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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 Relation of the Home Literacy Environment to White Matter Pathways Associated with Language in Children 5-8 Years Old. [PDF]

Neurobiol Lang (Camb)
Compton AB, Mathur A, Booth JR.
europepmc   +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

Avoiding unintended consequences: science of reading policies may harm deaf children. [PDF]

J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ
Sampson T, Becker A, Campbell EE, Pyers J, Hall WC, Sehyr ZS, Czubek T, DiPerri K, Henner J, Emmorey K, Petrich J, Dobbs CL, Lieberman A, Coppola M, Langdon C, Pontecorvo E, Gappmayr P, Lim A, Higgins M, Napoli DJ, Harrison NE, Benedict R, Holcomb L, Jones Jr Ma F, Bottoms A, Glenn-Smith Ma E, Clark DM, Gabriel R, Jiménez PhD L, Delgado N, Caselli N.   +30 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Speaking to Power: How Linguistic Minority Accents Shape Voter Perceptions of Party Leaders

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In multilingual countries, does the way minority group members speak the majority language hinder their chances of attaining the highest political office? Can their accent undermine their claim to represent all citizens? Is it associated with certain stereotypes?
Florence Laflamme, Philippe Chassé
wiley   +1 more source

Tibetan-PASEM: Phonology-Aware Speech Evidence Matching for Low-Resource Tibetan Written-Query Keyword Spotting. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Guo Y, Guo X, Li Z, Song J, Gong Y, Li G.   +5 more
europepmc   +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

Native and non-native lexical processing in Mandarin: pinyin and tone representation. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Taft M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Finding the Words: How Does the Aging Brain Process Language? A Focused Review of Brain Connectivity and Compensatory Pathways

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract As people age, there is a natural decline in cognitive functioning and brain structure. However, the relationship between brain function and cognition in older adults is neither straightforward nor uniform. Instead, it is complex, influenced by multiple factors, and can vary considerably from one person to another.
Monica Baciu, Elise Roger
wiley   +1 more source