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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores the potential of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) as an alternative to human interlocutors for assessing interactional competence (IC) in a second language (L2). Thirty L2 English speakers completed a 6‐item roleplay task designed to elicit refusals of requests, invitations, and offers, interacting with both a ...
Yunwen Su, Xi Chen
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Ta'dib, 2020 This study was aimed to examine errors found in suprasegmentals, more specifically in word stress and intonation; and to explain the causes of errors made by the learners. The research samples were twenty of the first semester students who spoke Javanese
Semi Sukarni +2 more
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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In cognitive psychology, longer intersession intervals are thought to enhance long‐term retention (i.e., lag effects). Recently, scholars have begun to test the generalizability of the lag effect to L2 vocabulary and grammar acquisition. Following their step, the present study not only replicated the lag effect but also provided a more fine ...
Xiang Li, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren
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Pre‐Service English Teachers' Peer Corrective Feedback Practices in L2 Pronunciation
TESOL Journal, Volume 17, Issue 4, December 2026.ABSTRACT While research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) emphasizes the positive impact of corrective feedback (CF) in improving L2 pronunciation skills, teachers often provide feedback inconsistently and focus primarily on segmental, word‐level issues.
Sinem Sonsaat‐Hegelheimer
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The Tasty Side of Numbers: How Vowel Type Influences Taste Perceptions for Numerical Brand Names
Psychology &Marketing, Volume 43, Issue 11, Page 3065-3076, November 2026.ABSTRACT Numerical brand names are commonly used in food marketing yet underexplored for their sensory impact. Relying on processing fluency theory, across four studies, including an IAT (n = 149), a quantitative and qualitative lexical analysis of professional wine tasting notes (n = 695), an online study (n = 306), and archival consumer wine ratings (
Nathalie Spielmann, Diego Vega
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Learning second-language suprasegmentals: Effect of L2 experience on prosody and fluency characteristics of L2 speech [PDF]
, 2006 This study examines effects of short, medium, and extended second language (L2) experience (3 months, 3 years, and 10 years of United States residence, respectively) on the production of five suprasegmentals (stress timing, peak alignment, speech rate ...
Baker, Wendy, Trofimovich, Pavel
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Australian Journal of Applied LinguisticsVocabulary and grammar are essential to language proficiency (Richards, 2015). Some word families and grammatical categories can only be distinguished by prosodic properties such as suprafixes.
Ibrahim Halil Topal
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European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 64, Issue 7, October 2026.This longitudinal study examined the maturation of mismatch responses to prosodic changes in preschool children with and without developmental language disorder. For duration discrimination, an early positive mismatch response diminished while a subsequent negative mismatch response increased, with significant longitudinal changes observed only in ...
Liis Themas +7 more
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An Experience with Rhythm: W.S. Graham
Études Britanniques Contemporaines, 2010 My article analyses the intersection of two competing conceptions of rhythm, both within some influential twentieth-century contributions to poetics, and in the work of the Scottish poet W.S. Graham.
David Nowell-Smith
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Language Experience Shapes Creative Idea Generation
The Journal of Creative Behavior, Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Bilinguals often outperform monolinguals on creative tasks, suggesting a positive link between bilingualism and creativity. However, the inconsistent definitions of both bilingualism and creativity have made it difficult to understand the precise factors driving the association.
Matias Fernandez‐Duque +2 more
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