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Journal of Personality, Volume 94, Issue 3, Page 370-379, June 2026.ABSTRACT Introduction Nursery rhymes, which are rich in literary devices, benefit children's language learning. Less is known about the influence that nursery rhymes' messages may have on children's development. We focused on “Monday's Child,” a popular nursery rhyme that alleges children's day of the week of birth forecasts their differences in ...
Emily Wood +8 more
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Overreliance on Orthographic Similarity in L2‐Japanese Conceptual Processing by L1‐Chinese Learners
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 1807-1820, May 2026.ABSTRACT Orthographic and phonological similarities between first (L1) and second (L2) languages can facilitate L2 processing. Particularly, L1‐Chinese learners of L2‐Japanese can benefit from the shared morphosyllabic Chinese characters (Japanese kanji/Chinese hanzi) because of their similar orthographies.
Xuehan Zhao, Kexin Xiong, Sachiko Kiyama
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Sound Symbolism and Onomatopoeia
Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2015 The function, realization and the role of sound-symbolic phenomenon can vary in some languages. The study of sound symbolism and onomatopoeia in Armenian, Russian and English showed that highly expressive forms of language occur not only in daily ...
Armine Khachatryan
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Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Over the past decade, large‐scale protests have been pivotal in shaping institutional dynamics and triggering societal change. Despite increased academic attention, the understanding of participants' experiences remains limited. This paper argues for adopting an actor‐centered perspective to gain novel insights into protest dynamics ...
Cristina Pradillo‐Caimari
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ACEHNESE ONOMATOPOEIAS: INVESTIGATING, LISTING, AND INTERPRETING THEIR MEANINGS
Englisia, 2019 Sound-imitating words, called onomatopoeia, presents in most of languages in the world including Acehnese language, one of traditional languages in Indonesia, in which a great deal of onomatopoeias exist in it due to its unique constructions of ...
Ida Muliawati, Dara Yusnida
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Актуальні питання суспільних наук та історії медицини, 2020 The article covers the sound organization of Ivan Franko’s poetic works from the collection “Iz dniv zhurby” (“From the Days of Sor- row”, 1900). The aim of the article is to determine the functional fea- tures of assonances and alliterations in ...
Olga NASTENKO
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Exploring the Perceptual Span of Japanese Among Second Language Learners
Applied Cognitive Psychology, Volume 40, Issue 2, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT How much information do readers process within a single fixation during sentence reading? This perceptual span underlies reading theories and eye‐movement research. In the present study, we focused on Japanese, where sentences are written using a combination of three types of scripts, namely Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana.
Yuqi Hao +3 more
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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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Gesturing While Writing: An Alternate Perspective on Mimetic Prosody
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Paul Magee
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Do Great Apes Use Iconic Gestures?
WIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 17, Issue 1, January/February 2026.Iconicity is increasingly recognized as a core property of language, raising the evolutionary question of whether great apes use iconic gestures. This article challenges current theories of ape gesturing, arguing that many ape gestures are homologous to human iconic gestures, indicating a crucial role for iconicity in language evolution.
Marcus Perlman
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