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Grammaticization of topic into subject

, 1991
openaire   +1 more source

Dedicated comparatives aid comparisons of magnitude: a study with Pitjantjatjara-English bilinguals. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci
Greenacre L, Defina R, Akbar S, Garcia JE.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Introducing and Evaluating a Measure of Lexical Diversity Across Word Classes

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Lexical diversity (LD) has been shown to be a strong predictor of second language (L2) proficiency. However, most current indices combine all word classes into a single measure and thus only capture the broadest patterns of lexical variation.
Taehyeong Kim, Tove Larsson, Henrik Kaatari, Ying Wang, Pia Sundqvist   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communicative Drills: The Impact of Communicative Intent on Oral Proficiency

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This exploratory study investigated the role of communicative intent in second language (L2) oral practice by comparing communicative and meaningful drills. English language learners played a game designed to elicit repeated use of the second conditional.
Jonathan Serfaty
wiley   +1 more source

Children's understanding of demonstratives: an experimental study with German-speaking children between 5 and 7 years of age. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Glauer RD, Sixtus E, Kachel G, Lonnemann J, Hildebrandt F.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Longitudinal Tracking of Persistence in Other‐Repair Practices in an Audio‐Mediated English Private Tutoring Setting

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Private tutoring—or shadow education—has received ample scholarly attention due to increasing demand from parents for reasons of social mobility in ESL/EFL contexts. Referred to as English private tutoring (EPT) for language learning purposes, this type of non‐formal education shares certain features of formal education like content and ...
Semih Ekin, Ali Anaç, Muhammet Öcel
wiley   +1 more source

Do Great Apes Use Iconic Gestures? [PDF]

Wiley Interdiscip Rev Cogn Sci
Perlman M.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Your English Sounds Almost British”: Everyday Linguicism and Racialized Subjectivity of an International Student in Hong Kong

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how everyday linguicism and racism shape the academic and social experiences of international students in Hong Kong, focusing on the racialized subjectivity of a South Asian graduate student. Although research on international students has mainly focused on Western higher education, little attention has been paid to the ...
Pramod K. Sah
wiley   +1 more source

Aspectual reduplication in Sign Language of the Netherlands: reconsidering phonological constraints and aspectual distinctions. [PDF]

Linguistics
van Boven C.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Embodied Simulation of L2 Grammatical Aspect: Proficiency-Dependent Evidence from the Action-Sentence Compatibility Effect. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Hu C, Chen S, Liu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source