Defining dyslexia – a commentary on Carroll et al. (2025)
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.Carroll et al. (Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2025, 66, 1065) conducted a Delphi study, which synthesized responses across a range of participants to arrive at a consensus definition of dyslexia. The study contributes to understanding important considerations in this field from the perspective of a panel of stakeholders.
Jamie L. Metsala +3 more
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Phonological Processing and Reading and Writing Skills in Literacy
Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto): Studies suggest the influence of phonological processing on literacy, although there is controversy about the cognitive skills underlying this construct.
Gabriela Guarnieri Mendes +1 more
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Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What are captions, and why do they matter? Captioning is a text‐based tool that makes it easier for those who do not sufficiently recognize spoken language on the screen to understand TV and films. Furthermore, the captions help viewers understand the screen content, notwithstanding the context they are in.
Jan‐Eerik Leppaenen
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Intergenerational longitudinal associations between parental reading/musical traits, infants' auditory processing, and later phonological awareness skills. [PDF]
Front Neurosci, 2023 Cantiani C +4 more
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Social Threat as Motivation for Phonetic Divergence: Evidence From Nonbinary Participants
Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether nonbinary speakers’ imitation of extended voice onset time (VOT) in word‐initial English /p, t, k/ is impacted by whether they believe they are listening to a nonbinary or binary model speaker. Forty‐five nonbinary American English speakers participated in an online VOT shadowing task, and the results find that ...
Jack Rechsteiner
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Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English
Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
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Learning to Read Strengthens Functional Connectivity Between the Ventral Occipitotemporal Cortex and the Superior Temporal Gyrus During an Auditory Phonological Awareness Task. [PDF]
J Speech Lang Hear Res, 2023 Wang J, Joanisse MF, Booth JR.
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Gender‐Specific Phonetic Variability in Sanzhi Dargwa
Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Western sociophonetic research often overlooks minority languages. Our study targets this gap with a sociophonetic study of Sanzhi Dargwa, an endangered East Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan (Russian Federation) by a small community with clearly defined binary gender roles.
Melanie Weirich +2 more
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Learning to read Chinese: the roles of phonological awareness, paired-associate learning, and phonetic radical awareness. [PDF]
Read Writ, 2022 Tseng CC, Hu JF, Chang LY, Chen HC.
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The Sounds of Trust: The Bouba–Kiki Effect in Political Leaders' Names
Kyklos, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Prior research has found evidence for the bouba–kiki effect according to which individuals associate sounds related to “bouba” and “kiki” with shapes and feelings. Using individual data from the World Values Survey, we investigate whether political leaders with names that sound “bouba” or “kiki” are associated with higher or lower trust.
Caroline Perrin, Laurent Weill
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