Capacity of the CCC-2 to Discriminate ASD from Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders [PDF]
The Children’s Communication Checklist (CCC-2) has demonstrated its usefulness as an instrument to assess discrepancies between the use of structural dimensions of language and the pragmatic and sociointeractive uses of language.
Alba de la Torre Carril+2 more
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Measuring Language Contact in Geographical Space: Spanish Loanwords in Galician [PDF]
The quantitative analysis of linguistic data has been used in variational linguistics to reveal relationships between varieties and distribution patterns of linguistic variants that have often been hidden from traditional methodologies. This research approach helps to understand the spatial organization of varieties in a more comprehensive way, as well
Xulio Sousa, Francisco Dubert García
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Specific features of the Galician language and implications for speech technology development
In this article, we present the main linguistic and phonetic features of Galician which need to be considered in the development of speech technology applications for this language. We also describe the solutions adopted in our text-to-speech system, also useful for speech recognition and speech-to-speech translation.
Manuel González González+5 more
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The Effects of Language Dominance in the Perception and Production of the Galician Mid Vowel Contrasts [PDF]
AbstractAims: This study investigates the perception and production of the Galician mid vowel contrasts by 54 early Spanish-Galician bilinguals in the cities of Vigo and Santiago (Galicia, Spain). Empirical data is provided to examine the role of language dominance in the perception and production of Galician mid vowel contrasts in order to determine ...
Mark Amengual, Pilar Chamorro
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Two Languages, One Goal: Code-Switching in Doctor–Patient Communication in the Galician Healthcare System [PDF]
This paper examines bilingual communications between family doctors and patients in Galicia (Spain). The study adopts a sociolinguistic and sociopragmatic approach to analyze how language choice and code-switching (CS) impact their interactions. The main
Vanesa Rodríguez Tembrás
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Language maintenance and change: fricative sibilants in Galician
The language of rural communities is under great pressure to change, both by the presence of the standard language as, in the case of Galicia, of the Spanish language.
Xosé Luís Regueira
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Towards Syntactic Iberian Polarity Classification [PDF]
Lexicon-based methods using syntactic rules for polarity classification rely on parsers that are dependent on the language and on treebank guidelines. Thus, rules are also dependent and require adaptation, especially in multilingual scenarios. We tackle this challenge in the context of the Iberian Peninsula, releasing the first symbolic syntax-based ...
Alonso, Miguel A.+3 more
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Neofalantes as an active minority: understanding language practices and motivations for change amongst new speakers of Galician [PDF]
Bernadette O’rourke, Fernando Ramallo
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Effects of Early Intervention on the Language of Mexican and Galician Preterm Infants [PDF]
Donna Jackson‐Maldonado
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