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General word lists: Overview and evaluation

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2020
Vocabulary learning is unarguably one of the sub-goals in every language classroom. The learning and teaching of vocabulary have been transformed by the development of general word lists, providing compilations of the most prevalent vocabulary items ...
Dana Therova
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Examining the word family through word lists

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2018
The choice of lexical unit has important consequences for L2 vocabulary research, testing and instruction. In recent years, the most widely used lexical unit has been the word family.
Dale Brown
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Evaluating corpora with word lists and word difficulty

Vocabulary Learning and Instruction, 2019
This study examines the application of an IRT analysis of words on lists including the General Service List (GSL), New General Service List (NGSL), Academic Word List (AWL), New Academic Word List (NAWL), and TOEIC Service List (TSL).
Brent A. Culligan
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Delta-band neural activity primarily tracks sentences instead of semantic properties of words

NeuroImage, 2022
Human language is generally combinatorial: Words are combined into sentences to flexibly convey meaning. How the brain represents sentences, however, remains debated.
Yuhan Lu, Peiqing Jin, Xunyi Pan, Nai Ding   +3 more
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A new tool for equating lexical stimuli across experimental conditions

MethodsX, 2021
In cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics, lexical characteristics can drive large effects, which can create confounds when word stimuli are intended to be unrelated to the effect of interest.
Evan N. Lintz, Phui Cheng Lim, Matthew R. Johnson   +2 more
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Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Open Research Europe, 2023
As one of the most morphologically conservative branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family, most of the Rgyalrongic languages are still understudied and poorly understood, not to mention their vulnerable or endangered status.
Yunfan Lai, Johann-Mattis List
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Lexical data for the historical comparison of Rgyalrongic languages [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

Open Research Europe, 2023
As one of the most morphologically conservative branches of the Sino-Tibetan language family, most of the Rgyalrongic languages are still understudied and poorly understood, not to mention their vulnerable or endangered status.
Yunfan Lai, Johann-Mattis List
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An Examination of Sources of Variability Across the Consonant-Nucleus-Consonant Test in Cochlear Implant Listeners

Trends in Hearing, 2016
The 10 consonant-nucleus-consonant (CNC) word lists are considered the gold standard in the testing of cochlear implant (CI) users. However, variance in scores across lists could degrade the sensitivity and reliability of them to identify deficits in ...
Julie Arenberg Bierer, Eugene Spindler, Steven M. Bierer, Richard Wright   +3 more
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Preparation and Validation of Persian Word/Non-Word Lists for Assessing Repetition Skills in Preschool Children [PDF]

Journal of Rehabilitation Sciences and Research
Background: In the Persian language, limited tasks measure the skill of repeating real words along with non-words. However, clinical centers need such tests to investigate speech and language problems in children accurately.
Safa Hamid, Peyman Zamani, Behnoosh Tahanzadeh, Maryam Najarzadeh   +3 more
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Lexical profile of literary academic articles

Ibérica, 2021
In this paper, we examine the lexical profile of literary academic articles with a view to determining how they differ from research articles in other disciplines and how the vocabulary level and complexity affect reading comprehension, particularly for
Vesna Bratić, Milica Vuković Stamatović   +1 more
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