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On empirical methodology, constraints, and hierarchy in artificial grammar learning

open access: yes, 2019
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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Toward a generative theory of language transfer: Experiment and modeling of sC prothesis in L2 Spanish

open access: yesOpen Linguistics, 2015
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
doaj   +1 more source

Syllable structure and prosodic words in Early Old French

open access: yesPapers in Historical Phonology, 2020
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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Do Emotions Speak a Universal Language? English‐Speaking Preschoolers' and Adults' Detection of Emotional Prosody in an Unfamiliar Language

open access: yesInfant and Child Development, Volume 35, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Youth Culture and Urban Pride; the Sociolinguistics of East Javanese Slang [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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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Roadrunners and Eagles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Our previous research on perception of gated casual English by university students suggests that ceteris paribus, Polish students are much more accurate than Greeks.
Bard   +15 more
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The voice of experience: Causal inference in phonotactic adaptation

open access: yesLaboratory Phonology, 2021
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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‘Team Speech Sounds’—How Speech and Language Therapists Work With Parents of Young Children With Speech Sound Disorder: A Focus Group Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 61, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 29-52, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Dschang syllable structure [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
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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