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“Migratory Bird” Local Managers: English Proficiency, Social Identification, and Early Turnover

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local managers with high proficiency in English are valuable resources for foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, as they help mitigate language barriers between expatriate and local managers. However, such linguistically competent local managers often leave foreign subsidiaries within the first few years of employment.
Naoki Ando, Manami Suzuki, Hidehiko Nishikawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking working memory and long-term memory: A computational model of the learning of new words

, 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.
Pine, JM, Julian M. Pine, Pine, J M, Fernand Gobet, Gary Jones, Jones, G, Gobet, F   +6 more
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How does linguistic knowledge contribute to short-term memory?:Contrasting effects of impaired semantic knowledge and executive control [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Linguistic knowledge makes an important contribution to verbal STM. Some theories, including Baddeley's original conception of the episodic buffer, hold that harnessing linguistic knowledge to support STM is executively demanding.
Jefferies, E., Paul Hoffman, Lambon Ralph, Matthew A., Elizabeth Jefferies, Roy W. Jones, Jefferies, Elizabeth, Matthew A. Lambon Ralph, Hoffman, Paul, Sheeba Ehsan, Hoffman, Paul; id_orcid, Jones, Roy W, Lambon Ralph, Matthew A, Jones, Roy W., Ehsan, Sheeba   +13 more
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Educators' knowledge and misconceptions about dyslexia: Implications for teacher training and practice

British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Dyslexia is a common specific learning difficulty that can affect academic performance and students' educational experiences. Despite its prevalence in primary education, delays in identification are still reported, sometimes associated with educators' misconceptions and limited knowledge about the condition.
Inmaculada Baixauli, Emilio Benítez, Carmen Berenguer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implications of cluster substitution in Egyptian Arabic children: 30–48 months

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
Background Egyptian cluster substitution has not been targeted in Arabic phonology research. The clusters in the Egyptian language are bi-consonantal and word-final.
Marwa Mahmoud Saleh, Eman Talaat Fekry Farag, Maha Hussein Boshnaq, Aya Adel Muhammed Hassan   +3 more
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A comparative study on phonological acquisition and performance in phonological awareness by children exposed to a bilingual or monolingual family environment

Revista CEFAC
Objective: to verify and compare phonological acquisition and performance in phonological awareness tasks among children exposed to a bilingual (Brazilian Portuguese and German) or monolingual family environments (Brazilian Portuguese).
Ana Rita Brancalioni, Ana Paula Bogoni, Diane Pinto da Silva, Vanessa Giacchini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Investigation of Phonological and Semantic Control Using TMS and fMRI [PDF]

, 2012
This thesis aimed to investigate the neural basis of linguistic and semantic control across brain networks, using fMRI and TMS. Firstly we assessed the contribution of premotor cortex (PMC) to speech perception: TMS disrupted phonological but not ...
Krieger-Redwood, Katya M
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Introduction: Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI Introduction : vers une anthropologie linguistique de l'IA

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This essay introduces the themed cluster of articles, ‘Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI’. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in large language models capable of producing coherent discourse mimicking conversational interaction, is exerting unprecedented pressure on prevailing concepts of language, personhood, and the human ...
Webb Keane, Constantine V. Nakassis
wiley   +1 more source

The neural correlates of phonological short-term memory: A repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation study

, 2006
Neuropsychological reports and activation studies by means of positron emission tomography anti functional magnetic resonance imaging have suggested that the neural correlates of phonological short-term memory are located in the left hemisphere, with ...
Walsh, V, V. Walsh, L. Romero, C. Papagno, Papagno, C, Romero, L   +5 more
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From talking tools to metahumans: social interaction, semiotic skill, and the authority of AI chatbots Des outils parlants aux métahumains : interactions sociales, compétences sémiotiques et autorité des robots conversationnels

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
What does it take to turn a tool into a talking tool and that into an ultimate authority? Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in its diverse forms, such as large language models (LLMs), is celebrated as a useful tool. But LLM‐based conversational agents, or chatbots, the software applications through which ordinary users are likely to engage ...
Webb Keane
wiley   +1 more source