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Investigating the Influence of Inverse Preferential Attachment on Network Development
Recent work investigating the development of the phonological lexicon, where edges between words represent phonological similarity, have suggested that phonological network growth may be partly driven by a process that favors the acquisition of new words
Cynthia S. Q. Siew, Michael S. Vitevitch
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Prosodic analysis of Ezafe construction in the framework of prosodic phonology [PDF]
In this study, the prosodic pattern of Ezafe construction has been investigated under the framework of prosodic phonology. Prosodic phonology is a framework which evinces that a purely phonological constituent structure lies between syntax and phrasal ...
Ramin Hekmati, Mahmood Bijankhan
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So-called gender-neutral nouns like Freund*innen, Redakteur_in or AutorInnen are suspected to not fit into the linguistic system. This paper argues that if these forms are pronounced with a glottal stop (e.g.
Lena Völkening
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Speech and language difficulties in children with and without a family history of dyslexia [PDF]
Comorbidity between SLI and dyslexia is well documented. Researchers have variously argued that dyslexia is a separate disorder from SLI, or that children with dyslexia show a subset of the difficulties shown in SLI.
Bird J. +4 more
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Prosodic domains in Brazilian Portuguese: intonational, segmental and rhythmic evidence
The PhD dissertation Domínios prosódicos no Português do Brasil: implicações para a prosódia e para a aplicação de processos fonológicos deals with the prosodic structure of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and compares it with the prosodic structure of ...
Renaud Beeckmans
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Modality-Independent Effects of Phonological Neighborhood Structure on Initial L2 Sign Language Learning [PDF]
The goal of the present study was to characterize how neighborhood structure in sign language influences lexical sign acquisition in order to extend our understanding of how the lexicon influences lexical acquisition in both sign and spoken languages.
Bochner +113 more
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An overview of theories of the syntax-phonology interface
This article is intended as a critical survey of the phonological theories of the syntax-phonology interface. These theories can be divided into two main groups, according to the role they attribute to syntactic representations in creating ...
Gorka Elordieta
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A phonological description of Naba
Naba, also known as Bilala, is a Nilo-Saharan (Sara-Bagirmi) language of Chad with about 410,000 speakers from three ethnic groups. This paper gives a basic description of the Naba phonological system, using segmental phonology and lexical phonology ...
Elaine Marie Scherrer
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The road to language learning is not entirely iconic: Iconicity, neighborhood density, and frequency facilitate sign language acquisition [PDF]
Iconic mappings between words and their meanings are far more prevalent than once estimated, and seem to support children’s acquisition of new words, spoken or signed.
Caselli, Naomi, Pyers, Jennie
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Context: Cleft lip and palate (CLP) stands out due to its esthetic-functional impact and its high incidence. Phonological awareness involves skills related to the structure of language, and children with CLP may experience impairment in these skills due ...
Mônica Elisabeth Simons Guerra +4 more
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