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Eye-movement signatures of syntactic development: real-time mapping of passive sentence comprehension in children aged 6-10. [PDF]

Front Behav Neurosci
Kruchinina OV, Lundina DW, Balabanova TA, Makurina NV, Galperina EI.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

How generics obscure the logic of conditionals

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
This paper discusses counter‐examples to modus ponens and modus tollens involving modals and quantificational adverbs, and presents new counter‐examples with generic conditionals. We argue that the counter‐examples are spurious, and are explained by the domain‐restricting effects of if‐clauses.
Daniel Lassiter, Maxime Bourlier, Baptiste Jacquet, Jean Baratgin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Examining complex academic language in children with dyslexia: a comparative analysis with curriculum standards. [PDF]

Ann Dyslexia
Petersen DB, Stout GH, Konishi-Therkildsen A, Hancock N, Lettich C, Hogan T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The determination of what is said and what is implied

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
Is what is said determined by syntax, conventional meaning, and select aspects of context? This thesis—semanticity—seems plausible because what is said can diverge from both what the speaker means and what the addressee understands, and because ordinary speakers know what is said when presented with a novel sentence‐context pair.
Victor Tamburini
wiley   +1 more source

The influence of aspect markers and tense on the action-sentence compatibility effect in Mandarin action sentence comprehension. [PDF]

PLoS One
Fan N, Zhu H, Cai Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

How LLMs might think

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
Do large language models (“LLMs”) think? Daniel Stoljar and Zhihe Vincent Zhang have recently developed an argument from rationality for the claim that LLMs do not think. We contend, however, that the argument from rationality not only falters, but leaves open an intriguing possibility: that LLMs engage only in arational, associative forms of thinking ...
Joseph Gottlieb, Ethan Kemp, Matthew Trager   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linking Attention Deficits to Difficulties in the Comprehension of Complex Syntax in Dyslexia. [PDF]

Dyslexia
Mazlumi M, Purmohammad M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Learning Context and Program Length on L2 Skill Development

The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effects of learning context (study abroad versus at home) and program length (summer versus semester) on the development of four language skills among learners of Chinese as a second language (L2). A total of 725 L2 Chinese learners completed standardized proficiency tests before and after participating in their ...
Yuan Lu, Chuanren Ke
wiley   +1 more source

Left Perisylvian Rhythms Encode Prosody and Syntax during Delayed Sentence Repetition. [PDF]

J Neurosci
Gehrig J, Bergmann C, Forster MT, Weismantel C, Bai F, Czabanka M, Martin AE, Meyer A, Kell CA.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Chopin's Craft of Musical Form: Making Romantic Music with Classical Theme Types and Galant Schemata

Music Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Frédéric Chopin adhered to traditional practices in musical form to a far greater extent than hitherto acknowledged. He took certain standard formal paths with remarkable consistency throughout his compositional career and across almost all his favoured genres.
Matthew Riley
wiley   +1 more source