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A Large‐Scale Study on the Relation Between Multilingualism and Social Traits in Adults With and Without Autism Diagnoses

Autism Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by persistent difficulties in social interaction and communication alongside restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Emerging evidence suggests that bi/multilingualism may enhance social interaction skills, yet prior research has largely ...
Margreet Vogelzang, Sean Dong Wei Gan, Jamie Setch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Variación dialectal y evolución lingüística : los idiomas romances de la Península Ibérica

Études romanes de Brno, 2013
In this paper we try to illustrate with modern and medieval iberoromanic examples the connection between dialectal variation and history of languages. We defend that actual dialectal variation may reflect old structures.
Tibor Berta
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Variation and dialect levelling in the Romani dialect of Ţăndărei

Romani Studies, 2017
The Kangjlari of Ţăndărei in southeastern Romania offer an interesting case study of the consolidation within just a few generations of a new Romani community, as a result of state-sponsored relocation and settlement between 1950 and 1980. We discuss the linguistic implications of the formation of this new community, drawing on language material from ...
Matras, Yaron, Leggio, Daniele Viktor
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‘Sometimes, I would look at my books and cry because I felt like I was left behind’: Understanding the learning of Indigenous girls during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the districts of Chongwe and Solwezi in Zambia

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah, Leigh Jarvis, Ane Turner Johnson, Chidi Ezegwu, Priscillah Nsama, Austine Nakanga   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pronominalization and variation in Dutch demonstrative and possessive expressions

, 2018
The goal of this article is to provide a detailed analysis of DP-internal pronominalization patterns in standard Dutch and Dutch dialects. A core ingredient of our analysis will be the idea that the possessive and demonstrative constructions we discuss ...
Veenstra, Tonjes, van Koppen, J.M., Norbert Corver, Marjo van Koppen, Corver, N.F.M., Coniglio, Marco, van Koppen, M., Corver, Norbert, Murphy, Andrew, Schlachter, Eva   +9 more
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Social capital and employability development among Chinese Mainland undergraduates in Hong Kong: An exploration of network dynamics, structural constraints and agentic practices

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Bourdieu's sociological concept of social capital highlights its significance in enabling individuals to access other forms of capital for personal advantage. In the literature on university students' employability, particularly that concerning international and non‐local students, social capital is widely recognised as a key asset, alongside ...
Fang Gao, Thanh Pham
wiley   +1 more source

The Production and the Syllabic Nature of Word Initial sC- Clusters in European Portuguese Speakers

Corela, 2012
This study aims at understanding the syllabic status of words written with the initial graphic sequences “es+C” and “ex+C” in European Portuguese, since they violate the Sonority Principle (Selkirk, 1982:116).
Henriques Isabel
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Toward “English” Phonetics: Variability in the Pre-consonantal Voicing Effect Across English Dialects and Speakers

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2020
Recent advances in access to spoken-language corpora and development of speech processing tools have made possible the performance of “large-scale” phonetic and sociolinguistic research.
James Tanner, Morgan Sonderegger, Jane Stuart-Smith, Josef Fruehwald   +3 more
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Fit to Perfection? How Regulatory Fit Affects Consumer Adoption of Innovations

Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding how regulatory focus shapes consumer responses is critical to explaining innovation adoption. Existing research has primarily examined chronic regulatory focus, product message‐related regulatory focus, and temporary regulatory focus in isolation, thereby neglecting their interplay and the role of regulatory fit in shaping ...
Slawka Jordanow, Nina Gospodinova, Sven Heidenreich, Benedikt Schnellbächer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

La signalisation bilingue des noms de communes en Bretagne bretonnante

La Bretagne Linguistique, 1990
The way Breton parish names were written followed the vagaries of the spellings in use during the ducal period, and then during the French monarchy. The habits of the chancellery played an important role in this.
Alan J. Raude
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