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Working Memory for Linguistic and Non-linguistic Manual Gestures: Evidence, Theory, and Application
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Linguistic manual gestures are the basis of sign languages used by deaf individuals. Working memory and language processing are intimately connected and thus when language is gesture-based, it is important to understand related working memory mechanisms.
Mary Rudner
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Co-phonology vs. Indexed constraint theory: a case study of Perak dialect partial reduplication [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents co-phonologies and indexed constraint theory developed within Optimality theory (Prince and Smolensky, 1993) to account for partial reduplication in Perak dialect of Malay.
Syed Jaafar, Sharifah Raihan
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Acquisition du lieu d’articulation en langue des signes québécoise chez trois enfants sourds : étude de cas [PDF]
, 2000 Cette étude est la première en acquisition du lieu d’articulation en langue des signes québécoise (LSQ). Il existe peu de recherches sur le sujet en langues signées : Frishberg 1975 ainsi que Siedlecki et Bonvillian 1993 pour la langue des signes ...
Lavoie, Charlen, Villeneuve, Suzanne
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Loanwords and Linguistic Phylogenetics: *pelek̑u‐ ‘axe’ and *(H)a(i̯)g̑‐ ‘goat’1
Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 116-136, March 2025.Abstract This paper assesses the role of borrowings in two different approaches to linguistic phylogenetics: Traditional qualitative analyses of lexemes, and quantitative computational analysis of cognacy. It problematises the assumption that loanwords can be excluded altogether from datasets of lexical cognacy.
Simon Poulsen
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James Platt Junior's Contributions to Old English Grammar1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract In 1883, Henry Sweet took issue with James Platt junior, a 21‐year‐old language enthusiast. At the time, Platt was England's brightest young prospect in Old English linguistic studies. Sweet recognised Platt's talent, but he became convinced that he was also a plagiarist and tried to have him expelled from the Philological Society.
Stephen Laker
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Perception of Fa by non-native listeners in a study abroad context [PDF]
, 2012 The present study aims at exploring the under-investigated interface between SA and L2 phonological development by assessing the impact of a 3-month SA programme on the pronunciation of a group of 23 Catalan/Spanish learners of English (NNSs) by means of
Avello Pilar +2 more
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L’approche bilingue et l’apprentissage de la lecture chez les sourds
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2004 The bilingual and bicultural approach in the education of deaf students causes a growing interest in deaf communities, specialists, and deaf children’ parents (Cummins and Danesi, 1990; Mahshie, 1995).
Daniel Daigle, Françoise Armand
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Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Baxter & Sagart (2014b) reconstruct *‐Vt‐s on the basis of Middle Chinese reflexes in ‐jH (from some OC *‐s) coupled with either etymological or graphic connections to words in Middle Chinese ‐t. This approach, while perfectly sound, can suffer from lack of etymological or graphic data, leading to missed reconstructions. Since Old Chinese *‐ts
Julien Baley
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A perfect end: A study of syllable codas in South African Sign Language
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2017 South African Sign Language (SASL) is an understudied language with a rich and interesting phonology. For instance, while the language allows onsetless syllables, it does not allow codaless syllables, except in a small class of signs which do not include
Köhlo, Mikhaela D. K. +2 more
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Strategies for Representing Tone in African Writing Systems [PDF]
, 1999 Tone languages provide some interesting challenges for the designers of new orthographies. One approach is to omit tone marks, just as stress is not marked in English (zero marking).
Bird, Steven
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