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Insertion of vowels in English syllabic consonantal clusters pronounced by L1 Polish speakers

Open Linguistics, 2021
The aim of this study was an attempt to verify whether Polish speakers of English insert a vowel in the word-final clusters containing a consonant and a syllabic /l/ or /n/ due to the L1–L2 transfer. L1 Polish speakers are mostly unaware of the existence
Chwesiuk Urszula
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Individual variation in perceived density of conspecifics and its impacts on the realization of ecological niches

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.
Animals gather information about their surroundings, including their social environment, using a wide range of sensory modalities. Variation in reception, processing and interpretation of information (cues or signals) can lead to differences in how individuals perceive their local environment. Yet, how individual differences in environmental perception
Ane Liv Berthelsen, Barbara A. Caspers, Nayden Chakarov, Alexandra K. Childs, Angelica Coculla, Melanie Dammhahn, Maria Moiron, Max Mühlenhaupt, Caroline Müller, Jules Petit, Tim M. Rapp, Nora K. E. Schulz, Svenja Stoehr, David L. J. Vendrami   +13 more
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Nigerian English and the Phonotactic Influence of the West Chadic Languages

Universal Journal of Educational Research
Phonotactics is a fundamental aspect of phonology that governs the permissible combinations of sounds in a given language. It consists of rules that dictate how phonemes; the smallest units of sound can be arranged to form syllables and words.
Blessing Saina’an Lagan, Mary Daniel Nimram   +1 more
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Second‐Language Learning Facilitates Non‐Adjacent Dependency Learning: Effects Moderated by Specific Language

Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 5, May 2026.
Abstract Statistical learning allows language learners to implicitly track regularities in input. Prior studies have suggested that second language (L2) learning affects statistical learning, but the nature of this relationship remains unclear. Does L2 learning broadly enhance sensitivity to statistical structure, selectively tune learners to patterns ...
Helen Shiyang Lu, Toben H. Mintz
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A model of rapid phonotactic generalization [PDF]

Proceedings of the 2015 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, 2015
The phonotactics of a language describes the ways in which the sounds of the language combine to form possible morphemes and words. Humans can learn phonotactic patterns at the level of abstract classes, generalizing across sounds (e.g., “words can end in a voiced stop”).
Tal Linzen, Timothy J. O'Donnell
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Difficulty in artificial word learning impacts targeted memory reactivation and its underlying neural signatures

eLife
Sleep associated memory consolidation and reactivation play an important role in language acquisition and learning of new words. However, it is unclear to what extent properties of word learning difficulty impact sleep associated memory reactivation.
Arndt-Lukas Klaassen, Björn Rasch
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Exceptionality in Spanish Onset Clusters

Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2020
Spanish complex onsets have been traditionally described as consisting of a stop (/p, t, k, b, d, g/) or the fricative /f/ plus a liquid. Given that all Spanish varieties have other fricatives (/x, s/), the obstruents that can form part of an onset ...
Katerina A. Tetzloff
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Do Emotions Speak a Universal Language? English‐Speaking Preschoolers' and Adults' Detection of Emotional Prosody in an Unfamiliar Language

Infant 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, Yomna Waly, Craig G. Chambers, Susan A. Graham   +3 more
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The role of sonority in Blackfoot phonotactics*

, 2005
Contrary to appearance (e.g. nómohtsstsiinssoka anni iihtáísttsikaahkiaakio’pi ‘she singed me with the iron’), the phonotactics of Blackfoot, an Algonquian language spoken in southern Alberta and northern Montana, are highly restrictive. In this paper, I
Elfner, Emily
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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

International 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, Vesna Stojanovik, Jill Titterington, Emma Pagnamenta   +3 more
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