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Portraying identity Mahua through emotional attachment toward Chinese Mandarin among Malaysian Chinese heritage language learners. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Qian L.
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Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes, Scott Crossley, Wesley Morris, Joon Suh Choi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic cultural influences on driving risk: a mixed-methods analysis of Cantonese, Hakka, and Hoklo drivers in China. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Zhang G, Chen M.
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Multifaceted Role of Multilevel Statistical and Linguistic Information From Target Language in Predicting Second Language Verb–Preposition and Verb–Particle Construction Production

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how statistical properties of verb–preposition and verb–particle constructions (VPCs) and their interplay in the target language shape second language (L2) production across L2 proficiency levels. We compared phrasal frequency and three contingency measures—mutual information (MI), forward delta P (ΔP), and backward ΔP—of ...
Yanlu Zhong
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Modelling Chinese dialect evolution

, 2012
Due to the specific sociolinguistic situation in China where very divergent linguistic varieties for a long time have been "roofed" by a common culture and a common writing system, the development of the Chinese dialects reflects a 'complex and intertwined evolu- tionary history' (Hamed and Wang 2006: 31).
List, Johann-Mattis, Nelson-Sathi, Shijulal, Tal, Dagan   +2 more
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Understanding culture, memory and trauma in asylum interviews: A mixed‐methods systematic review and meta‐analysis

Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose Asylum seekers often struggle to recall and report their experiences during asylum interviews. This may occur for several reasons, ranging from communication challenges in high‐context cultures (relying more on indirect and context‐oriented communication) and low‐context cultures (relying more on direct and explicit communication) to ...
Md Yeasir Yunus, Lorraine Hope, Tanja S. van Veldhuizen, Jonathan Koppel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What did the dove sing to Pope Gregory? Ancestral melody reconstruction in Gregorian chant using Bayesian phylogenetics. [PDF]

PLoS One
Ballen GA, Mühlová KH, Hajič J.
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Effects of Learning Context and Program Length on L2 Skill Development

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of learning context (study abroad versus at home) and program length (summer versus semester) on the development of four language skills among learners of Chinese as a second language (L2). A total of 725 L2 Chinese learners completed standardized proficiency tests before and after participating in their ...
Yuan Lu, Chuanren Ke
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Experiences, perceptions and utilization of CareLine: an evaluation study. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Lim JM, Lee P, Sng D, Kua F, How CH, Oh HC.   +5 more
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
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