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Evidence Against Syntactic Encapsulation in Large Language Models

open access: yesCognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Transformer‐based large language models (LLMs) have recently demonstrated exceptional performance in a variety of linguistic tasks. LLMs primarily combine information across words in a sentence using the attention mechanism, implemented by “attention heads:” these components assign numerical weights linking different words in the input to one ...
Thomas A. McGee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Topic Testlet Model for Calibrating Testlet Constructed Responses

open access: yesJournal of Educational Measurement, Volume 63, Issue 1, Spring 2026.
Abstract Constructed responses (CRs) within testlets are widely used to assess complex skills but can pose calibration challenges due to local item dependence. A few current testlet models incorporate testlet‐specific effects to address local dependence but struggle with interpreting these effects and may not fully capture the complexities of CR items ...
Jiawei Xiong   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

From foundations to frontiers: A 25‐year bibliometric journey of job demands–resources theory

open access: yesJournal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Volume 99, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract This review focuses on overviewing research applying Job Demands–Resources (JD–R) theory. Previous reviews of research fields applying it have focused on its evolution, theoretical advancements and empirical validations over time. However, they have largely overlooked the broader bibliometric landscape, including the complex interconnections ...
Jure Andolšek   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributional Cues in Construction Acquisition: A Comparative Study of Native and Nonnative English Speakers Using the As‐Predicative Construction

open access: yesLanguage Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 67-102, March 2026.
Abstract This study investigates how distributional cues are integrated into the mental representation of the as‐predicative construction by English native and nonnative speakers, drawing on associative learning theory. We examined speakers’ constructional retrieval when given a verbal cue (Experiment 1) and their verb retrieval when given a ...
Ivana Domazetoska, Helen Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

Native and Nonnative Speakers’ Preferences for Preposition Pied‐Piping Versus Stranding in English Wh‐Relative Clauses

open access: yesLanguage Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 103-131, March 2026.
Abstract The current study investigated from a usage‐based perspective how phrasal frequency and collocational strength of verb–preposition collocations influence preposition placement in wh‐relative clauses. Native English speakers and Chinese learners of English as a second language of the intermediate and advanced English proficiencies completed a ...
Henan Duan (she/her)   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Image-Schema-Based Instruction on Learning/ Acquiring Polysemous Prepositions

open access: yesRevue des Sciences Humaines, 2017
Polysemous prepositions represent a real challenge for students and teachers alike. The many meanings of these words have always been pedagogically treated in a piecemeal fashion and as largely arbitrary.
Hasna Lamis BOUCHENEK
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A Guide to Build (ING) GLMM Trees in Canadian Maritime English: Part 2, Linguistic Factors

open access: yesLanguage and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This second paper in a two‐part methodological guide demonstrates how Generalised Linear Mixed Model (GLMM) tree analysis can be used to explore linguistic conditioning in sociolinguistic variation. Building on Part 1, which introduced the dataset and illustrated how GLMM trees reveal social patterning in (ING) variation, Part 2 focuses on the
Matt Hunt Gardner
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of a WASH Component in the Standard National Protocol for Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Children Aged 6–59 Months in Northern Senegal—A Costing Study

open access: yesMaternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 1, March 2026.
This study provides the first cost analysis of integrating a WASH kit into outpatient SAM treatment in Senegal, highlighting key cost drivers and potential efficiencies for scale‐up. Findings offer practical insights for planning and budgeting integrated WASH‐nutrition interventions in similar settings.
Bibata Wassonguema   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Verb patterning and acculturation in Nigerian English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 54-75, March 2026.
Abstract Speech communities have the tendency to develop habits as to which words tend to co‐occur, in the form of coinages and collocational patterns, thus constituting an aspect conducive to the subtle emergence of language variation. As these co‐occurrence tendencies become lexicalised and confined to specific, rigid word combinations, new ...
Mary Ifeoluwa Abidoye, Hans‐Georg Wolf
wiley   +1 more source

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