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¡Ya pué[h]! Perception of coda-/s/ weakening among L2 and heritage speakers in coastal Ecuador
EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 2018 This investigation lies at the intersection of second language acquisition (SLA), sociophonetic variation, and speech perception. Specifically, it investigates the perception of coda /s/-aspiration (producing disco as [dih.ko]), a dialectal feature ...
Chelsea Escalante
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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
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Do immersion and nonimmersion learners’ English grammaticality judgment test (GJT) scores reflect the same underlying processes in language learning? Drawing on data from Chen and Hartshorne's (2021) study, we argue that they do not. Using generalized additive mixed models (GAMMs), we found that age of onset was the strongest predictor of GJT ...
Frans van der Slik, Roeland van Hout
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Experimental aspects of developing the phonological competences in foreign language teachers
, 2022 The article touches upon some experimental aspects of the formation of phonological competence. The questionnaire applied to teachers aimed at finding out their opinions referring to the problems that appear in the process of teaching/learning English. The purpose of the questionnaire was to identify the motivation of the students for learning English,
Barbăneagră, Alexandra +4 more
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What does rapid naming tell us about dyslexia?
Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana, 2011 This article summarizes some of the important findingsfrom research evaluating the relationship betweenpoor rapid naming and impaired reading performance.Substantial evidence shows that dyslexic readers haveproblems with rapid naming of visual items ...
Susana Araújo +3 more
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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
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Stigma, self‐styling and ‘forced accents’ among English L2 speakers in Spain
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the relationship between shame, stigma and accent for non‐native English speakers in Spain. The low English competence of the Spanish population frequently constitutes a source of individual and collective stigma – which includes the apparent undesirability of Spanish‐sounding English.
Eva Codó, Carly Collins
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Phonetic variability and grammatical knowledge: an articulatory study of Korean place assimilation. [PDF]
, 2008 The study reported here uses articulatory data to investigate Korean place assimilation of coronal stops followed by labial or velar stops, both within words and across words.
Pouplier, Marianne +3 more
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TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines how two pre‐service English teachers in Türkiye navigate the racialized (whiteness‐Europeanness‐indexed) and marketized legitimacy regimes of the private English language teaching sector. Drawing on a language teacher identity lens and a political economy account of accent commodification, we analyze the contrasting ...
Onur Özkaynak, Peter Sayer
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Parametrised Phonological Event Parsing
, 1996 This paper describes a phonological event parser for spoken language recognition which has been provided with a parametrisable development environment for examining the extent to which linguistically significant issues such as linguistic competence ...
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