Toward a Deeper Lexical Semantics
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract A recurrent problem in lexical semantics is how “deep” the analysis of words and phrases should be. We argue for a deeper analysis of lexical meanings and for relatively rich representations. In particular, we argue that meanings do not form a homogeneous class of mental representations.
Ray S. Jackendoff, Katrin E. Erk
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Amplitude rise time sensitivity in children with and without dyslexia: differential task effects and longitudinal relations to phonology and literacy. [PDF]
Front PsycholFlanagan S +5 more
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Places as refrains: A non‐constructive alternative to assemblage thinking
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Abstract Over the past 20 to 30 years, relational, post‐humanist, processual, and non‐representational approaches to space and place have gained an increasing purchase within anglophone human geography, whether underpinned by academic engagements with Western philosophy, anthropology, or indigenous thinking and praxis.
Peter Merriman
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Multiple phonological activation in writing: evidence for cascadedness in Chinese written verb production. [PDF]
Front PsycholZhu X.
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Stigma, self‐styling and ‘forced accents’ among English L2 speakers in Spain
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the relationship between shame, stigma and accent for non‐native English speakers in Spain. The low English competence of the Spanish population frequently constitutes a source of individual and collective stigma – which includes the apparent undesirability of Spanish‐sounding English.
Eva Codó, Carly Collins
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A semantic strength and neural correlates in developmental dyslexia. [PDF]
Front PsycholLukic S +10 more
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Nigerian English research: Developments and directions
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key ...
David Jowitt, Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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Sign recognition: the effect of parameters and features in sign mispronunciations. [PDF]
Linguist VanguardGeraci C, Pasalskaya L, Peperkamp S.
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National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract It has been argued that, especially in non‐Inner Circles of English, whether or not speakers consider language to be a harbinger of national identity affects their positioning as owners of that language. A plethora of prior studies have also demonstrated that language is of central importance regarding the ways in which people enact their ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi, Robert M. Mckenzie
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The Americanization of Nigerian English spelling and punctuation
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract Spelling is the most standardized level of language, and prescriptive spelling norms in former British colonies often advocate adherence to British spelling norms which differs from the local linguistic reality. Hence, recent research on the evolution of postcolonial Englishes and the Americanization of Englishes worldwide has questioned the ...
Temitayo Olatoye
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