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sC-clusters in Brazilian Portuguese
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2020 This paper discusses word-initial (sibilant + consonant) sequences that may or may not be preceded by a vowel in Brazilian Portuguese, as, for example, in escola [isˈkɔlə] ~ [ˈskɔlə] ‘school’ or Skype [isˈkajpi] ~ [ˈskajpi].
Matheus Freitas +1 more
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Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English
Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
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The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract We introduce the Waikato Māori English Conversation (MEC) corpus, which consists of 43 dyadic conversations between 49 young adults who self‐recorded informal conversations with close friends, in their own homes, with no topic of conversation specified (83 hours of dialogue; nearly 800,000 words).
Andreea S. Calude, Hēmi Whaanga
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Reading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 3, July/August/September 2026.The figure depicts the paper's theoretical grounding (i.e., in the Component Model of Reading), and the results and interpretations for each research question in support of the conclusion that displacement and migration experiences play a role in biliteracy acquisition and cross‐linguistic transfer.
Sarah Akkad, Kaja Jasińska
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Finding Minimum‐Cost Explanations for Predictions Made by Tree Ensembles
Software: Practice and Experience, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 615-642, June 2026.ABSTRACT The ability to reliably explain why a machine learning model arrives at a particular prediction is crucial when used as decision support by human operators of critical systems. The provided explanations must be provably correct, and preferably without redundant information, called minimal explanations.
John Törnblom +2 more
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ANALISIS MORFOFONEMIS CASUAL SPEECH PADA KOMIK AISHIIRUDO VOLUME 1
Lite: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya, 2017 This study is aimed at describing the morphophonemic analysis of the casual speech on the Aishiirudo 21 comic volume 26. This qualitative research uses Aishiirudo Comic 21 volume 26 as the source of the data.
Anita Soegiharto, Irma Winingsih
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 565-596, June 2026.Abstract The current study examined how children apply their phonological knowledge to recognize translation equivalents in a foreign language. Target words for recognition were either phonologically similar (cognate) or dissimilar (noncognate) to words they already knew in their first language.
Katie Von Holzen, Rochelle S. Newman
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Consequences of High Vowel Deletion for Syllabification in Japanese
Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology, 2018 High vowels in Japanese devoice between two voiceless consonants; recent work has shown that devoiced /u/ in this environment is also variably deleted. This paper investigates the syllabification of consonant clusters resulting from vowel deletion.
Jason Anthony Shaw, Shigeto Kawahara
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Pregnancy, Volume 2, Issue 3, May 2026.Abstract Background Polyhydramnios, megalencephaly, and symptomatic epilepsy (PMSE) syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive mTORopathy caused by biallelic STE20‐related kinase adaptor alpha (STRADA) loss‐of‐function variants. Animal models demonstrate that in utero mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition can prevent cortical dyslamination ...
Christian Macedonia +5 more
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Rhythmic Vowel Deletion in Optimality Theory
, 1997 Abstract A challenge to any theory of phonology is to reconcile two radically different kinds of interaction: conspiracy and opacity. A conspiracy is a situation in which independent processes interact in such a way that they create a uniform pattern in surface forms.
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