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The Sounds of Trust: The Bouba–Kiki Effect in Political Leaders' Names

open access: yesKyklos, 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
wiley   +1 more source

Phonological Working Memory in 4-8 Year-Old Persian Children Who stutter

open access: yesJournal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research, 2014
Background: One language-related area that has recently received more attention from researchers working in the field of stuttering is phonological working memory.
Maryam Vahab   +3 more
doaj  

Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vocabulary Opens the Door; Creativity Guides the Search: Complementary Contributions to Second Language Semantic Fluency Across Domains

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
wiley   +1 more source

Phonological Typology

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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- What is phonological typology? -- An implicational universal to defy: typology ⊃ ¬ phonology ≡ phonology ⊃ ¬ typology ≡ ¬ (typology ᴧ phonology) ≡ ¬ typology v ¬ phonology -- Formal and empirical issues in ...
Hyman, Larry M., Plank, Frans.
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Vocabulary and Processing Speed Explain Reading and Writing Disparities Between Linguistic Groups in Higher Education

open access: yesLanguage 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

Contextual Learning of New Meanings for Familiar Words: Perturbation of Original Meanings Occurs Without Deliberate Study

open access: yesLanguage 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

Amharic Speech Recognition Based on Phoneme Context-Sensitivity Analysis and Error Diagnostics

open access: yesIEEE Access
Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia, presents distinct challenges for automatic speech recognition due to its complex phonological system. Features such as ejective consonants, systematic gemination, and context-dependent vowel realizations create
Eyasu Demissie Yenieneh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Awareness of Orthographic Transparency Benefits the Lexical Encoding of Second Language Vowels

open access: yesLanguage Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract We investigated the influence of orthographic transparency, and learners’ awareness of it, on the second language (L2) phonolexical encoding of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) mid‐vowel contrasts. In BP, accent marks indicate vowel quality (mid‐closed vs.
Hunter Brakovec, Isabelle Darcy
wiley   +1 more source

Differential Effects of Age, Linguistic Distance, Gender, and Education on English Proficiency: A Comparative Crosslinguistic Study of Immersion and Nonimmersion Learners

open access: yesLanguage 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
wiley   +1 more source

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