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Languages, 2018 We examined the consequences of within-category phonetic variability in the input on non-native learners’ production accuracy. Following previous empirical research on the L2 acquisition of phonetics and the lexicon, we tested the hypothesis that ...
Laura Colantoni, Jeffrey Steele
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Perception-production relations in later development of American English rhotics. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 It is known that some adult listeners have more sharply defined perceptual categories than others, and listeners with more precise auditory targets are also more precise in their production of contrasts.
Tara McAllister Byun, Mark Tiede
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Nigerian English: History, functions and features
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 7-18, March 2026.Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi +1 more
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Why /r/ is not a special, empty consonant in Japanese [PDF]
, 2016 International audienceIn recent work on Japanese phonology, /r/ has been argued to be a unique consonant in the Japanese phonological system, characterized by its default, unmarked and featureless nature.
Pellard, Thomas
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Supporting Literacy Through the Justice and Dialogic Education (JADE) Framework
Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 4, October/December 2025.Justice and Dialogic Education (JADE) Framework: Stances, Value Orientations, and Pedagogical Dispositions. ABSTRACT This paper introduces the Justice and Dialogic Education (JADE) framework, which integrates dialogic instruction with justice‐oriented pedagogies to foster transformative classroom environments.
Rebecca Lee, Shireen Al‐Adeimi
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Consonant clusters and rhotic variation in Costa Rican Spanish
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic LinguisticsThis study examines the phonetic realization of consonant clusters involving the alveolar tap (/Cɾ/ and /ɾC/) in Costa Rican Spanish, a variety known for rhotic variation.
Felix Fonseca Quesada
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Hybrid Clause Combining Strategies in Turkish Language Contacts
Studia Linguistica, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 391-434, August 2025.Abstract The Turkic contact varieties of the Balkans use two main diametrically opposed subordination strategies: (i) the Turkic template, where typical subordinate clauses are prepositive, nonfinite, contain clause‐final subordinators, etc. and (ii) the Indo‐European (IE) template, where typical subordinate clauses are postpositive, finite, contain ...
Cem Keskin +3 more
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Acquisition of the Tap-Trill Contrast by L1 Mandarin–L2 English–L3 Spanish Speakers
Languages, 2018 The goals of this study were to investigate the developmental patterns of acquisition of the Spanish tap and trill by L1 Mandarin⁻L2 English⁻L3 Spanish speakers, and to examine the extent to which the L1 and the L2 influenced the L3 ...
Matthew Patience
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The diachronic emergence of retroflex segments in three languages [PDF]
, 2009 The present study shows that though retroflex segments can be considered articulatorily marked, there are perceptual reasons why languages introduce this class into their phoneme inventory. This observation is illustrated with the diachronic developments
Hamann, Silke
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Mispronounced lexical items in polish English of advanced learners [PDF]
, 2012 The present study is a report on an experiment in which 20 English Department students, all advanced learners of English, were recorded having been asked to read a list of diagnostic sentences containing 80 words known to be problematic for Poles in ...
Szpyra-Kozłowska, Jolanta
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