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Roles of Domain‐General Auditory Processing in Second Language Speech Learning Revisited: What Degree of Precision Makes a Difference?

Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue S1, Page 97-138, September 2025.
Abstract This study expands on the practical application of the critical role of auditory processing in the rate of naturalistic L2 speech acquisition. In Study 1, the prosodic production of English by 46 Chinese college students was tracked over a five‐month study abroad program in the UK.
Kazuya Saito, Adam Tierney
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Metalinguistic knowledge about the native language and language transfer in gender assignment

Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
Whereas Standard Dutch only distinguishes between two adnominal grammatical genders, substandard varieties of Belgian Dutch distinguish between three such genders. German, too, distinguishes between three genders.
Jan Vanhove
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Perception of nonnative tonal contrasts by Mandarin-English and English-Mandarin sequential bilinguals [PDF]

, 2019
This study examined the role of acquisition order and crosslinguistic similarity in influencing transfer at the initial stage of perceptually acquiring a tonal third language (L3).
Abramson A. S., Abramson A. S., Agwuele A. H., Bamgbose A., Berkes É., Best C. T., Best C. T., Best C. T., Burnham D., Burnham D., Cabrelli Amaro J., Chan I. L., Chang C. B., Chao Y. R., Chao Y. R., Charles B. Chang, Flege J. E., Foote R., Hammarberg B., Hermas A., I Lei Chan, Izura C., Jin F., Kuhl P. K., Lamidi M. T., Leung I. Y., Leung Y. I., Na Ranong S., Remijsen B., Schütze C. T., Teeranon P., Thepboriruk K., Wang X., Wrembel M., Wrembel M., Yip M., Ọdẹlóbí Ọ. À.   +36 more
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Incorporating Co‐occurrence Into the Operationalization of Speech Disfluency for Second Language Pronunciation and Oral Proficiency Assessment

Language Learning, Volume 75, Issue S1, Page 242-278, September 2025.
Abstract Current L2 utterance fluency literature tends to operationalize disfluency as isolated, individual features. However, disfluency features often co‐occur at one location or across multiple locations in one utterance. This study explores the co‐occurrence of L2 disfluency features in a speech corpus from 71 L1 and L2 speakers of English across ...
Xun Yan, Yulin Pan
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On Convergence, Ongoing Language Change, and Crosslinguistic Influence in Direct Object Expression in Catalan–Spanish Bilingualism

Languages, 2018
The present study explores two morphological differences in direct object expression between Spanish and Catalan: Differential Object Marking (DOM), and the accusative clitics el /l/ vs. ho /u/.
Silvia Perpiñán
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The Contributions of Crosslinguistic Influence and Individual Differences to Nonnative Speech Perception

Languages, 2020
Perception of a nonnative language (L2) is known to be affected by crosslinguistic transfer from a listener’s native language (L1), but the relative importance of L1 transfer vis-a-vis individual learner differences remains unclear.
Charles B. Chang, Sungmi Kwon
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Towards a constructional approach to discourse-level phenomena : the case of the Spanish interpersonal epistemic stance construction [PDF]

, 2018
This study contributes to a better understanding of how constructional models can be applied to discourse-level phenomena, and constitute a valuable complementation to previous grammaticalization accounts of pragmatic markers.
Enghels, Renata
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A corpus‐based analysis of adjective amplification in Hong Kong, Indian and Philippine English

World Englishes, Volume 44, Issue 3, Page 456-473, September 2025.
Abstract This study considers a corpus‐based approach for analysing adjective amplifier systems (very, really, so, etc.) in Hong Kong English (HKE), Indian Englsih (IndE) and Philippine English (PhiE) based on data from the International Corpus of English. The current study adds to existing research by providing insights into the understudied adjective
Martin Schweinberger
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Semantic categorization of placement verbs in L1 and L2 Danish and Spanish [PDF]

, 2016
This study investigates sematic categorization of the meaning of placement verbs by Danish and Spanish native speakers and two groups of intermediate second language (L2) learners (Danish learners of L2 Spanish and Spanish learners of L2 Danish ...
Berthele, Bowerman, Bowerman, Brown, Brown, Cadierno, Cadierno, Council of Europe, Ellis, Ellis, Evans, Gullberg, Gullberg, Gullberg, Gullberg, Gullberg, Gullberg, Hickmann, Hickmann, Hijazo-Gascón, Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Ibarretxe-Antuñano, Ijaz, Jackendoff, Jessen, Kellerman, Levinson, Majid, Majid, Malt, Malt, Malt, Malt, Narasimhan, Robinson, Ruppenhofer, Saji, Saji, Simpson, Slobin, Slobin, Stockwell, Talmy, Talmy, Viberg   +46 more
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The Understanding of Complex Syntax in Children From 5 to 9 Years, Using a Novel Assessment Approach – The Test of Complex Syntax‐ Electronic (TECS‐E)

International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 60, Issue 4, July/August 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction The present study investigated English‐speaking 5–9 year olds’ (n = 600, normative sample) comprehension of relative, adverbial and complement clauses using the Test of Complex Syntax‐Electronic (TECS‐E), an online interactive assessment. with strong test‐retest reliability, concurrent validity and internal consistency.
Pauline Frizelle, Ana Oliveira‐Buckley, Tricia Biancone, Jorge Oliveira, Paul Fletcher, Dorothy V. M. Bishop, Cristina McKean   +6 more
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