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Cross-level interactions in Latin: Vowel shortening, vowel deletion and vowel gliding

open access: yesCatalan Journal of Linguistics, 2019
Serial and parallel OT differ in the way they account for phonological generalizations referring to more than one level of the prosodic hierarchy. Vowel shortening in Latin is analyzed by McCarthy, Pater & Pruitt (2016) as a case in point. Vowel shortening takes place to optimize foot structure.
openaire   +4 more sources

Beyond Compartmentalized L1/L2 Teaching: Connecting Languages to Foster In‐Depth Learning and Multi/Trans Lingual Selves

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines elementary Grade 5 and 6 students’ emic perspectives on their L1 French and L2 English teachers’ cross‐curricular efforts to build linguistic and conceptual bridges. Drawing on research on translanguaging pedagogies and recent motivation scholarship, we propose a multi‐competence view of motivation that aligns more closely ...
Sunny Man Chu Lau   +1 more
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Take an Introductory Linguistics Course; It May Increase Your Language Learning Ability

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can general linguistics knowledge be used to better learn a new language? This exploratory study is concerned with the potential advantageous transfer of general linguistics knowledge to the learning of a new, additional foreign language.
Kiyono Fujinaga‐Gordon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prominence and centralization: a two-way contrast between lexical and epenthetic non-labial high vowels in Algherese Catalan

open access: yesEstudios de Fonética Experimental, 2015
Algherese Catalan has the peculiarity of presenting an inserted [i] vowel across words in order to avoid certain consonant codas. In this study, we compare five acoustic features of this epenthetic segment (i.e., duration, intensity, and the three first
Jesús Jiménez, Maria-Rosa Lloret
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“There's Pressure to Use Standard English”: Lingering Linguicism in the Work of Signed Language Interpreters

open access: yesInternational Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Applied linguistics and interpreting have much in common; however, the education of signed language interpreters in the States provides barely any applied linguistics training. Linguistic racism (linguicism) frames the education and evaluation of sign language interpreters.
Sharon Grigsby Hill
wiley   +1 more source

Conversational Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Family Life: Conceptualizing Family‐AI Interactions From a Systemic Perspective

open access: yesJournal of Family Theory &Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although conversational artificial intelligence (CAI) has become increasingly integrated into daily life, research examining its role is limited to user engagement and Human‐AI interaction. The aim of this article is to review existing research on CAI use in everyday family life and conceptualize its role from a family systemic perspective ...
Gizem Erdem   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cognitive reserve, emotion perception and theory of mind in non‐demented Parkinson's disease

open access: yesJournal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Cognitive Reserve (CR) hypothesis attempts to account for individual differences in vulnerability to age‐ or pathology‐related brain changes, where lifetime experiences (e.g., education, literacy attainment) have protective effects on cognitive decline. While evidence suggests CR proxies predict cognitive performance in Parkinson's disease
Sarah E. MacPherson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The importance of word-final vowel duration for non-native portuguese speaker identification by means of Support Vector Machines

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Linguística Aplicada, 2014
This article studies the acoustic characteristics of some oral vowels in tonic syllables of Brazilian Portuguese (BP) and which acoustic features are important for classifying native versus non-native speakers of BP.
Suzanne Franks, Rommel Barbosa
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Discrimination of Degrees of Foreign Accent across Different Speakers

open access: yesLanguages
Second-language learners often encounter communication challenges due to a foreign accent (FA) in their speech, influenced by their native language (L1).
Rubén Pérez-Ramón
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Residential Arrangements, Repartnering, and Coparental Quality Among Separated Mothers and Fathers in Norway

open access: yesJournal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study examines how residential arrangements and both parents' family statuses are associated with coparental relationship quality following separation. Background Shared residence has increased across Western societies and is associated with better coparental relationship quality than sole residence. Less is known about how this
Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik
wiley   +1 more source

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