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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2019 Purpose: This study examined the utilization of multiple types of acoustic information in lexical tone production and perception by pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients who are native speakers of Mandarin Chinese.Methods: Lexical tones were ...
Mickael L. D. Deroche +5 more
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Primary Word Stress in Brazilian Portuguese and the Weight Parameter
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2007 In this paper, we develop an analysis of primary word stress in Brazilian Portuguese (BP). We evaluate the typological and language-specific arguments that are presented in the literature against the relevance of syllable weight in Portuguese, and show ...
Leo Wetzels
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Dental Traumatology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background/Aims The growing use of generative artificial intelligence, especially chatbots, has motivated researchers to test the accuracy of health advice provided. Though there are studies comparing chatbot health advice for traumatic dental injuries (TDI), variable results have been reported.
Nitesh Tewari +9 more
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Studies in African Linguistics, 2008 This article provides a comprehensive description and analysis of the verbal tone system of Tura, a previously undocumented dialect of Luyia (Bantu, Kenya, J.30).
Michael R. Marlo
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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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Relative Peer Quality and 10‐K Readability
Journal of Business Finance &Accounting, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of the relative managerial quality of executives’ compensation peers on the readability of narrative disclosures in focal firms’ 10‐K reports. We use the fraction of peers with greater managerial ability scores than the reporting firm to measure the reporting firm's relative peer quality (RPQ).
Xiaohua (Stephen) Wu +2 more
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Zanco Journal of Humanity SciencesThis study investigates compensatory vowel lengthening of /a/ in Kurdish within the framework of Moraic theory. For the first time, the process of compensatory lengthening of /a/ is analyzed using Moraic theory in the Kurdish language.
Raz Aziz Ahmed , Dastan Saber Mama
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Syllable Weight in Some Australian Languages
Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, 2011 Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (1985), pp.
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract Input variability (i.e., varied experience with different grammar exemplars; “[talk/think/rant/wonder] about [god/bicycles/dogs]”) can improve generalization (i.e., “[Verb] about [Noun]”) and enhance learning. Controlled experiments show that input variability benefits children's generalization and extension of linguistic information from ...
Johannes Schulz +2 more
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Stress Perception in European Portuguese by Naïve Mandarin Listeners
LanguagesCan listeners whose native language lacks contrastive lexical stress identify stress in an unfamiliar language? We addressed this question with native Mandarin Chinese listeners, whose L1 marks lexical contrasts with tone, and European Portuguese (EP ...
Kexin Zhang, João Veloso
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