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American Romanticism, Poe and “The Rationale of Verse”
American and British Studies Annual, 2016 Although “The Philosophy of Composition” is usually referred to as Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known critical essay,“The Rationale of Verse” can certainly be seen as his most elaborate.
Saša Simović, Marija Mijušković
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Syllable and Prosody in Latin Grammarians
, 2015 A detailed analysis of the contribution of Latin ancient grammarians to the theory of ...
Giovanna Marotta, Marotta Giovanna
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Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how ordinary Taiwanese netizens perform linguistic authority by policing others’ use of Mainland Chinese expressions in everyday online interactions not originally intended to be political and how such policing is subsequently supported, resisted, or (de)legitimized in the context of Taiwan–China relations. Three orders
Hsi‐Yao Su
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Is It a Southern Thing? Linguistic Stereotyping in Earwitnesses’ Descriptions of Italian Accents
Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how linguistic stereotypes affect hearer perceptions of different speakers’ accents focusing on two Italian regional varieties: one from the South and one from the North. Three studies explored the effects of selective attention, confirmation bias, and cultural context.
Clara Loiacono, Luuk Lagerwerf
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Research shows that children use head gestures to mark discourse focus before developing the required prosodic cues in their first language (L1), and their gestures affect the prosodic parameters of their speech. We investigated whether head gestures also act as precursors and bootstrappers of prosodic focus marking in second language (L2 ...
Lieke van Maastricht +1 more
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A time-delay approach to speech rhythm visualization, modeling and measurement
, 2010 Wagner P. A time-delay approach to speech rhythm visualization, modeling and measurement. In: Michela R, ed. Prosodic Universals. Comparative studies in rhythmic modeling and rhythm typology. Supplementi alla Biblioteca di Linguistica. Vol 9.
Wagner, Petra ; https://orcid.org/ +1 more
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Parallel tracking of distant relations between speech elements, so‐called nonadjacent dependencies (NADs), is crucial in language development but computationally demanding and acquired only in late preschool years. As processing of single NADs is facilitated when dependent elements are perceptually similar, we investigated how phonetic ...
Dimitra‐Maria Kandia +3 more
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Visualizing Levels of Rhythmic Organization
, 2007 Wagner P. Visualizing Levels of Rhythmic Organization. In: XVIth International Congress of the Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken, 6-10 August 2007. 2007: 1113-1116.The paper presents a method to visualize the timing related levels of prosodic organization ...
Wagner, Petra ; https://orcid.org/
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Whereas L2 fluency research has focused on monologic speech, interactional fluency (IF), particularly during turn transitions, remains underexplored. This study investigates how turn‐managing gestures (TMGs) contribute to L2 IF, drawing on 60 dyadic interactions from Taiwanese learners in the International Corpus Network of Asian Learners of ...
Yen‐Liang (Eric) Lin +2 more
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How Awareness of Orthographic Transparency Benefits the Lexical Encoding of Second Language Vowels
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract We investigated the influence of orthographic transparency, and learners’ awareness of it, on the second language (L2) phonolexical encoding of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) mid‐vowel contrasts. In BP, accent marks indicate vowel quality (mid‐closed vs.
Hunter Brakovec, Isabelle Darcy
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