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PRONUNCIATION LANGUAGE SUBSYSTEM AND EEG-CORRELATES OF FOREIGN SPEECH PERCEPTION (PSYCHOACOUSTIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS)

open access: yesSovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2015
Article is devoted to identification of psychoacoustic differences between languages of Roman, Germanic and Slavic groups, as factors that hinder the learning of foreign languages and EEG-correlates of perception and recognition of foreign speech, as the
Larisa Evgenevna Deryagina   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating the Relation Between Second Language Proficiency and Study Success Using a Causal Inference Approach

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Prior research suggests that second language (L2) proficiency is key in students’ study progress, but this research has mainly been carried out at universities. It is thus unclear how this relation varies across different educational levels. Moreover, previous studies are often not informative about the causality of this relation, making it ...
Sybren Spit, Sible Andringa, Oisín Ryan
wiley   +1 more source

Current state of development of Eurocomprehension research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
"Eurocomprehension" is the term used to describe European intercomprehension in Europe’s three major language families, the Romance, the Slavic and the Germanic. The aim of eurocomprehension is to achieve multilingualism conforming to EU lan­guage policy
Klein, Horst G.
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Eye Movements, Item Modality, and Multimodal Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Processing and Outcomes

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined second language vocabulary processing and learning in reading only (RO) versus reading while listening (RWL). 119 English learners read or read‐while‐listening to a story embedded with 25 pseudowords, 10 times each, and had their eye movements tracked.
Jonathan Malone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un cas de grammaticalisation ratée ? Étude diachronique de l’emploi du verbe stand en anglais

open access: yesAnglophonia, 2014
This article discusses the different uses of the verb stand in earlier stages of the English language, based on data from the Oxford English Dictionary.
Maarten Lemmens
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative analysis of English and Russian idioms of nationality and ethnicity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
http://tartu.ester.ee/record=b2654459~S1 ...
Rikkinen, Oksana
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Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Research shows that children use head gestures to mark discourse focus before developing the required prosodic cues in their first language (L1), and their gestures affect the prosodic parameters of their speech. We investigated whether head gestures also act as precursors and bootstrappers of prosodic focus marking in second language (L2 ...
Lieke van Maastricht   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital Germanic philology? : questions, challenges and obstacles for scholars of german [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Is the digital future a blessing for philologists, especially those working the vast area of Germanic Languages & Literatures? Or does it rather come with problems that jeopardize philology, in the Germanic and the broader scope?
Szurawitzki, Michael
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