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Stop Release in Polish English — Implications for Prosodic Constituency [PDF]

, 2014
Although there is little consensus on the relevance of non-contrastive allophonic processes in L2 speech acquisition, EFL pronunciation textbooks cover the suppression of stop release in coda position.
Anna Balas, Arkadiusz Rojczyk, Arsenault, Arsenault, Bergier, Bergier, Best, Best, Best, Best, Boersma, Boersma, Bogacka, Bogacka, Cook, Cook, Cruttenden, Cruttenden, Dukiewicz, Dukiewicz, Flege, Flege, Geoffrey Schwartz, Jenkins, Jenkins, Kahn, Kahn, Kang, Kang, Kang, Kang, Lindblom, Lindblom, Rojczyk, Rojczyk, Schwartz, Schwartz, Steriade, Steriade, Wright, Wright   +40 more
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Executive functions and school achievement: The mediating role of learning‐related behaviour in primary school children

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Executive functions (EFs) are critical in school and closely linked to academic achievement and learning‐related behaviours (LRBs). LRBs encompass the ability to adapt to school demands, including concentration, adherence to rules, and autonomy.
Carlotta Rivella, Paola Viterbori
wiley   +1 more source

Neural processing of Mandarin and Cantonese lexical tone alternations: implications for the nature of phonological representations

Laboratory Phonology
This study provides neurocognitive evidence to shed further insight into the architecture of phonological representations. We tap into these representations by focusing on the neural processing of phonological alternations.
Joseph C.Y. Lau, Patrick C.M. Wong
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PHONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE PRODUCTION IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN [PDF]

Езиков свят
The paper presents an analysis of the phonological features of preschool children. The article aims to find patterns of typical and atypical errors. A method was created to conduct the study, which includes three levels of research - at the level of ...
Tsvetomira Braynova, Miglena Simonska
doaj   +1 more source

Lexical inference training for homonyms: Two randomized controlled trials for children with English as a first and an additional language

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Many words have multiple meanings, which present challenges to learning, yet research has yet to identify effective interventions for homonyms. Lexical inference may be a promising strategy. Aim To evaluate a brief, novel lexical inference intervention for homonyms. Samples Children aged 7–8 years (Study 1: N = 180, Study 2: N = 76).
Sophie A. Booton, Julia M. H. Birchenough, Katie Gilligan‐Lee, Fiona Jelley, Victoria A. Murphy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kashmiri: A Phonological Sketch

East European Journal of Psycholinguistics, 2018
Kashmiri is an Indo-Aryan language spoken predominantly in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, India and in some parts of Pakistan. Some phonological and morphological features of this language make it peculiar among Indo-Aryan languages.
Farooq Ahamad Mir, Imtiaz Hasnain, Azizuddin Khan   +2 more
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Linking working memory and long-term memory: A computational model of the learning of new words [PDF]

, 2007
The nonword repetition (NWR) test has been shown to be a good predictor of children’s vocabulary size. NWR performance has been explained using phonological working memory, which is seen as a critical component in the learning of new words.
Baddeley A.D., Bates E., Brown G.D.A., Case R., Chi M.T.H., Conrad R., Croker S., De Groot A.D., Dunn L.M., Freudenthal D., Freudenthal D., Freudenthal D., Freudenthal D., Freudenthal D., Gathercole S.E., Gathercole S.E., Gathercole S.E., Gathercole S.E., Gathercole S.E., Gobet F., Jones G., Jones G., Jones G., Lane P.C.R., Masoura E.V., Munson B., Munson B., Nagy W.E., Page M.P.A., Papagno C., Richman H.B., Roy P., Ruchkin D.S., Schneider W., Theakston A.L., Treiman R., Zhang G.   +36 more
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The relation of spatial skills, spatial memory span, and two anxiety types with statistics anxiety in European and North American University students

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
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, Sébastien Béland, Erin A. Maloney, Michael Cantinotti, Lucile Chanquoy, Daniel Lalande, Jessica Simon, Charlotte Paulis, Gaën Plancher, Marie‐Aude Boislard, Denis Cousineau   +10 more
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Phonological Adaptation of Borrowed Terms in Duramazwi reMimhanzi

Lexikos, 2011
: This article analyses the phonological characteristics of Shona musical terms borrowed from English. It discusses the phonological processes that take place when words are borrowed directly or indi-rectly from English. Essentially, the article analyses
Gift Mheta, William Zivenge
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Ageing makes us dyslexic [PDF]

, 2013
Background: The effects of typical ageing on spoken language are well known: word production is disproportionately affected while syntactic processing is relatively well preserved.
Harley, Trevor A., Jessiman, Lesley J., MacAndrew, Siobhan B. G., Oliver, Tracey M.   +3 more
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