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A curated global dataset of social contact between diverse language communities [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data
The GramAdapt Social Contact Dataset is a curated dataset of 34 language pairs with qualitative and quantifiable data on social interaction and aspects of societal multilingualism.
Eri Kashima   +49 more
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The Indo-European Cognate Relationships dataset [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data
The Indo-European Cognate Relationships (IE-CoR) dataset is an open-access relational dataset showing how related, inherited words (‘cognates’) pattern across 160 languages of the Indo-European family.
Cormac Anderson   +90 more
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A multimodal dataset for automating language vitality and endangerment assessment in south-south Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Data
In this paper, a multimodal dataset was collected between July 2023 and April 2024 through purposive sampling from a field survey of proper households (households with at least one parent and one child) in South-South Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria.
Moses Ekpenyong   +29 more
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Theories and Practices of Language Education: An Interview with Prof. Zhuanglin Hu [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of TESOL Studies, 2021
In this interview, Professor Hu showed his insights in the linguistic basis of language education. Among the various schools of linguistic theories, he lays special emphasis on the influence of communicative grammar, systemic functional linguistics ...
Liangtao Lai, Zhuanglin Hu
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Sociocultural Factors Affecting Vocabulary Development in Young South African Children

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
Sociocultural influences on the development of child language skills have been widely studied, but the majority of the research findings were generated in Northern contexts.
Frenette Southwood   +11 more
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ON THE FORMS AND THORNS OF LINGUISTIC INDETERMINACY IN CHINESE LAW

open access: yesComparative Legilinguistics, 2021
This study addresses the different types and implications of linguistic indeterminacy in Chinese law. It firstly draws on the studies of scholars of different disciplines, such as linguistics and philosophy of language, to provide a taxonomy of ...
Michele Mannoni
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Left-behind experience and language proficiency predict narrative abilities in the home language of Kam-speaking minority children in China

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionStudies have documented that child experiences such as external/environmental factors as well as internal factors jointly affect acquisition outcomes in child language.
Wenchun Yang   +5 more
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Novel vocalizations are understood across cultures

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Linguistic communication requires speakers to mutually agree on the meanings of words, but how does such a system first get off the ground? One solution is to rely on iconic gestures: visual signs whose form directly resembles or otherwise cues their ...
Aleksandra Ćwiek   +21 more
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Comprehension of the Presupposition Trigger Ye “Also” by Mandarin-Speaking Preschoolers With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorders

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2020
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have been reported to be widely impaired in their understanding of linguistic expressions that rely on elements of the context or norms of communication.
Shasha An, Cory Bill, Cory Bill, Qi Yang
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Situating language register across the ages, languages, modalities, and cultural aspects: Evidence from complementary methods

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
In the present review paper by members of the collaborative research center “Register: Language Users' Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation” (CRC 1412), we assess the pervasiveness of register phenomena across different time periods, languages ...
Valentina N. Pescuma   +49 more
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