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Measuring Interactional Competence in a Japanese University EFL Speaking Context
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ability to interact is an integral aspect of speaking proficiency. Therefore, methods of assessing interaction need to be incorporated into second language (L2) speaking tests. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to quantify interactional competence (IC) in a Japanese university EFL (English as a foreign language ...
Paul Garside
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Age and Accent - Changes in a Southern Welsh English Accent [PDF]
, 2010 This paper describes the accent of Neath (South Wales) from a socio-dialectological perspective and deals with changes in the accent which are due to the non-linguistic factor age. In a direct interview with indirect questioning, 27 informants from Neath
Podhovnik, Edith
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Translating local research into English as a lingua franca (ELF) connects local scholarship with global readership, but this process remains constrained by language barriers. Large language models (LLMs) offer advanced accessible solutions, but their responsible integration into academic translation requires a deeper understanding of the ...
Yueyue Huang, Yao Yao, Dechao Li
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Syllable structure and word stress effects in Peninsular Spanish nuclear accents
Laboratory Phonology, 2015 AbstractIn this study we analyzed temporal alignment ...
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It's Not What You Say, But How (Fast) You Say It: Interpersonal Power and Adaptability at Work
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Adaptability is frequently discussed in terms of adjusting to changing environments or situations; however, the capacity to adapt one's social interaction behavior, known as behavioral adaptability (BA), in response to different partners may be equally critical for success in social, organizational, and leadership contexts.
Phebe Driebergen, Marianne Schmid Mast
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Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.Abstract People with Parkinson disease (PD) after surgery for deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN‐DBS) often decline in animal fluency due to impairments in executive functions and/or language. Item‐based measures of animal fluency may shed light on the specific nature of this decline, and into the strategies used when ...
Adrià Rofes +6 more
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The shifting of stress in nominal words to the proclitic in the local vernacular of Crikvenica
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2008 This paper presents the results of a fieldwork study of stress shifting from nominal words to the proclitic in the Čakavian vernacular of the northern Adriatic town of Crikvenica. This phenomenon occurs consistently.
Martina Bašić
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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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The accentuation of neuter nouns in Slovene and West Bulgarian [PDF]
, 2010 The Slovene neo-circumflex is our major source of information for the reconstruction of Proto-Slavic long vowels in posttonic syllables (cf. Kortlandt 1976)
Kortlandt, Frederik H. H.
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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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