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Spoken language and attitudes in Hong Kong: English leads in prestige, mandarin rises in employability, and Cantonese faces challenges. [PDF]

PLoS One
Man Cheung L, Teng X.
europepmc   +1 more source

Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
wiley   +1 more source

Investing in Game‐Based Informal Digital Learning of English (IDLE): A Chinese‐Speaking Gaming Community

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As a rapidly evolving sub‐field of computer‐assisted language learning, informal digital learning of English (IDLE) has become a significant catalyst for linguistic, affective, and pedagogical development among English as a second language (L2) learners.
Yue Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Breaking barriers: ten essential steps to achieve gender equality in academia through scientific societies. [PDF]

NPJ Biodivers
Genua-Olmedo A, Poblador S, Lecina-Diaz J, Sánchez-Montoya MM, Rodríguez-Lozano P, Bartrons M, Hernández-Del Amo E, Anton-Pardo M, Catalán N, Pastor A, Cañedo-Argüelles M, Freixa A, Bernal S.   +12 more
europepmc   +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
wiley   +1 more source

"There's no place like home, but…": dependent older adults' narratives on the health and well-being limits of ageing in place. [PDF]

Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being
Escapa S, Julià A, Marí-Klose M, Cursach M, Gallo P.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

L3 Regressive Transfer: A Study of Null Objects in the Basque and Spanish Grammars of Advanced L3 English Speakers

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regressive transfer has been a subject that has not been extensively researched in the field of third language acquisition. This study aims to examine the extent to which a highly advanced knowledge of a third language (L3) affects the first language (L1) and the second language (L2) of early bilinguals in light of the Differential Stability ...
Maddi Alkain Arizmendi, María del Pilar García Mayo, Leona Polyanskaya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bayesian parametric estimation shows the effects of social prestige and bilingualism on reshaping language competition. [PDF]

Proc Biol Sci
Yang S, Ye T, Bi S, Jin L, Zheng Y, Zhang M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Real‐Time 3D Mapping Corrects Fluoroscopic Misperception During Pulmonary Vein Isolation by Pulsed Field Ablation

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, EarlyView.
In a three‐phase comparison (fluoroscopy‐only, 3D‐blinded, and real‐time 3D‐EAM), 23.8% of blinded procedures missed at least one pulmonary vein. Real‐time 3D mapping eliminated missed veins and reduced PVI applications. 3D‐EAM, three‐dimensional electroanatomical mapping; CT, computed tomography; LA, left atrium; PV, pulmonary vein.
Grégoire Massoullié, Saer Abu‐Alrub, Frederic Jean, Antoine Boudias, Pierre Antoine Catalan, Clément Riocreux, Bruno Pereira, Guillaume Clerfond, Romain Eschalier   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Andorran ethnomycology: culinary uses and beyond. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Álvarez-Puig C, Garnatje T, Niell M, Gras A, Vallès J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source