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Linguistic influences on comprehensibility and accentedness in second language Korean speech
Abstract A considerable body of research has investigated the influence of linguistic variables on comprehensibility and accentedness in L2 speech. However, studies on this topic have overwhelmingly focused on L2 English, with little known about other L2s. This study investigated linguistic influences on accentedness and comprehensibility in L2 Korean.
Daniel R. Isbell +2 more
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An analysis of case particles and case functions in Japanese: A case grammar approach
The paper focuses on an aspect of grammar, specifically, case particles or postpositions in Japanese. It is based on a discussion on case forms and case functions that are discoverable through an examination of the theory of case grammar by Fillmore ...
Suraiya Mohd. Ali
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Abstract The concept of noticing, which emphasizes the role of attention and awareness in language learning, has exerted a strong influence on second language acquisition (SLA) theory and practice. The current research analyzes instances of noticing evident across a 26‐week period as the first author, an absolute beginner, was taught Turkish by the ...
Joshua Matthews, Devrim Yilmaz
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Regarding Basque postpositions and related matters
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José Ignacio Hualde
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WE…WITH ANNA: THE INCLUSORY PLURAL PRONOMINAL CONSTRUCTION IN FINNISH AND FENNO‐SWEDISH*
Abstract This article provides a syntactic analysis of the inclusory plural pronominal construction in Fenno‐Swedish and Finnish. In this construction, a plural pronoun has a singular reading: vi …med Anna (literally “we …with Anna”) means ‘Anna and I’. In addition to the plural pronoun, the construction includes a comitative PP.
Klaus Kurki
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Gilaki reverse Ezafe: The two faces of a nominal linker
Abstract This paper examines a nominal linker (known as reverse Ezafe) in the Caspian language Gilaki. It is shown that the nominal linker in Gilaki is in fact the realization of two different morphosyntactic elements with distinct properties. In doing so, we also highlight the differences between reverse Ezafe and Ezafe, found in Persian and other ...
Arsalan Kahnemuyipour +2 more
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Reanalyzing Fataluku’s Postpositions as Serial Verbs
This paper presents a new analysis of a class of words previously analyzed as postpositions in the Papuan language Fataluku. Closer examination reveals that these words exhibit verbal characteristics, such as taking verbal morphology and occupying the ...
Tyler M. Heston
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Diagnostic accuracy of clinical signs to detect erosive tooth wear in its early phase
This cross‐sectional study determined the accuracy of clinical signs for diagnosing erosive tooth wear in a young adult general population. The signs ‘flattened convex area’, ‘dull surface’ and ‘preservation of the enamel cuff in the gingival crevice’ are the most relevant clinical signs of dental erosion process in the initial phase of tooth wear ...
Ona Rius‐Bonet +4 more
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Accounts of perspective taking in narrative
Abstract This paper gives an overview over two different kinds of protagonists' perspective taking in narrative texts, Free Indirect Discourse (FID) and Protagonist Projection (PP)/Viewpoint Shifting (VS), and the most important analyses of these phenomena that have been proposed within the framework of formal semantics and pragmatics.
Stefan Hinterwimmer
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Literature entails six viewpoints regarding the categorial status of post-nominal monosyllabic localizers in Mandarin Chinese, including locative particles, nouns or a subclass of nominals, clitics, spatial enclitics or particles, postpositions and ...
Wei He
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