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Laryngeal stop systems in contact: connecting present-day acquisition findings and historical contact hypotheses [PDF]
, 2011 This article examines the linguistic forces at work in present-day second language and bilingual acquisition of laryngeal contrasts, and to what extent these can give us insight into the origin of laryngeal systems of Germanic voicing languages like ...
Simon, Ellen
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Oral language profiles and associated factors in children after neonatal arterial ischaemic stroke
Developmental 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
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Developmental stuttering with common and complex phenotypes
Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.Aim To describe the phenotypic spectrum associated with stuttering. Method Individuals with current or resolved developmental stuttering self‐referred. Surveys assessed stuttering characteristics (onset, negative impact, family history) and health (early development, other conditions). Speech and non‐verbal intelligence were assessed using conversation
Sarah E. Horton +6 more
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Comprehension of implied meaning in Chinese second language listening
Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract Listening comprehension is crucial for second language (L2) communication and acquisition. However, it has received less attention than reading, given the transient nature of speech signals and the intangible cognitive processes involved in it.
Jiafan Zhang, Wei Cai
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Music and language share many attributes and a large body of evidence shows that sensitivity to acoustic cues in music is positively related to language development and even subsequent reading acquisition.
Juan Zhang +3 more
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Responding to accents after experiencing interactive or mediated speech [PDF]
, 2011 Very little known is about how speakers learn about and/or respond to speech experienced without the possibility for interaction. This paper reports an experiment which considers the effects of two kinds of exposure to speech (interactive or non ...
Holmes, S. +4 more
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Between-word junctures in early multi-word speech [PDF]
, 2002 Most children aged 1;6 to 2;0 begin to use utterances of two words or more. It is therefore important for child phonologists to consider the development of phonetic and phonological phenomena that characterize connected speech.
Newton, C., Wells, B.
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez +3 more
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Weak function word shift [PDF]
, 2004 The fact that object shift only affects weak pronouns in mainland Scandinavian is seen as an instance of a more general observation that can be made in all Germanic languages: weak function words tend to avoid the edges of larger prosodic domains.
Vogel, Ralf
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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 +2 more
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