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Two novel Patescibacteria: <i>Phycocordibacter aenigmaticus</i> gen. nov. sp. nov. and <i>Minusculum obligatum</i> gen. nov. sp. nov., both associated with microalgae optimized for carbon dioxide sequestration from flue gas. [PDF]
mBioJonas L +4 more
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 249-279, March 2026.Abstract This study explores how word frequency affects verb‐mediated prediction in L1 and L2 speakers, using a visual‐world eye‐tracking task. By manipulating frequency of nouns within subjects (higher; lower) and type of verbs used as predictive cues (semantically restrictive; neutral) in sentences (e.g., The {doctor/surgeon} {opened/moved} the box),
Haerim Hwang, Kitaek Kim
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Nigerian English research: Developments and directions
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 182-198, March 2026.Abstract This article describes the progress made by scholars over a period of more than five decades in the field of Nigerian English studies. It will thus serve as a useful tool for those researching in this field; and apparently there has been no such attempt to date to review the research landscape of Nigerian English in order to show its key ...
David Jowitt, Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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The Americanization of Nigerian English spelling and punctuation
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 76-95, March 2026.Abstract Spelling is the most standardized level of language, and prescriptive spelling norms in former British colonies often advocate adherence to British spelling norms which differs from the local linguistic reality. Hence, recent research on the evolution of postcolonial Englishes and the Americanization of Englishes worldwide has questioned the ...
Temitayo Olatoye
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Consonant clusters in Nigerian English
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 19-38, March 2026.Abstract This study explores consonant cluster production and its influencing factors in Nigerian English using a corpus‐based approach. More than 4000 onset and coda consonant clusters produced in the broadcast talks, broadcast discussions and broadcast news from ICE‐Nigeria by a total of 44 speakers were analysed with reference to cluster position ...
Ulrike Gut, Philipp Meer
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Combined Language and Code Emergent Literacy Intervention for At-Risk Preschool Children: A Systematic Meta-Analytic Review. [PDF]
Child DevCusiter J, Short K, Webb A, Munro N.
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Nigerian English: History, functions and features
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 7-18, March 2026.Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi +1 more
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A Novel Pattern of Dystonia in DYT-VPS16: "Speaking in Tongues". [PDF]
Neurol GenetDesjardins C +7 more
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Sociolinguistic variation in the rhythm of Nigerian English speech
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 125-143, March 2026.Abstract There is a dearth of research on speech rhythm in Nigerian English, and scholars have differing views on its nature, ranging from being syllable‐timed to tone‐timed. Apart from the fact that the majority of few available studies were conducted more than a decade ago, the exact nature of speech rhythm in Nigerian English remains contentious ...
Folajimi Oyebola, Osemudiamhe Ilekura
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Introduction to the special issue on Nigerian English
World Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 2-6, March 2026.Abstract This article introduces this special issue of World Englishes devoted to Nigerian English. It outlines the significance of this special issue (and of Nigerian English) within global Englishes scholarship. It situates Nigerian English as one of the most demographically, functionally and intellectually important postcolonial varieties of English,
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi
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