language exposure, in a sample
Sinéad O'Carroll   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Monolingual and Bilingual Learners' Dictionaries*

open access: yesLexikos, 2010
When deciding on the best learners' dictionary for a specific user and a specific situation of usage one often has to make a choice between a monolingual and a bilingual learners' dictionary. This article discusses some aspects of the user-driven approach so prevalent in modernday lexicographic thought, focuses broadly on dictionary typology and takes ...
openaire   +5 more sources

Bootstrapping word alignment via word packing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
We introduce a simple method to pack words for statistical word alignment. Our goal is to simplify the task of automatic word alignment by packing several consecutive words together when we believe they correspond to a single word in the opposite ...
Ma, Yanjun, Stroppa, Nicolas, Way, Andy
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Lexical inference training for homonyms: Two randomized controlled trials for children with English as a first and an additional language

open access: yesBritish Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Many words have multiple meanings, which present challenges to learning, yet research has yet to identify effective interventions for homonyms. Lexical inference may be a promising strategy. Aim To evaluate a brief, novel lexical inference intervention for homonyms. Samples Children aged 7–8 years (Study 1: N = 180, Study 2: N = 76).
Sophie A. Booton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

O dicionário bilingüe como ferramenta de ensino/aprendizagem de uma língua estrangeira

open access: yesTrabalhos em Linguística Aplicada, 2012
The aim of this paper is to share some reflections on the use of bilingual dictionaries as a tool in the process of teaching/learning a foreign language.
Patrícia Tosque
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Outer texts in bilingual dictionaries

open access: yesLexikos, 2010
Dictionaries often display a central list bias with little or no attention to the use of outer texts. This article focuses on dictionaries as text compounds and carriers of different text types. Utilising either a partial or a complete frame structure, a variety of outer text types can be used to enhance the data distribution structure of a dictionary ...
openaire   +5 more sources

An Italian to Catalan RBMT system reusing data from existing language pairs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper presents an Italian! Catalan RBMT system automatically built by combining the linguistic data of the existing pairs Spanish–Catalan and Spanish–Italian.
Ginestí-Rosell, Mireia   +2 more
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Computer Corpora and the law: a new approach to the translation of legal terms [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The use of computer corpora for the analysis of legal language is not common practice; still less the use of parallel corpora for the comparison of legal terminology. The Bononia Legal Corpus project (BoLC) began two years ago, and now as the first stage
Philip, Gill
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Oral language profiles and associated factors in children after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke

open access: yesDevelopmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To characterize language outcomes at age 7 years after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke (NAIS) and identify language profiles and determinants. Method This prospective longitudinal cohort study included 70 children (44 males) from a French cohort with NAIS.
Laure Drutel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

REPRESENTATION OF THE DICTIONARY IN THEORETICAL AND EDUCATIONAL LEXICOGRAPHY

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2018
The article is devoted to the main issues of studying modern lexicographic science, its theoretical and educational direction. The concept of lexicography, the main types of dictionaries of Russian and English are considered.
Natalya Mikhailovna Nesova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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