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Age-of-acquisition affects object recognition and compound word identification: Evidence from visual duration thresholds and progressive demasking. [PDF]
Elsherif MM, Kirkden RD, Catling J.
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ABSTRACT Foreign languages are often learnt in formal and disembodied environments which may limit the emotional resonance of their vocabulary and their pragmatic usage in real‐life communication. In a context of English as a foreign language (EFL), this study examines whether elaborative processing as a teaching strategy leads to changes in the ...
María Jesús Sánchez +3 more
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Semantic granularity in derivation. [PDF]
Huyghe R, Varvara R.
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ABSTRACT This study examined English vocabulary learning by using three types of flashcards: paper flashcards, non‐gamified mobile application (app) flashcards (i.e., digital flashcards), and gamified mobile app flashcards (i.e., gamified flashcards) in a privately owned language institute in Iran.
Ali Soyoof +3 more
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Listeners near-optimally integrate acoustic and semantic cues in spoken word recognition: Evidence from experiments manipulating cue order and reliability. [PDF]
Westwig A, Kim Y, Bushong W.
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ABSTRACT This study investigates how the learner‐related factors of language dominance, encompassing language history, proficiency, use, and attitude, modulate congruency effects in multi‐word unit (MWU) processing among early bilinguals. Seventy Cantonese–Putonghua bilinguals completed lexical decision tasks measuring reaction time and accuracy for ...
Mingjia Cai, Yuan Liang
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A quantum-cognitive approach to dynamic meaning construction. [PDF]
Yin M.
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Learning Styles, Engagement and Anxiety in AI‐Mediated Writing: A Multimodal Feedback Study
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) tools now permeate English academic writing. However, evidence on how feedback modalities align with student differences and with psychological mechanisms remains limited. Prior work often reduced learning styles to simple matches with delivery modes and treated learning engagement and writing anxiety as peripheral.
Yi Ren +3 more
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The role of vocabulary concreteness in modulating embodied semantic representations in learners of Chinese as a foreign language. [PDF]
Cai Z, Wang L, Bu J, Fan N.
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ABSTRACT This computational linguistic study analyzes 8743 Rednote posts to examine how sentiment, emotion, and content domain collectively shape social comparison dynamics on social media. We identify four key findings: (1) an emotional gradient, where upward comparison content exhibits the highest sentiment scores and downward comparison the lowest; (
Michelle Mingyue Gu +7 more
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