English address terms in Australian, British and North American English on Twitter/X
ABSTRACT This study analyses address terms on Twitter/X across three English‐speaking regions: Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Using a random sample, we examine the frequency and regional distribution of address forms, including @‐mentions, vocatives, titles, kinship terms and greetings.
Martin Schweinberger, Amir Sheikhan
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Recent Diachronic Change in Affiliative Vocatives in British English
ABSTRACT This study investigates recent diachronic change in affiliative address in spoken British English by comparing data from the demographic components of the BNC1994 and BNC2014. Using a systematically coded dataset of over 6000 vocative tokens, we analyze forms that signal solidarity and social closeness (including dude, bro, girl, dear, love ...
Mariam Gagua +4 more
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The Impact of English on Other Languages and Linguistic Justice
ABSTRACT This article explores the implications of English's role as a global lingua franca for other languages, with a particular focus on the transformations these languages undergo due to English influence. Such changes are most evident in the lexical domain, where they are typically examined under the framework of lexical borrowing or Anglicisms ...
Sabine Fiedler
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English Worldwide and Linguistic Justice: Past and Present
ABSTRACT This opening article of the special issue “English worldwide and linguistic justice” starts from the premise that more interdisciplinary work is needed that bridges sociolinguistic research with linguistic justice theories to provide deeper, more nuanced understandings of the position and functions of English around the world today.
Josep Soler, Thomas Ricento
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Dispelling Myths and Misunderstandings About Defining and Remediating Dyslexia
ABSTRACT Despite a strong base of scientifically supported research on dyslexia, pervasive misunderstandings continue, particularly in the United States, where state legislation, instructional practices and parent advocacy intersect in ways that influence how dyslexia is identified and treated.
Christy R. Austin +4 more
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Using Texts as Megaphones: The Power of African American Readers Hearing Themselves in Books
ABSTRACT This article highlights the power of authentic children's literature to affirm African American English as a legitimate, rule‐governed linguistic system and elevate it as a source of cognitive strength, cultural richness, and academic potential.
Ramona T. Pittman +3 more
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The criticality of effective teacher–student relationships when working with students with dyslexia
Abstract This paper explores the critical role of teacher–student relationships in supporting learners with dyslexia, with a particular focus on mathematics. Through a mixed‐methods approach, the research included 10 participants aged 10 to 50+, each engaged in 35 one‐to‐one mathematics lessons.
Yola Middleton +2 more
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Efficacy of the Rhythmic Reading Training in Turkish Children With Dyslexia
ABSTRACT Background Rhythmic reading training (RRT) is a rhythm‐based intervention designed for individuals with dyslexia. Studies on RRT demonstrated its positive effect on reading abilities on Italian children and adolescents with dyslexia. To evaluate the cross‐linguistic effectiveness of the rhythm‐based intervention and to introduce a novel ...
Serdar Arpacioglu +3 more
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ManyBabies 3: A Multi‐Lab Study of Infant Algebraic Rule Learning
ABSTRACT The ability to learn and apply rules lies at the heart of cognition. In a seminal study, Marcus et al. (1999) reported that 7‐month‐old infants learned abstract rules over syllable sequences and were able to generalize those rules to novel syllable sequences.
Ingmar Visser +83 more
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Early Emergence of Cultural Differences in Audiovisual Speech Perception
ABSTRACT Integrating auditory and visual cues is a hallmark of human speech perception, yet adults from East Asian backgrounds show less reliance on visual speech than their Western counterparts. The origins of this cultural difference, however, remain unknown.
Linlin Yan +7 more
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