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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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Lidil, 2015 Although schwa is a heavily studied phenomenon, we still know little about its behaviour in the course of language acquisition. One reason behind this lacuna could be the challenge of how to obtain reliable data. In this paper, we continue the discussion
Helene N. Andreassen
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Sociolinguistic variation in the rhythm of Nigerian English speech
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 125-143, March 2026.Abstract There is a dearth of research on speech rhythm in Nigerian English, and scholars have differing views on its nature, ranging from being syllable‐timed to tone‐timed. Apart from the fact that the majority of few available studies were conducted more than a decade ago, the exact nature of speech rhythm in Nigerian English remains contentious ...
Folajimi Oyebola, Osemudiamhe Ilekura
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1556, Issue 1, February 2026.From birth, respiration constitutes an intrinsic rhythm. We suggest that vocalizations and bodily movements are interactively coordinated with this respiratory rhythm, providing a temporal framework for multimodal language development. ABSTRACT Rhythm organizes many human motor activities from before birth and continues to shape development throughout ...
Susanne Fuchs +3 more
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The Reading Teacher, Volume 79, Issue 4, January/February 2026.Pre‐service educators used generative AI as a tool to generate, adapt, and customize reading intervention materials. When embedded in a coaching model, GenAI supported more responsive instructional design and helped novice educators strengthen their pedagogical reasoning within a structured literacy framework.
Amy R. Walter, Dennis S. Davis
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Developing Associations to the Sounds of a Name
Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT Sound symbolism refers to associations between language sounds and certain perceptual or semantic properties. One well‐studied example is the maluma/takete effect, in which individuals tend to associate round‐sounding nonwords like maluma with round shapes, and spiky‐sounding nonwords like takete with spiky shapes.
Peggy Liaw +3 more
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Early Context-Conditioned Orthographic Knowledge in European Portuguese: The Spelling of the Schwa
Frontiers in Education, 2020 This longitudinal study examined how the phonemic-orthographic context affects the spelling of the schwa (/ɨ/) by Portuguese beginning spellers at two time points in the first school grade.
Ana Paula Vale +2 more
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An Imaging‐Guided Neural Model Explains Lexical Stress Alteration in Acquired Apraxia of Speech
Human Brain Mapping, Volume 46, Issue 17, 01 December 2025.This study reanalysed neuroimaging data from individuals with acquired apraxia of speech (AOS) to simulate lesion effects in the GODIVA neurocomputational speech model. The lesioned model reproduced characteristic lexical stress alterations in AOS, supporting a mechanistic explanation of the disorder involving an engaged feedback control system and ...
Oren Civier +5 more
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Inter- and intra-speaker variation in French schwa
Glossa, 2016 Quantitative constraint-based theories of optionality typically aim to model the frequency with which an individual speaker’s grammar maps one input onto various output forms.
Aaron Kaplan, Abby Kaplan, Andrew Bayles
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2025.Abstract Estimating long‐term site velocities from Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)‐derived daily displacement time series is vital for studying secular tectonic motions and establishing regional and global geodetic reference frames. However, this estimation is complicated by displacements caused by earthquakes, equipment changes, hydraulic ...
Guoquan Wang +4 more
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