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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.Background Early oral language skills are crucial for children's later academic and social development, yet systematic support for oral language development remains limited in Dutch primary education. The Nuffield Early Language Intervention (NELI) has proven effective in improving oral language skills among preschool children in the United Kingdom ...
Sharisse van Driel +2 more
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Speech, Language and Communication in Children With KBG Syndrome
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) are frequently reported in KBG syndrome yet no study has investigated them using standardised assessments. This study aimed to characterise the communicative abilities of children with KBG syndrome using a combination of caregiver‐reported questionnaires and adapted online speech and ...
Harriet Smith +5 more
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Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.Abstract Network psychometrics has emerged as a promising framework for modelling the structure of neuropsychological data, offering a complementary perspective to traditional latent variable approaches or single test approaches. In neuropsychology, test performance is rarely interpreted in isolation, but rather as reflecting interacting cognitive ...
Giorgia Tosi, Daniele Romano
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Input and the acquisition of suprasegmental phonology in English by Thai school children [PDF]
, 2007 This thesis discusses an experimental study whose aim was to find out whether English pronunciation teaching can be improved in Thai schools, where English has recently been introduced at the primary level.
Sumdangdej, Suthee
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates memetic interaction as an illustrative example of complex polycentric online communication. Using a chronotopic‐scalar framework, it offers a theorized account of how online (inter)action works, how it is guided by (perceptions of) normativities, and how it is in dialogue with the “offline.” Specifically, I focus on ...
Taraneh Sanei
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Representing Structure in Phonology and Syntax
, 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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Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong +7 more
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Semantic fluency, the ability to retrieve words within a category, relies on lexical knowledge, semantic memory and executive control mechanisms. A richer, interconnected semantic memory and optimal executive control, as seen in creative individuals, enhance fluency through broad associative searches and quicker access to remote concepts ...
Almudena Fernández‐Fontecha
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Selective admissions at universities in the United Kingdom aim to ensure a baseline language competence, yet, despite persistent achievement disparities across linguistic backgrounds, systematic comparisons of linguistic skills underpinning academic success remain rare.
Justyna Mackiewicz, Danijela Trenkic
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Study of some aspects of prosodic phonology in text analysis
, 1998 The main purpose of this paper is to make a systematic investigation of some aspects of prosodic phonology among which are a primary and a secondary stress, a vowel's manner and quality, a voiced versus a voiceless phoneme, etc., to manifest the ...
AI-Shurafa,Nuha Suleiman
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