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Developmental Patterns of English Alphabet Knowledge in Chinese–English Emergent Bilingual Children
The graphical abstract compares the developmental patterns of alphabet knowledge between Chinese‐English bilingual children and established monolingual norms. The study highlights a distinct developmental pattern, emphasizing the need for alphabet instruction that accounts for specific cultural and linguistic contexts for bilingual children.
Somin Park
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ABSTRACT The prosodic characteristics of a native language greatly influence early language acquisition. Yet, Japanese mothers are known to use a specific prosodic structure in infant‐directed vocabulary (IDV)—specifically, three‐mora, two‐syllable words with a heavy‐light pattern—which, crucially, differs from the standard prosodic rhythm of adult ...
Yoritaka Akimoto +5 more
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Perceptual attunement in vowels: a meta-analysis.
S. Tsuji, Alejandrina Cristia
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The influence of second language vowels on foreign language vowel perception
Anna Balas
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ABSTRACT Human newborns are able to discriminate between certain languages but not others. This ability has long been attributed to sensitivity to rhythm—the temporal regularities in speech of different languages. Here, we demonstrate through a series of computational simulations that this discrimination behavior can be achieved using no temporal ...
Ruolan Leslie Famularo +3 more
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ABSTRACT Objective(s) To evaluate the effectiveness of a family‐involved hybrid voice therapy program in children with vocal fold nodules using multidimensional voice outcomes (objective acoustic, auditory‐perceptual, and parent‐reported measures) and to examine whether family socioeconomic opportunity is associated with baseline burden or ...
Şeyda Akbal Çufalı +1 more
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Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices
Short Abstract In this conversational piece, we reflect on our experience of working with and on maps and map‐makers that have shaped linguistic conventions and ideas, suggesting geographers have much to contribute by engaging with such mapping. It illuminates how maps rendered the unpredictable geography of speakers and the naming of places as ...
Beth Williamson, Philip Jagessar
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