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Proximate units in word production: Phonological encoding begins with syllables in Mandarin Chinese but with segments in English [PDF]
Cognition, 2010 In Mandarin Chinese, speakers benefit from fore-knowledge of what the first syllable but not of what the first phonemic segment of a disyllabic word will be (Chen, Chen, & Dell, 2002), contrasting with findings in English, Dutch, and other Indo-European languages, and challenging the generality of current theories of word production.
Padraig G, O'Seaghdha +2 more
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Phonological cross-linguistic influence at the initial stages of L3 acquisition
Second Language Research, 2022 This study investigates sources of phonological cross-linguistic influence (CLI) at the initial stages of third language (L3) acquisition in light of the predictions of the second language (L2) Status Factor Model, the Typological Primacy Model, the ...
Romana Kopečková +3 more
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Phonological derivation from proximal to distal demonstratives in Chinese
Linguistics, 2021 AbstractEvery language has at least two demonstratives or deictic terms, a proximal one and a distal one, and some languages in addition have a medial (or some other additional) demonstrative. Demonstratives exhibit a variety of grammatical and pragmatic functions, and they also serve as major sources for the development of various important ...
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The Relationship Between English and Polish Rhythm Measures in Polish Learners of English [PDF]
, 2015 This paper investigates native and non-native speech rhythm in the speech of Polish learners of English at an intermediate/upper-intermediate level. More specifically, it attempts to explore the relationship between rhythm measures scores in L1 Polish ...
Gralińska-Brawata, Anna
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The Proximate Phonological Unit of Chinese-English Bilinguals: Proficiency Matters
PLoS ONE, 2013 تتمثل الخطوة الأساسية لإنشاء علم الأصوات وفقًا لنموذج إنتاج اللغة بواسطة Levelt و Roelofs و Meyer في تجميع الصوتيات في إطار متري. ومع ذلك، فقد اقترح مؤخرًا أن اللغات المختلفة قد تعتمد على أحجام حبيبات مختلفة من الوحدات الصوتية لبناء علم الأصوات. على سبيل المثال، تم اقتراح أنه بدلاً من الصوتيات، تستخدم لغة الماندرين الصينية المقاطع وتستخدم اليابانية ...
Rinus G. Verdonschot +4 more
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On The Linguistic Effects Of Articulatory Ease, With A Focus On Sign Languages [PDF]
, 2014 Spoken language has a well-known drive for ease of articulation, which Kirchner (1998, 2004) analyzes as reduction of the total magnitude of all biomechanical forces involved.
Napoli, Donna Jo +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Many studies have examined literacy and related skills among learners of English as a foreign language (EFL), but little attention has been given to the role of oral language within a cross-linguistic framework despite the fact that English is the most ...
Susie Russak, Elena Zaretsky
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Across the great divide: Proximate units at the lexical‐phonological interface [PDF]
Japanese Psychological Research, 2014 AbstractEvidence that languages differ in the initial, proximate units of phonological encoding presents a challenge to current theories of language production. The proximate units principle is the idea that variation in the proximate, first selectable, phonological units during word form retrieval for speaking is key to understanding the ...
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Vestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2022 The article examines the socio-political consequences of the structural-linguistic concepts of N.P. Trubetskoy and R.O. Jacobson, as well as the structural-geographical theory of P.N. Savitsky. These scientists, who were the pioneers of the structuralism
Andrei V. Shabaga
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Perceptual adjustment to time-compressed Speech: a cross-linguistic study [PDF]
, 1998 revious research has shown that, when hearers listen to artificially speeded speech, their performance improves over the course of 10-15 sentences, as if their perceptual system was "adapting" to these fast rates of speech.
Christophe, Anne +4 more
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