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Wh-movement vs. scrambling: The brain makes a difference [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
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Fiebach, Christian J.   +2 more
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Looking at nothing facilitates memory retrieval [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
When processing visual objects, we integrate visual, linguistic and spatial information to form an episodic trace. Re-activating one aspect of the episodic trace of an object re-activates the entire bundle making all integrated information available ...
Hintz, F., Huettig, F., Meyer, A.
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The linguistics of gender [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
This chapter explores grammatical gender as a linguistic phenomenon. First, I define gender in terms of agreement, and look at the parts of speech that can take gender agreement.
Van Berkum, J.
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Metalinguistic awareness in L2 vocabulary acquisition : which factors influence learners’ motivations of form-meaning connections? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Research has shown that prompting learners to elaborate on the appropriateness of form-meaning links can be an efficient vocabulary learning exercise (Deconinck, Boers & Eyckmans, 2017).
Candry, Sarah   +2 more
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Reanalyzing language expectations: Native language knowledge modulates the sensitivity to intervening cues during anticipatory processing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Issue Online:21 September 2018We investigated how native language experience shapes anticipatory language processing. Two groups of bilinguals (either Spanish or Basque natives) performed a word matching task (WordMT) and a picture matching task ...
Altmann   +62 more
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Do Marked Topics Enhance Memory? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We examined the effects of markedness, the deviation from the canonical Subject-Verb-Object structure in English, on the memory of listeners for the topic of the sentence.
Eviatar, Zohar, Kuzar, Ron, Netz, Hadar
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Time and Place in the Prehistory of the Aslian Languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The Aslian language family, located in the Malay Peninsula and southern Thai Isthmus, consists of four distinct branches comprising some 18 languages. These languages predate the now dominant Malay and Thai.
Burenhult, Niclas   +2 more
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The significance of pauses in EFL listening comprehension tests [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Many EFL (English as a Foreign Language) listening comprehension tests use multiple-choice formats. How well such tests are devised is a crucial issue in EFL assessment and instruction.
Zare-ee, Abbas
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Cross-modal priming in bilingual sentence processing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper provides a concise overview of the cross-modal priming methodology, it presents a selection of key studies to illustrate how this method can be used to address lexical and syntactic processing and discusses advantages and disadvantages, along ...
Marinis, Theodoros
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When does assonance make L2 lexical phrases memorable? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Among the challenges that second language learners face is that of acquiring a large num-ber of lexical phrases such as collocations and idiomatic expressions (e.g. Pawley & Syder, 1983; Willis, 1990; Nattinger & DeCarrico, 1992; Lewis, 1993).
Boers, Frank   +2 more
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