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Prenatal linguistic exposure shapes language brain responses at birth. [PDF]

Commun Biol
René A, Caron-Desrochers L, Tremblay J, Vannasing P, Roger K, Fourdain S, Petitpas L, Taillefer C, Boucoiran I, Gervain J, Paquette N, Gallagher A.   +11 more
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AI Voice Features and Emotional Self‐Dominance: Shaping Student Engagement in Instructional Video Learning

European Journal of Education, Volume 61, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Guided by the Valence‐Arousal‐Dominance (VAD) framework, this study examined how AI‐generated voice features in instructional videos influence secondary school students' engagement intentions, mediated by emotional self‐dominance (a learner's perceived control over their emotional states).
Ziqi Chen, Wei Wei, Xueyan Cao, Yuhan Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of native language and beat perception ability in the perception of speech rhythm : Native language, beat perception, and speech rhythm perception. [PDF]

Psychon Bull Rev
Smit EA, Rathcke TV.
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Effects of Lexical Frequency in Predictive Processing: Higher Frequency Boosts First Language Speed and Facilitates Second Language Prediction

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
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptual restoration of locally time-reversed speech: Japanese words are very tolerant of severe temporal distortion. [PDF]

Atten Percept Psychophys
Ishida M, Arai T, Kashino M.
europepmc   +1 more source

From Psycholinguistics to Computer Vision. A Comprehensive Review of Object Naming Data and Studies

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent years, much research has focused on what happens in the human brain when a perceptual stimulus, such as a picture, is converted into linguistic content, a word. This process is commonly referred to as object naming and is considered a crucial aspect of language processing, production, and cognition. It refers to the identification of
Alžběta Kučerová, Johann‐Mattis List   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of language-specific stress discrimination in European Portuguese: an electrophysiological study. [PDF]

Front Neurosci
Lu S, Severino C, Vigário M, Frota S.
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting language outcome at birth. [PDF]

Front Hum Neurosci
Ortiz-Barajas MC.
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source