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Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics and World Englishes

World Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract The world Englishes perspective, especially as expressed within Kachru's formulation of the Inner, Outer and Expanding Circles of Englishes, provides a flexible and coherent model of the historical spread of English. While the model has had a profound influence on various subfields of applied linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics ...
Andrew Moody
wiley   +1 more source

Emotion, proficiency, and arousal: exploring speech and physiological responses in Chinese ESL learners. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci
Wu M, Roche JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux, Michael Castelle, Anna Weichselbraun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Uncertainty communication, trust and health promotion. [PDF]

Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can
Gretton JD, Mastroianni A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Human tests for machine models: What lies “Beyond the Imitation Game”?

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Benchmarking large language models (LLMs) is a key practice for evaluating their capabilities and risks. This paper considers the development of “BIG Bench,” a crowdsourced benchmark designed to test LLMs “Beyond the Imitation Game.” Drawing on linguistic anthropological and ethnographic analysis of the project's GitHub repository, we examine ...
Noya Kohavi, Anna Weichselbraun
wiley   +1 more source

Interactions between attained proficiency and length of exposure to lexical attrition of English as a second language. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Li HH, Feng Y, Bao C, Bai Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

Nonhuman situational enmeshments—How participants build temporal infrastructures for ChatGPT

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract This paper investigates how participants recruit Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT as interactional co‐participants depending on their temporal enmeshment within an interactional flow. Using Charles Goodwin's co‐operative action framework, we analyze video data of human–AI interaction to trace the temporal structures established by ...
Nils Klowait, Maria Erofeeva
wiley   +1 more source

Screen Time, Digital Content Quality, and Parental Mediation as Predictors of Linguistic and Pragmatic Development: Implications for Pediatric and Preventive Health. [PDF]

Children (Basel)
Toth C, Osser B, Osser G, Bondar LI, Fazakas R, Pascalau NA, Suciu RN, Toderescu CD, Dogaru BG.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Recruiting Mubai: Race turning into qualification in China's private English language education 招聘“母白”外教: 中国私立英语教育行业中的种族与资质

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 1, May 2026.
Abstract Native speakerism in English language teaching (ELT) has become associated with Whiteness. However, how this association is sustained in everyday practices within China's unique socio‐cultural‐political context remains underexplored. This study examines the raciolinguistic construct of Mubai, a central recruitment criterion in China's ELT ...
Shuling Wang, Raviv Litman
wiley   +1 more source

A feminist critical discourse analysis of gender norms on Chinese social media: Empirical insights from WeChat public accounts. [PDF]

PLoS One
Tang Q, Zhang X, Liu T.
europepmc   +1 more source