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Rhythmic motor behavior explains individual differences in grammar skills in adults. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kim HW, Kovar J, Bajwa JS, Mian Y, Ahmad A, Mancilla Moreno M, Price TJ, Lee YS.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Sociolinguistic Interpretability of Large Language Models: Directional Accuracy but Social Simplification

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As rapidly improving language‐generation systems, Large Language Models (LLMs) represent an emergent site for studying sociolinguistic phenomena. We propose a framework for investigating sociolinguistic sensitivity in LLMs: the extent to which they capture not just general linguistic patterns but also the socially structured variation that ...
Viktorija Kostadinova, Matt Hunt Gardner
wiley   +1 more source

Religious Classification Beyond Belonging: Madhehebu as Lived Grammar

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Religious classifications remain socially meaningful even when people refuse to inhabit the categories they name. This article examines that puzzle through madhehebu, the Swahili term (from Arabic madhhab) used to name Muslim difference. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork (2022–2026) at Radio Nuur FM—an Islamic station in Tanga, Tanzania, that ...
K. D. Thompson
wiley   +1 more source

Finger-tracking captures distinct cognitive signatures in L1 vs. L2 reading. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Polo E, Marzi C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shuhei Kadota, Mayumi Kajiura, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Koji Kazai, Mariko Kawasaki, Yoko Nakano, Naoya Hase   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Digital Interactional Competence for Second‐Language and First‐Language Chinese Speakers: Effects of Proficiency, Mode, and Setting

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Measurement of interactional competence (IC) has attracted increasing interest in language assessment research. One key question is whether proficiency sufficiently accounts for IC, making separate IC assessment unnecessary. This study examines the IC–proficiency relationship using a test that assesses Chinese speakers’ ability to manage ...
David Wei Dai, Carsten Roever
wiley   +1 more source

Language Dominance Shapes Protracted Development of Nonpersonal Clitics (Even) in Cases of Widespread Bilingualism

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Little research has explored how language dominance may affect the development and ultimate attainment of morphosyntax in a situation of widespread and social bilingualism, where exposure to both languages starts early on and can be sustained over time.
Adriana Soto‐Corominas, Sílvia Perpiñán, Scott James Perry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semantic cues facilitate structural generalizations in artificial language learning. [PDF]

Lang Learn Dev
Conwell E, Snedeker J.
europepmc   +1 more source