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Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
wiley   +1 more source

Relationship between Changes of Auditory Processing and Phonological Disorder

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2014
Carolina Laux, Cecília Peruch, Diana Bartz, Gabriela Silva, Letícia Ribas, Rafaela Rech   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Local identity and sound change in Glasgow: A pilot study

, 2008
This paper outlines a pilot study investigation into the potential link between local identity and language change in Glasgow. Results are presented from part of the pilot study, specifically the variation noted in two phonological variables - the ...
Butterfint, ZR, Braber, N, Butterfint, Z
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Contextual Learning of New Meanings for Familiar Words: Perturbation of Original Meanings Occurs Without Deliberate Study

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The present study investigated learning new meanings of known words from reading, following Hulme et al.’s (2018) study. English speakers read four short stories containing 16 critical words (i.e., familiar word forms assigned invented secondary meanings).
Nurul Aini Mohd Jelani, Irina Elgort
wiley   +1 more source

Phonological Variation in Akokoid

, 2013
This paper examines the process of language change occasioned by different phonological processes in the nine speech forms which scholars have given different names, such as Northern Akoko Cluster (Hoffman 1974), Akokoid (Akinkugbe 1978), Amgbe (Capo ...
Oludare, Fadoro Jacob
core   +1 more source

Working memory and its role in children’s scholastic attainment [PDF]

, 2005
Previous research has identified links between working memory and scholastic skills. This thesis reports five studies that investigated both the role of working memory in children's scholastic attainment and the resources that underlie working memory ...
St Clair-Thompson, Helen
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Both dissociations need to be considered: A response to Majerus et al.

Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Tobias Bormann
wiley   +1 more source

Multiword sequences do not predict speaking proficiency in dialogue: A pair‐level analysis

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study revisited the commonly held view that the use of multiword sequences (MWSs) is a reliable predictor of L2 speaking proficiency in monologue, by extending the investigation from monologic to dialogic speaking contexts. We accessed dialogic performance data from 127 test‐takers of the Test of English for Educational Purposes assessed ...
Takumi Uchihara, Parveneh Tavakoli, Svetlana Mazhurnaya, Phil Smyth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Processing in Posterior Fossa Tumour Patients: Psycholinguistic Insights into the Word-Finding Ability. [PDF]

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Ahmed R, Reinders A, Svaldi C, Kingma A, Persson K, Thomsen DB, Grønbaek JK, Laustsen AF, Mathiasen R, Pizer B, Aquilina K, Fellows G, Kamaly I, Macarthur D, Jonkers R, Juhler M, de Aguiar V.   +16 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Speaking to Power: How Linguistic Minority Accents Shape Voter Perceptions of Party Leaders

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In multilingual countries, does the way minority group members speak the majority language hinder their chances of attaining the highest political office? Can their accent undermine their claim to represent all citizens? Is it associated with certain stereotypes?
Florence Laflamme, Philippe Chassé
wiley   +1 more source