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Phonological Rule Induction: An Architectural Solution

, 1990
D. Touretzky, Gillette Elvgren, Deidre W. Wheeler   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aptitude complexes: Expanding our view of language aptitude

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In second language (L2) research, aptitude is typically viewed as a multicomponential, cognitive construct. Yet we know that L2 learning is influenced by multiple learner individual differences (IDs) besides cognitive abilities and that these IDs interact.
Lani Freeborn, Sible Andringa, Judith Rispens   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

VOCALIZATION OF THE LATERAL CONSONANT IN SYLLABLE CODA IN A VARIETY OF BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE: A REAL TIME SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS

Gragoatá, 2016
The article brings the results of a real-time, variable rule analysis (LABOV, 1972, 1994) of the vocalization of the lateral consonant /l/ in syllable coda (canal~cana[w] ‘channel’, Brasil~Brasi[w] ‘Brazil’) in Brazilian Portuguese in the speech of ...
Elisa Battisti, Viviane Tebaldi Moras
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Andrea Calabrese, Markedness and economy in a derivational model of phonology (Studies in Generative Grammar 80). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 2005. Pp. viii+532. [PDF]

, 2007
Nevins, A
core   +1 more source

Reassessing pseudosluicing in Austronesian

Syntax, EarlyView.
Abstract Pseudosluicing diagnostics have played an important role in wider debates about sluicing. Sluicing is the term used to describe the deletion of an embedded clausal constituent, which leaves only a wh‐phrase overt. Genuine sluicing requires syntactic or semantic identity between the sluiced clause and its antecedent, contrasting with ...
John Middleton
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of explicit instruction on failure to acquire a phonological rule due to orthographic input: the case of native english speakers learning german

, 2016
Kelsey Brown
openalex   +1 more source

A unified approach to parasitic gap and across‐the‐board constructions: Evidence based on Mandarin Chinese

Syntax, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the lack of consensus on English facts, this study demonstrates that both parasitic gap (PG) and across‐the‐board (ATB) constructions in Mandarin Chinese exhibit parallel effects in variable binding reconstruction, while also displaying asymmetries in gap licensing categories.
Jen Ting
wiley   +1 more source

Italo-Romance Phonological Rules and Indo-Aryan Lexicon: The Case of Abruzzian Romani [PDF]

, 2018
Andrea Scala
openalex   +1 more source

Just pair‐merge

Syntax, EarlyView.
Abstract Two structure‐building operations are currently posited in minimalist theory: an operation forming sets (set merge), and an operation forming ordered pairs (pair‐merge). I argue that pair‐merge is sufficient to generate syntactic relations, so set merge, also called simple merge, should be eliminated from syntactic theory on grounds of ...
Ken Safir
wiley   +1 more source

Cross‐clausal scrambling and subject case in Balkar: On multiple specifiers and the locality of overt and covert movement

Syntax, EarlyView.
Abstract We use fieldwork data about cross‐clausal scrambling in Balkar (Turkic) to clarify the nature of movement and its constraints. Balkar has a variety of embedded nominalized clauses, with different subject cases and possibilities for movement.
Tatiana Bondarenko, Colin Davis
wiley   +1 more source