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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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Singing Abilities and Phonological Awareness in 9- to 12-Year-Old Children
Music and language seem to be associated strongly in the early years of development. We do not know at which time point in development this association weakens. Therefore, this longitudinal study investigated whether singing abilities (song reproduction)
Franziska Degé +2 more
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1
Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
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Bilingual Children’s Phonological Awareness: The Effect of Articulation Training
This study aims to investigate whether unbalanced Chinese-English bilingual children’s phonological awareness skills are limited to language experience, and whether these skills are improved after a short period of articulation training with L2 (English)
Pi-Yu Chiang
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-124).The aim of the study was to examine the relationship between phonological awareness skills and literacy levels in disadvantaged third grade Xhosa language speakers who are learning to read and write in
Allen, Sheila
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Late Antique Allāh: Ancestral Arabian Religion and the Monotheistic Zeitgeist
ABSTRACT This essay addresses the ongoing scholarly tension between the monotheistic interpretations of late pre‐Islamic Arabian religion, pioneered by G. Hawting and P. Crone, and the traditional accounts of rampant Arabian polytheism found in later Islamic literary sources.
Ahmad Al‐Jallad, Hythem Sidky
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The articulation abilities and phonological awareness of five- to seven-year-olds [PDF]
The development of the child's speech sound articulation ability and phonological awareness goes through different stages during the child's preschool years.
Golubović Slavica +3 more
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Abstract Background & Aims The present two studies investigated the role of spatial cognition in statistics anxiety. The hypothesis that spatial representations and/or visuospatial skills are related to the acquisition of statistics abilities which, when lacking or unused, generate statistics anxiety is examined.
Rose‐Marie Gibeau +10 more
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Introduction: Learning phonological awareness skills plays a very important role in the course of speech and language development and throughout academic education in that these skills help children express their mental concepts more precisely.
Samira Tavakol +2 more
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The conscious awareness and underlying representation of syllabic stress in skilled adult readers and adults with developmental dyslexia [PDF]
The relationship between phonemic awareness and literacy ability is well established in the developmental and adult reading literatures. Recent research indicates that awareness of the rhythmic patterns present in spoken language (i.e.
Mundy, Ian R.
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