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The on-line processing of unaccusativity in Greek agrammatism [PDF]

, 2013
We investigated the on-line processing of unaccusative and unergative sentences in a group of eight Greek-speaking individuals diagnosed with Broca aphasia and a group of language-unimpaired subjects used as the baseline. The processing of unaccusativity
Balaguer, ELENI PERISTERI, Goodglass, Grodzinsky, Hagiwara, Hale, IANTHI-MARIA TSIMPLI, Kaplan, KYRANA TSAPKINI, Levin, Love, McKoon, Paradis, Peristeri, Perlmutter, Roussou, Shapiro, Theophanopoulou-Kontou, Tsimpli   +18 more
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Accent Change in the Wake of the Industrial Revolution: Tracing Derhoticisation Across Historic North Lancashire

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article applies a social model of historical dialect evolution in 19th‐century Britain to the analysis of sociophonetic data. Our aim is to assess where new dialect formation is likely to occur, and where it is not. Using recordings from 27 speakers, we first analyse coda rhoticity in north Lancashire, UK. The speakers were born 1890–1917
Claire Nance, Malika Mahamdi
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Effects of Lexical Frequency in Predictive Processing: Higher Frequency Boosts First Language Speed and Facilitates Second Language Prediction

Language Learning, EarlyView.
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

The linguistics of gender [PDF]

, 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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The source ambiguity problem: Distinguishing the effects of grammar and processing on acceptability judgments [PDF]

, 2013
Judgments of linguistic unacceptability may theoretically arise from either grammatical deviance or significant processing difficulty. Acceptability data are thus naturally ambiguous in theories that explicitly distinguish formal and functional ...
Anderson J. R., Ariel M., Ariel M., Baayen R., Bates E., Bolinger D., Braze F. D., Bresnan J., Bresnan J., Bybee J., Bybee J., Chomsky N., Chomsky N., Chomsky N., Chung S., Comorovski I., Comorovski I., Culicover P., Gibson E., Ginzburg J., Goldberg A. E., Grohmann K., Hawkins J., Hawkins J., Hofmeister P., Hofmeister P., Hofmeister P., Inbal Arnon, Ivan A. Sag, Jacoby L., Jaeger T. F., Jaeger T. F., Johnson K., Karttunen L., Kemmer S., Kluender R., Kuno S., Labov W., Labov W., Langacker R., Maling J., McDaniel M., Miller G. A., Nairne J. S., Nairne J. S., Neal Snider, Osterhout L., Pesetsky D., Pesetsky D., Philip Hofmeister, Pierrehumbert J., Pinheiro J., Ross J. R., Swinney D., T. Florian Jaeger, Tanenhaus M., Thompson S., Wilkins W., Wilkins W.   +58 more
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Listening, Reading, or Both? Rethinking the Comprehension Benefits of Reading‐While‐Listening

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract The rising popularity of audiobooks in language learning has highlighted the need to understand their potential benefits in enhancing comprehension and the mechanisms driving these effects. In this registered report, we explored the hypothesis that reading‐while‐listening can enhance lower‐level decoding skills, in turn freeing up cognitive ...
Bronson Hui, Aline Godfroid
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Eye Movements, Item Modality, and Multimodal Second Language Vocabulary Learning: Processing and Outcomes

Language Learning, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examined second language vocabulary processing and learning in reading only (RO) versus reading while listening (RWL). 119 English learners read or read‐while‐listening to a story embedded with 25 pseudowords, 10 times each, and had their eye movements tracked.
Jonathan Malone, Bronson Hui, Nick Pandža, Tetiana Tytko   +3 more
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When does assonance make L2 lexical phrases memorable? [PDF]

, 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, Eyckmans, June, Lindstromberg, Seth   +2 more
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Effective faking of verbal deception detection with target‐aligned adversarial attacks

Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Deception detection through analysing language is a promising avenue using both human judgements and automated machine learning judgements. For both forms of credibility assessment, automated adversarial attacks that rewrite deceptive statements to appear truthful pose a serious threat.
Bennett Kleinberg, Riccardo Loconte, Bruno Verschuere   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The significance of pauses in EFL listening comprehension tests [PDF]

, 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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