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On empirical methodology, constraints, and hierarchy in artificial grammar learning
This paper considers the AGL literature from a psycholinguistic perspective. It first presents a taxonomy of the experimental familiarization test procedures used, which is followed by a consideration of shortcomings and potential improvements of the ...
Levelt, W.
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When native Spanish speakers produce English words with initial [s]-consonant clusters (sC), they sometimes produce a prothetic vowel, e.g. stigma > estigma. This paper reports a production experiment on this phenomena, as well as computational modelling
Daland Robert, Norrmann-Vigil Ingrid
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Syllable structure and prosodic words in Early Old French
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the phonotactics of syllable rhymes based on all unique tokens in two Early Old French texts. Based on the data from this single, conservative variety, I develop Jacobs’ (1994) proposal that the Old French ...
Thomas M. Rainsford
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ABSTRACT We examined English‐speaking preschoolers' and adults' attention to emotional prosody in an unfamiliar language when asked to: (a) match emotional prosody with emotional faces; and (b) use emotional prosody to identify a speaker's intended referent. In Experiment 1, 4‐year‐olds (N = 36, M = 4.16 years; 18 females) and adults (N = 38, M = 21.18
Tyler Birse +3 more
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Youth Culture and Urban Pride; the Sociolinguistics of East Javanese Slang [PDF]
This study offers an overview of the characteristics and social functions of youth slang in the Indonesian province of East Java. It examines Boso Walikan and various types of Surabayan slang.
Hoogervorst, T. G. (Tom)
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Our previous research on perception of gated casual English by university students suggests that ceteris paribus, Polish students are much more accurate than Greeks.
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The voice of experience: Causal inference in phonotactic adaptation
Successfully grappling with widespread linguistic variation requires listeners to adapt to systematic variation in the environment while discarding incidental variation, based on listeners’ prior experience.
Matthew Goldrick, Thomas Denby
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ABSTRACT Background Speech sound disorder (SSD) is common amongst children on speech and language therapy caseloads, with most of these children being between 2 and 6 years old. SSD that persists into a child's school years can have a lasting impact on literacy development, socio‐emotional outcomes and well‐being.
Katherine Pritchard +3 more
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Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language
Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
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Dschang syllable structure [PDF]
The syllable structure of Dschang is interesting for a variety of reasons. Most notable is the aspiration which can appear on most consonant types, including voiced stops. I shall argue that aspiration is best viewed as moraic, contributing to the weight
Bird, Steven
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