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Nigerian English: History, functions and features
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 7-18, March 2026.Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi +1 more
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Sociolinguistic variation in the rhythm of Nigerian English speech
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 125-143, March 2026.Abstract There is a dearth of research on speech rhythm in Nigerian English, and scholars have differing views on its nature, ranging from being syllable‐timed to tone‐timed. Apart from the fact that the majority of few available studies were conducted more than a decade ago, the exact nature of speech rhythm in Nigerian English remains contentious ...
Folajimi Oyebola, Osemudiamhe Ilekura
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Integrated auditory-vocal embodied training for expressive authentic intonation in Chinese zither performance. [PDF]
Front NeurosciJiang H, Lu H.
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Use of Automation Technologies and Data Mining in Speech Recognition for Autism
Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.Pipeline analyzes clinical and naturalistic speech using LENA, wav2vec 2.0, and foundation‐model ASR (Whisper) to enable scalable ASD detection and severity estimation. Future work integrates benchmarking, privacy‐preserving collaboration (federated learning), and explainable, edge‐ready AI for clinically credible assessment and longitudinal monitoring.
Rongjie Mao, Yuncheng Zhu
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Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 2434-2452, February 2026.ABSTRACT Sustainability disclosure is a topic of growing interest worldwide, especially after the adoption of the Directive 2014/95/EU (NFRD), which mandates specific classes of companies in the European Union to disclose a series of information regarding ESG issues.
Maria Chiara Demartini +2 more
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TEACHING ENGLISH INTONATION: CHALLENGES AND EFFECTIVE PRACTICES
Неперервна професійна освіта: теорія та практикаThis study explores how first-year Ukrainian university students approach English intonation, what they find difficult, what they understand, and which types of classroom practice seem most helpful.
Anzhelika Buravenko +3 more
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Journal of the Society for Information Display, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 49-67, February 2026.Modern AI systems can now synthesize coherent multimedia experiences, generating video and audio directly from text prompts. These unified frameworks represent a rapid shift toward controllable and synchronized content creation. From early neural architectures to transformer and diffusion paradigms, this paper contextualizes the ongoing evolution of ...
Charles Ding, Rohan Bhowmik
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The importance of intonation for children's understanding of verbal irony. [PDF]
Front PsycholSmith J, Glenwright M.
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Symposium on Erving Goffman and the Cold War, by Gary D. Jaworski
Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 48-67, February 2026.The symposium on Gary D. Jaworski's book Erving Goffman and the Cold War is based on an "Author meets Critics" event held at the European SSSI 2024 Conference in Pisa. After a brief introduction by Dirk vom Lehn, Gary Jaworski briefly suggests his motivation for writing the book.
Chiara Bassetti +4 more
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Intervallic intonation: Applying the Implication-Realization model of musical melody to speech intonation and prosody. [PDF]
PLoS OneCramer AW.
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