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Representing Structure in Phonology and Syntax

open access: yes, 2015
The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal ...
Riemsdijk, Henk van   +1 more
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Annual Research Review: Associations of socioeconomic status with cognitive function, language ability, and academic achievement in youth: a systematic review of mechanisms and protective factors

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 417-439, April 2025.
Low socioeconomic status (SES) is negatively associated with children's cognitive and academic performance, leading to long‐term educational and economic disparities. In particular, SES is a powerful predictor of executive function (EF), language ability, and academic achievement.
Divyangana Rakesh   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Purely Privative Vowel-Feature Systems as a Generative Theory: Fixing Certain Problems with Particle Phonology

open access: yes, 1990
The goal of this paper is to develop a fully formalized, (i.e. generative) privative vowel-feature theory which is a viable alternative to conventional feature theory for vowels.
Churchyard, Henry
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Annual Research Review: How did COVID‐19 affect young children's language environment and language development? A scoping review

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 569-587, April 2025.
A diverse body of research conducted since the start of Covid‐19 has investigated the impact of the pandemic on children's environments and their language development. This scoping review synthesises the peer‐reviewed research literature on this topic between 2020 and 2023.
Cecilia Zuniga‐Montanez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An axiomatic functionalist analysis of the phonology of Yulu

open access: yes, 2012
This thesis is concerned with the description of Yulu, a language which has not previously been subjected to modern linguistic analysis. Thus this thesis has two important aspects.
Gabjanda, James Dahab
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Decoding and vocabulary improvements mediate sustained gains in reading comprehension: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial of a multicomponent reading intervention

open access: yesJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.
Background Reading comprehension is critical for academic success, yet many children with persistent decoding difficulties struggle to achieve it. This study examined whether a multicomponent literacy intervention is effective in improving reading comprehension and whether any gains in comprehension are mediated by improvements in word reading and ...
Cameron Downing   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correspondence and Compositionality: The Ga-gyō Variation in Japanese Phonology

open access: yes, 1996
This paper explores the theoretical consequences of surface-to-surface correspondence constraints in Optimality Theory, in comparison to a derivational approach employing sequential derivational mechanisms like cyclicity and ordered default rules.

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An Optimality Theory Account of the Non-concatenative Morphology of the Nominal System of Libyan Arabic, with Special Reference to the Broken Plural [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This work presents a full and unified investigation of the phenomenon of non-concatenative nominal morphology in Libyan Arabic (LA), with special reference to the formation of the broken plural (BP). The analysis provides a morphophonological account of
GABER, GABER,MEFTAH
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Phonology

open access: yes, 2018
Phonology is the systematic study of the sounds used in language, their internal structure, and their composition into syllables, words, and phrases. Computational phonology is the application of formal and computational techniques to the representation ...
Jeffrey Heinz, Steven Bird
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