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On past participle agreement in transitive clauses in French [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This paper provides a Minimalist analysis of past participle agreement in French in transitive clauses. Our account posits that the head v of vP in such structures carries an (accusativeassigning) structural case feature which may apply (with or without
Radford, A, Vincent, M
core  

Derived environment effects: A representational approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Derived environment effects involve either overapplication or underapplication of phonological rules in phonological or morphological environments. This paper focuses on underapplication effects in both phonological and morphological environments, which ...
Brockhaus   +26 more
core   +1 more source

Words and Meters: Neural Evidence for a Connection Between Individual Differences in Statistical Learning and Rhythmic Ability in Infancy

open access: yesDevelopmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Music and language are both hierarchically structured: syllables combine into words, and meters are groupings of musical beats. Statistical learning (SL) supports speech segmentation through computation of transitional probabilities between syllables, and individual differences in SL ability were found predictive of further language ...
Iris van der Wulp   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harmony and disharmony in Mbat (Jarawan Bantu) verbs

open access: yesLinguistique et Langues Africaines, 2020
This paper is the first to describe aspects of the vocalic phonology of Mbat, a Jarawan Bantu language. Mbat exhibits a series of vowel-consonant interactions in its verbs that sometimes yield height harmony between a stem and suffixal vowel.
Christopher R. Green
doaj   +1 more source

Non-native contrasts in Tongan loans [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
We present three case studies of marginal contrasts in Tongan loans from English, working with data from three speakers. Although Tongan lacks contrasts in stress or in CC vs.
Alderete   +48 more
core   +1 more source

The Effects of Maturation and Dyslexia Risk on Neural Speech‐Sound Encoding and Discrimination at Preschool Stage

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 63, Issue 5, March 2026.
Event‐related potentials (ERPs) to a repeating pseudoword and mismatch responses (MMRs) to five deviances were recorded at 4–5 years and compared with a previously reported follow‐up at 28 months, in subgroups with versus without familial dyslexia risk (n ~ 150).
Sergio Navarrete‐Arroyo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wrestling Voices: Amplifying Patriotism and Ethnic Stereotypes in 1980s American Professional Wrestling

open access: yesThe Journal of American Culture, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 19-29, March 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
wiley   +1 more source

Neutral vowels in Lokaa harmony [PDF]

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Linguistics / La revue canadienne de linguistique, 2009
AbstractThis paper discusses the four neutral vowels in Lokaa harmony, [i, u, ə, a]. Crosslinguistically, neutral segments are either transparent or opaque. Lokaa harmony is important in three crucial respects. First, languages with both transparent and opaque vowels are not common; Lokaa has both.
openaire   +2 more sources

How artificial intelligence is shaping neuropsychology: A focus on cognitive assessment of neurodegenerative disorders

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, Volume 20, Issue 1, Page 256-275, March 2026.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms are revolutionising the world, and they have the potential to revolutionise neuropsychology as well. A particularly fruitful field for this revolution is the cognitive assessment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Mild Cognitive ...
Michele Scandola   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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