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Limits to Language Prediction: Findings From Diverse Populations

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract For a model in cognitive science to adequately explain cognitive processes across different populations, empirical findings from diverse participant groups are essential. This paper selectively reviews studies that investigated prediction in different populations and discusses what they reveal about the mechanisms and role of language ...
Aine Ito
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English address terms in Australian, British and North American English on Twitter/X

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses address terms on Twitter/X across three English‐speaking regions: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a random sample, we examine the frequency and regional distribution of address forms, including @‐mentions, vocatives, titles, kinship terms and greetings.
Martin Schweinberger, Amir Sheikhan
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Diachronic Change in Affiliative Vocatives in British English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates recent diachronic change in affiliative address in spoken British English by comparing data from the demographic components of the BNC1994 and BNC2014. Using a systematically coded dataset of over 6000 vocative tokens, we analyze forms that signal solidarity and social closeness (including dude, bro, girl, dear, love ...
Mariam Gagua   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prosodic ‘structure’: grammar for negotiation Prosodic ‘structure’: grammar for negotiation

open access: yesIlha do Desterro, 2008
This paper, written from the perspective of systemic functional linguistics, responds to a request from Schegloff for a grammar of action. In particular, it reviews Halliday’s work on the association between types of meaning and types of structure ...
J. R. Martin
doaj  

Evidence-Based Interventions for Young Dual Language Learners With or at Risk of Language Impairment: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Lang Commun Disord
ABSTRACT Background Early intervention professionals, including speech‐language pathologists, teachers, and policymakers, face significant challenges in understanding and supporting young dual language learners who have or are at risk of language impairment. The existing research evidence base is fragmented and relatively sparse, and the overall extent
Song Y, Ohi S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Use and Functions of English in Egyptian Social Media

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the contemporary functions of English in Egypt through two interrelated lines of inquiry. First, it provides an updated account of the status and roles of English in the country, revisiting and extending Schaub's assessment in light of significant historical, socio‐economic and linguistic developments over the past two ...
Lucia La Causa
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of English on Other Languages and Linguistic Justice

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the implications of English's role as a global lingua franca for other languages, with a particular focus on the transformations these languages undergo due to English influence. Such changes are most evident in the lexical domain, where they are typically examined under the framework of lexical borrowing or Anglicisms ...
Sabine Fiedler
wiley   +1 more source

English Worldwide and Linguistic Justice: Past and Present

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This opening article of the special issue “English worldwide and linguistic justice” starts from the premise that more interdisciplinary work is needed that bridges sociolinguistic research with linguistic justice theories to provide deeper, more nuanced understandings of the position and functions of English around the world today.
Josep Soler, Thomas Ricento
wiley   +1 more source

Event‐Related Potential Components and the Lexical Decision Task in Greek‐Speaking Children With and Without Reading Difficulties

open access: yesDyslexia, Volume 32, Issue 4, November 2026.
ABSTRACT The present study examined neurocognitive differences in visual word processing between children with reading difficulties (RD) and chronological‐age‐matched controls (CA) using event‐related potentials (ERPs) during a lexical decision task. Participants were Grade 3 and Grade 6 children (ages 7.6–12.1 years) who were required to discriminate ...
A. Fella   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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