Results 71 to 80 of about 354 (176)

Input to the Language Learning Infant: The Impact of Other Children

Developmental Science, Volume 28, Issue 5, September 2025.
ABSTRACT In urban, industrialized cultures, the best predictor of how children acquire their native language is child‐directed speech from adults. However, in many societies, children are much less exposed to such input. What has remained unexplored is the impact of another type of input: other children's speech. In cross‐cultural head‐turn experiments,
Johanna Schick, Moritz M. Daum, Sabine Stoll   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making moral selves through comparison: Narratives of moral decline and the modern virtuous self among middle‐class older adults in Nepal

Ethos, Volume 53, Issue 3, September 2025.
Abstract During fieldwork among older adults in middle‐class families in the city of Bhaktapur (2018–2019), I recurrently came across comparative narratives of moral decline, depicting a stark contrast between the present time and a mythical past where ageing parents were treated “as gods.” In this paper, I analyze how, through acts of comparisons ...
Paola Tinè
wiley   +1 more source

Translanguaging in a culturally and linguistically diverse Mandarin FLES program

Foreign Language Annals, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 556-579, Fall 2025.
Abstract This study explores translanguaging practices in a K‐5 Mandarin Foreign Language in Elementary School (FLES) program in the United States. Using an ethnographic case study approach, it examined how a Mandarin teacher enacted translanguaging practices in two fourth‐grade Mandarin classrooms and explored the affordances these practices provided
Xinyue Lu, Zhongfeng Tian
wiley   +1 more source

Public attitudes towards dialects: Evidence from 31 Chinese provinces. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Li T, Ke X, Li J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Awareness of Grammatical Variability in Language Contact: The Case of Mano and Kpelle in Guinea

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 268-284, September 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper contributes to research on the awareness of grammatical variability through a study of variation in reflexivity marking in Mano under the influence of Kpelle, both indigenous languages of Guinea. The speakers of these languages are found to be sensitive to contact‐induced grammatical variation in reflexivity, which manifests via ...
Maria Khachaturyan, George Moroz, Pé Mamy   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comparative study of self-praise on English and Chinese social media: strategies, themes, and motivations. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2023
Wu H, Zhang L, Ren S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bill Labov: Looking Back, Looking Forward

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 309-316, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Bill Labov passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2024, with his wife and fellow Penn linguist Gillian Sankoff by his side. He leaves behind a legacy so large that it is hard to put into words. All three authors were fortunate enough to have had Bill as our PhD supervisor (Laurel: 2012, Meredith: 2014, Betsy: 2018).
Betsy Sneller, Laurel MacKenzie, Meredith Tamminga   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing multilingualism in a tourist area during the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]

J Pragmat, 2023
Ferenčík M, Bariová D.
europepmc   +1 more source

Critical place‐based pedagogy and language teacher education in the Global North and South

The Modern Language Journal, Volume 109, Issue 3, Page 569-585, Autumn (Fall) 2025.
Abstract Critical place‐based pedagogies are closely tied to the social space of teachers and learners, aiming to raise awareness and support efforts for positive change. Social space shapes—and is shaped by—language teaching and learning. A critical approach to language teacher education must always engage with space and place, and contextual ...
Haley De Korne, Åse Mette Johansen, Hilde Sollid   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A bibliometric analysis of linguistic research on COVID-19. [PDF]

Front Psychol, 2022
Peng Z, Hu Z.
europepmc   +1 more source