Search Results - "Languages (Basel)"

Language Control and Code-switching by Green, David W.

“…Analyses of corpus-based indices of conversational code-switching in bilingual speakers predict the occurrence of intra-sentential code-switches consistent…”
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Building Educational Technologies for Code-Switching: Current Practices, Difficulties and Future Directions by Nguyen, Li, Yuan, Zheng, Seed, Graham

“…Code-switching (CSW) is the phenomenon where speakers use two or more languages in a single discourse or utterance—an increasingly recognised natural product…”
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Immersive Virtual Reality as an Effective Tool for Second Language Vocabulary Learning by Legault, Jennifer, Zhao, Jiayan, Chi, Ying-An, Chen, Weitao, Klippel, Alexander, Li, Ping

“…Learning a second language (L2) presents a significant challenge to many people in adulthood. Platforms for effective L2 instruction have been developed in…”
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Reflexive-Reciprocal Syncretism in Eastern Bantu Languages of Tanzania: Distribution and Origins by Zahran, Aron, Dom, Sebastian

“…This paper presents an overview of the distribution of reflexive-reciprocal syncretism in Eastern Bantu languages spoken in Tanzania. Most Bantu languages…”
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Languages: Elevating Excellence and Diversifying Perspectives by Kong, Anthony Pak-Hin, Treffers-Daller, Jeanine

“…After two years in the job of Editor-in-Chief, it is my pleasure to welcome Professor Anthony Pak-Hin Kong from The University of Hong Kong (HKU) as…”
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Segmenting Speech: The Role of Resyllabification in Spanish Phonology by Andreu Rascón, Iván

“…Humans segment speech naturally based on the transitional probabilities between linguistic elements. For bilingual speakers navigating between a first (L1) and…”
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Adding a Piece to the Puzzle: Children’s Exposure to Idioms by van Rij, Jacolien, Uithof, Floris H., Poelstra, Sanne, Jones, Stephen M., Sprenger, Simone A.

“…Idioms are figurative multiword expressions that need to be learned as part of the native phrasal vocabulary. While it has been shown that non-figurative…”
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“It’s a Bit Tricky, Isn’t It?”—An Acoustic Study of Contextual Variation in /ɪ/ in the Conversational Speech of Young People from Perth by Docherty, Gerard, Foulkes, Paul, Gonzalez, Simon

“…This study presents an acoustic analysis of vowel realisations in contexts where, in Australian English, a historical contrast between unstressed /ɪ/ and /ə/…”
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Negative Dependencies in Turkish by Kamali, Beste, Zeijlstra, Hedde

“…In this paper, we provide an overview of negative dependencies in Turkish. The first are elements such as hiçkimse, which sometimes seem to mean ‘anybody’ and…”
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Children’s Multilectal Repertoires: Diglossic Style-Shifting by Palestinian Children and Adolescents in Syria by Shetewi, Ourooba, Corrigan, Karen P., Khattab, Ghada

“…Arabic diglossia, whereby Standard Arabic (SA) exists alongside numerous vernaculars, often leads to diglossic style-shifting based on context or topic changes…”
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Unlocking the Power of Oom and Tannie: How Forms of Address Shape Perception and Respect in Afrikaans by Ellis, Carla

“…Although some research on forms of address toward adults in the South African context has been conducted in the past, there remains a gap regarding the use of…”
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Retelling of Stories with Common Phrasal Expressions by High-Proficiency Learners: Implications for Learning and High-Stakes Testing by Coulson, David Gregory

“…The goal of this research was to investigate how well L2 English speakers of different proficiency levels were able to perform on a test of auditory memory…”
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Phonetic Diversity vs. Sociolinguistic and Phonological Patterning of R in Québec French by Hutin, Mathilde, Lancien, Mélanie

“…In this study, we investigate the multifaceted realizations of the /R/ consonant in Québec French (QF) by combining sociolinguistic and phonological…”
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Escape from Noun Complement Clauses in Avatime by Major, Travis, Torrence, Harold

“…This paper discusses the status of island phenomena in Avatime, an endangered Kwa language of Ghana. We focus on clausal adjuncts, specifically noun complement…”
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Improving Classroom Teaching and Learning of Multi-Word Expressions for Conversational Use Through Action Research with Learner Feedback by Thomson, Haidee

“…Multi-word expressions make up a large proportion of the English language and particularly spoken language. Using multi-word expressions can assist with the…”
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Methodological Approaches to Online Serbian Heritage Language Instruction by Krstić, Ana, Stanković, Branimir

“…In this paper, we propose adequate methodological approaches for Serbian as a heritage language based on the critical analysis of the existing Serbian Ministry…”
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Logical Spaces and Subjunctive Tenses by Marques, Rui

“…Apparently, Subjunctive tenses express temporal location, and, in some constructions, the past subjunctive can also express modal values. A long-standing…”
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On Genre as the Primary Unit of Language (Not Only) in Law by Stein, Dieter

“…Taking as points of departure modern pragmatic theory and the information-theoretic view of communication offered by Levinson, this paper re-defines the notion…”
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Is the Foot a Prosodic Domain in European Portuguese? by Vigário, Marina, Martínez-Paricio, Violeta

“…It is widely accepted that languages organize speech material into prosodic domains, which are hierarchically arranged. However, it is still a matter of debate…”
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Dead or Alive: A Lifetime Effect of Pomak Nominal Tense in a Self-Paced Reading Experiment by Adamou, Evangelia, Arslan, Seçkin

“…Nominal tense is a cross-linguistically rare and understudied phenomenon, with past vs. non-past being the minimal distinction. In some languages, past nominal…”
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