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PHONETICS IN TEACHING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Russian Language Studies, 2018
The article is devoted to teaching foreign students Russian phonetics in modern system of education, problems of learning Russian sounds considering interference of the students’ native languages.
Marina N Shutova, Irina A Orekhova
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Discrepant Views of Apathy in Patients and Caregivers: the Role of Cognitive Deficits in Parkinson's Disease

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Apathy is a common early symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD), often co‐occurring with cognitive decline and associated with fronto‐striatal and mesocortico‐limbic dysfunctions. Discrepancies between self‐ and caregiver‐reported apathy have been preliminarily associated with cognitive impairments affecting patients’ awareness and ...
Giulia Funghi, Francesca Fabris, Claudia Meli, Chiara Speranza, Giuseppe Rabini, Giorgio Giulio Fumagalli, Francesca Zappini, Selene Schintu, Raffaella Di Giacopo, Stefano Tambalo, Luca Turella, Jorge Jovicich, Costanza Papagno, Alessandra Dodich   +13 more
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Cooperative human signals to honeyguides form local dialects

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human language enables the exchange of complex information and precise instructions for collaborative planning and action. It rapidly evolves through social learning, generating diverse cultural communication signals used not only with other humans, but also with domesticated animals bred or trained to respond.
Jessica E. M. van der Wal, Pietro B. D'Amelio, Celestino Dauda, Dominic L. Cram, Brian M. Wood, Claire N. Spottiswoode   +5 more
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The relationship between the coarticulatory source and effect in sound change: evidence from Italo-Romance metaphony in the Lausberg area

Laboratory Phonology
In ongoing sound changes, a coarticulatory effect is often enhanced as the coarticulatory source that gives rise to it wanes. But quite how phonologisation and these reciprocal coarticulatory changes are connected is still poorly understood.
Jonathan Harrington, Michele Gubian, Pia Greca   +2 more
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Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement As herbaria digitize millions of plant specimens, ethnobotanical information associated with them is becoming increasingly accessible. These biocultural data include plant uses, names, and/or management practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).
Robbie Hart, Viviane Fonseca‐Kruel, Eduardo Dalcin, Estevão da Silva Luís Alexandre, Matthew Pace, Michaela Schmull, Leonardo Beltran‐Rodríguez, Miguel Murguía‐Romero, Diana G. Flores‐Camargo, Cristina Mapes‐Sánchez, Mark Nesbitt, Carolina Romero, Andrew Townesmith, Jan Salick, Alex McAlvay, Kenneth R. Otero‐Walker, Michael J. Balick, Jacob Golan, Bruce Hoffman, Kelsey Leonard, Giulia Mattalia, Guillaume Odonne, Aurora Prehn, Ina Vandebroek   +23 more
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Eye Movement Evidence for Context-Sensitive Derivation of Scalar Inferences

Collabra: Psychology, 2018
A scalar expression like some can optionally have an enriched interpretation (approximately meaning “some, but not all”) depending on the context in which it appears.
Stephen Politzer-Ahles, E. Matthew Husband   +1 more
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Factors Influencing the Acquisition of Mandarin Chinese as a Second Additional Language Focusing on Phonetics

Participatory Educational Research, 2020
Mandarin has been added to the list of second additional languages (SAL) that South African learners can choose from. The researchers proactively conducted research pertaining to SAL (Mandarin) since it is a dynamic phenomenon in South Africa.
N. Nel, Soezin Krog
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Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This work explores the professional experiences, challenges, and collective identity of scholars within the Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EMCA) community. Through the analysis of survey data from 43 participants, semi‐structured interviews with 10 scholars, and the examination of relevant community documents, this research uncovers how ...
Mehmet Ali Icbay
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Children and adults produce distinct technology- and human-directed speech

Scientific Reports
This study compares how English-speaking adults and children from the United States adapt their speech when talking to a real person and a smart speaker (Amazon Alexa) in a psycholinguistic experiment. Overall, participants produced more effortful speech
Michelle Cohn, Santiago Barreda, Katharine Graf Estes, Zhou Yu, Georgia Zellou   +4 more
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Correctable or not? The case of plant epithets derived from the Elbrus/Elburs Mountains in Iran, with further notes on taxonomic grey literature

TAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Plant name epithets (as well as names of other organisms governed by the ICN), which are derived from geographic names, are not correctable when their original spelling was intentional and based on contemporary linguistic realities, even if it is currently considered outdated.
Alexander N. Sennikov, Irina V. Belyaeva
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