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Perception and production of syllable structure and stress by adult Libyan Arabic speaker acquiring English in the UK [PDF]

, 2003
The field of second language (L2) phonology has recently addressed the related phonological acquisition question of to what extent exposure to native speaker L2 input following exposure to non-native accented L2 input, results in c~anges in the leamer's ...
Fantazi, Guma Mohamed Guma
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Core Components of Effective Home Visiting Programmes and Parenting Interventions Delivered by Nurses and Midwives—A Scoping Review

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To investigate international evidence on home visits and parenting interventions delivered by nurses and midwives and to identify core components, such as intervention content, programme characteristics, contextual factors and implementation elements shared by effective interventions. Design Scoping Review.
Outi Savolainen, Hanna Rouvinen, Margaret M. Barry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can gesture help? Investigating the potential for transfer in the L2M2 acquisition of a sign language

Open Linguistics
Gesture has been shown to serve as a substrate for learning a sign language as a second language in a second modality (L2M2). Evidence comes from the perception of signs and their iconicity but also from production, where the accuracy with which hearing ...
Spruijt Door, Schumacher Petra B., Perniss Pamela   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Eliminating unpredictable variation through iterated learning [PDF]

, 2010
Human languages may be shaped not only by the (individual psychological) processes of language acquisition, but also by population-level processes arising from repeated language learning and use.
Elizabeth Wonnacott, Wonnacott, Elizabeth, Kenny Smith, Smith, Kenny   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Annual Research Review: How did COVID‐19 affect young children's language environment and language development? A scoping review

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 569-587, April 2025.
A diverse body of research conducted since the start of Covid‐19 has investigated the impact of the pandemic on children's environments and their language development. This scoping review synthesises the peer‐reviewed research literature on this topic between 2020 and 2023.
Cecilia Zuniga‐Montanez, Catherine Davies, Laurie Ligoxygakis, Draško Kašćelan, Nayeli Gonzalez‐Gomez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Deaf Is Only One of Us’ and Other Viewpoints in Historical Debates on TV and Film Captioning in Hong Kong

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT What are captions, and why do they matter? Captioning is a text‐based tool that makes it easier for those who do not sufficiently recognize spoken language on the screen to understand TV and films. Furthermore, the captions help viewers understand the screen content, notwithstanding the context they are in.
Jan‐Eerik Leppaenen
wiley   +1 more source

Gesturing While Writing: An Alternate Perspective on Mimetic Prosody

Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Paul Magee
wiley   +1 more source

Is Gender‐Inclusive Language Left‐Wing? The Social Meaning of Four Gender‐Inclusive Strategies in French and German

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite evidence that gender‐inclusive language represents genders more equally than generic masculines, it still faces resistance, possibly due to its perceived association with left‐wing politics. This study explores the social meaning of gender‐inclusive language compared with generic masculines in French and German, using four gender ...
Benjamin Storme, Naomi Truan, Jo Lychnara, Gráinne Deasy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Head Gestures Do Not Serve as Precursors of Prosodic Focus Marking in the Second Language as They Do in the First Language

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract Research shows that children use head gestures to mark discourse focus before developing the required prosodic cues in their first language (L1), and their gestures affect the prosodic parameters of their speech. We investigated whether head gestures also act as precursors and bootstrappers of prosodic focus marking in second language (L2 ...
Lieke van Maastricht, Núria Esteve‐Gibert   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing the Speaker's Face Enhances Second Language Shadowing: Neural and Behavioral Evidence

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study investigated how facial cues influence second language (L2) shadowing among 42 Japanese learners of English. Participants completed four conditions that varied by task type (listening vs. shadowing) and visual input (face vs. mosaic).
Hyeonjeong Jeong, Shuhei Kadota, Mayumi Kajiura, Hiroshi Nakanishi, Koji Kazai, Mariko Kawasaki, Yoko Nakano, Naoya Hase   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source