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Multifaceted Role of Multilevel Statistical and Linguistic Information From Target Language in Predicting Second Language Verb–Preposition and Verb–Particle Construction Production

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how statistical properties of verb–preposition and verb–particle constructions (VPCs) and their interplay in the target language shape second language (L2) production across L2 proficiency levels. We compared phrasal frequency and three contingency measures—mutual information (MI), forward delta P (ΔP), and backward ΔP—of ...
Yanlu Zhong
wiley   +1 more source

Diving Into High‐Variability Phonetic Training: Stimuli Type and Learners’ Auditory Selective Attention in Second Language Vowel Training

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigated the phonetic training performance of 80 first language (L1) Catalan/Spanish advanced second language (L2) English learners in a four‐session high‐variability phonetic training (HVPT) program and how their training progress interacted with stimuli type (nonwords vs. words) and individual differences in auditory selective
Ingrid Mora‐Plaza, Cristina Aliaga‐Garcia, Joan C. Mora, Mireia Ortega   +3 more
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Working memory and children's mathematical skills [PDF]

, 2005
Previous studies which examined the relationship between working memory (WM) ability and children's mathematics performance typically measured mathematics ability as a general skill (e.g.
Holmes, Joni
core  

Dimensions of Lexical Mastery and Their Relationships with Listening and Reading Proficiency Among Beginner‐to‐Low‐Intermediate Learners of French

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The extent to which lexical mastery consists of interrelated types of lexical knowledge has been widely discussed. Yet, few studies have explored whether the lexical dimensions of knowledge and processing are relatively independent or investigated how these two dimensions contribute to listening and reading among beginner‐to‐low‐intermediate ...
Amber Dudley, Emma Marsden
wiley   +1 more source

The “Chicken or Egg” Causality Dilemma in Second Language Acquisition: Evidence From Late‐Life Language Learning

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Although research shows that motivation, well‐being, and cognition support second language (L2) success in older adults, few studies have examined whether L2 achievement feeds back into these individual differences or tracked how they interact dynamically over time.
Simone E. Pfenninger, Vanessa De Wilde, Maria Kliesch   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lag Effects in L2 Phonetic Training: Longer Intersession Intervals Compensate for Auditory Individual Differences

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In cognitive psychology, longer intersession intervals are thought to enhance long‐term retention (i.e., lag effects). Recently, scholars have begun to test the generalizability of the lag effect to L2 vocabulary and grammar acquisition. Following their step, the present study not only replicated the lag effect but also provided a more fine ...
Xiang Li, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren
wiley   +1 more source

L2 English Reading, Spelling, and Cognitive-Linguistic Development

Language and Literacy: A Canadian Educational e-journal
This study explores the effects of two two-year literacy intervention programs (phonics and whole word) on L1 German speaking children’s L2 English reading, spelling, and cognitive-linguistic development (N = 49).
Heike Mlakar, Marco Schilk
doaj   +1 more source

What's in a Promise?

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many, perhaps even most, philosophers hold that, in order to promise someone something, the promisor must intend to communicate what they are promising. I argue against this claim, explain why it matters to the nature of promising, and sketch an alternative picture of normatively powerful speech acts.
Eliot Michaelson
wiley   +1 more source

‘He Seems Like a Morisco to Me, / Even in the Way He Talks’: Articulating morisco Difference in Lope de Vega and Cervantes

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Between 1609 and 1614, after over a century of forced conversions, cultural oppression and inquisitorial persecution, Spain expelled its morisco subjects. Despite being baptised Christians, the descendants of Spain's Muslim population had been deemed incapable of sincerely following the Christian faith and assimilating into society due to ...
Elizabeth Liliann Blakemore
wiley   +1 more source

Words and Scents: How Language Shapes and Skews Olfactory Processing

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Research on language and olfaction presents a paradox. Language appears to support the formation of odor categories, yet it can also hinder odor recognition through verbal interference, highlighting that different olfactory processes get affected in distinct ways.
Norbert Vanek
wiley   +1 more source