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Mātṛbhūmi and Vaterland: Homeland Terminology as a Linguistic Fossil of the Patrilineal Transition

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The word a society uses for 'homeland' encodes the kinship logic of the social system that generated it — specifically, which parent's location functioned as the permanent territorial anchor. Germanic and Romance languages overwhelmingly use paternal roots (Vaterland, Patrie, Patria, Patrida), while South Asian languages — Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil ...
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Plateaux in pronunciation: the case of French learners of English as a foreign language

open access: yes, 2004
Within the field of second language acquisition the question of cessation of learning short of the target language norms, particularly among adult populations, has been widely discussed since the term FOSSILIZATION was first coined by Selinker in 1972 ...
Farr, Fiona, FIONA FARR (12353272)
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Interlanguage speech recognition by computer : implications for SLA and computational machines

open access: yes, 2001
During the last decade, there has been a rapid growth in research into speech recognition by computer (SRC). Computerised voice recognition systems have been developed which are being used for a variety of applications. However there remain a whole range
Mascia, Rita, Selinker, Larry
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Letters of Artisans and the Labouring Poor (England, c. 1750–1835) : Approaching Linguistic Diversity in Late Modern English

open access: yes, 2014
Histories of linguistic variability and language standardization in Late Modern England have predominantly focused on the well-educated layers of society.
Auer, Anita,, Laitinen, Mikko,
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Teachers' Reactions to Foreign Language Learner Output [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
[eng] "Teachers' Reactions to Foreign Language Learner Output" BY: Leticia Vicente-Rasoamalala TEXT: A series of theoretical and practical educational studies have suggested that learners need teacher assistance to progress in their learning.
Vicente-Rasoamalala, Leticia
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