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Linguistic Analyses of Written Corrective Feedback for Chinese as a Second Language: ChatGPT Versus Human Teachers

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 2098-2109, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This study conducted linguistic analyses of the written corrective feedback (WCF) for Chinese as a second language (CSL) provided by chat generative pre‐trained transformer (ChatGPT) and human teachers (including preservice teachers and senior teachers).
Ling Zhang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Nominalisation to Passive in Old Tibetan: Reconstructing Grammatical Meaning in an Extinct Language

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 2, Page 314-356, July 2026.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring horizontal homophony in pronominal paradigms: A case study where cross-linguistic regularities defy individual learning biases [PDF]

open access: yes
Homophony (i.e, multiple meanings expressed by the same form) is ubiquitous across the world's languages. Despite its pervasiveness, not all instances of homophony are equally likely, which suggests that homophony is unlikely to be accidental. There is a
Maldonado, Mora, Saldana, Carmen
core   +3 more sources

Internet representations of dialectal English

open access: yesCorela, 2018
This paper presents an account of how alternative spellings found online can be linked to phonetic and phonological roots, especially in settings where dialects are encouraged.
Laura Gabrielle Goudet
doaj   +1 more source

Remnant Case Forms and Patterns of Syncretism in Early West Germanic

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 2, Page 357-385, July 2026.
Abstract Early stages of the Old West Germanic languages differ from the other two branches, Gothic and Norse, by showing remnants of a fifth case in a‐ and ō‐stem nouns. The forms in question, which have the ending ‐i or ‐u, are conventionally labelled ‘instrumental’ and cover a range of functions, such as instrument, means, comitative and locative ...
Will Thurlwell
wiley   +1 more source

Who’s afraid of homophones? A multimethodological approach to homophony avoidance

open access: yesLanguage and Cognition, 2023
AbstractHomophony avoidance has often been claimed to be a mechanism of language change. We investigate this mechanism in Dutch by applying two strands of research – corpus studies and experimental data – to find support for claims based on earlier historical observations. Throughout the history of Dutch, homophony avoidance has been named as the cause
De Smet, Isabeau, Rosseel, Laura
openaire   +3 more sources

Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 2, Page 487-512, July 2026.
Abstract Baxter & Sagart (2014b) reconstruct *‐Vt‐s on the basis of Middle Chinese reflexes in ‐jH (from some OC *‐s) coupled with either etymological or graphic connections to words in Middle Chinese ‐t. This approach, while perfectly sound, can suffer from lack of etymological or graphic data, leading to missed reconstructions. Since Old Chinese *‐ts
Julien Baley
wiley   +1 more source

Record the track and track the record: On the call‐and‐response dynamics in Hip Hop practice

open access: yesJournal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Call‐and‐response has primarily been studied in Black Atlantic artistic traditions. We transpose call‐and‐response dynamics to the writing and recording process of a Hip Hop studio session. Combining collaborative autoethnography with formal analysis and using Communication Accommodation Theory's conceptual parameters of conscious and ...
Dastan Abdali, Steven Gilbers
wiley   +1 more source

Experiments on pitch perception: Implications for music and other processes

open access: yesArchives of Acoustics, 2014
This paper presents a review of the development of our understanding of pitch perception during the past three decades, in which the author was deeply involved.
Adrianus J.M. HOUTSMA
doaj  

THE NATURE OF SEMANTICS

open access: yesKajian Linguistik dan Sastra, 2015
With regard to the teaching of semantics, many semantics teachers find difficulty in deciding what to teach in their semantics classes. They have the opinion that concepts such as connotative meaning, social meaning, affective meaning, collocative ...
D. Wagiman Adisutrisno
doaj   +1 more source

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