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John R. Starr; Marten van Schijndel – Cognitive Science, 2025
Previous psycholinguistic research has demonstrated that sentence processing varies according to both syntactic and discourse context. However, a systematic investigation of how such contexts influence how the processor manages low-level representations of linguistic structure has yet to be carried out. In this paper, we conduct a series of…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Language Research, Phonology, Syntax
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Jose Pérez-Navarro; Marie Lallier – Child Development, 2025
This study examined the influence of linguistic input on the development of productive and receptive skills across three fundamental language domains: lexico-semantics, syntax, and phonology. Seventy-one (35 female) Basque-Spanish bilingual children were assessed at three time points (Fall 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2021), between 4 and 6 years of…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Bilingualism, Bilingual Students
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Anne C. Ittner; Anna Jennerjohn; Lori Helman – Reading Teacher, 2025
Classrooms with multilingual students are rich spaces for enacting linguistically sustaining practices that encourage students to use all their language resources. When teachers have some knowledge of their students' home languages, they can facilitate making connections across languages which strengthens students' language development. In this…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Students, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
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Marina Olujic Tomazin; Tomislav Radoševic; Iva Hrastinski – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: Despite the considerable scientific interest in researching the reading skills of the deaf population, most of these studies focus on reading comprehension (RC) at the word or sentence level. Such reading activates different underlying language processes than text-level reading, which is more akin to real-life reading literacy. The…
Descriptors: Deafness, Reading Comprehension, Language Skills, Correlation
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Amy S. Pratt; Kathleen Durant; Elizabeth D. Peña; Lisa M. Bedore – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2024
Purpose: This study used structural equation modeling to investigate the dimensionality of language in Spanish-English bilingual kindergartners. Five theoretical models were compared, including (a) a unidimensional model; (b) a two-dimensional model by language (Spanish, English); (c) a three-dimensional model by domain of language (phonology,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Kindergarten, Young Children, Spanish
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Claudio-Rafael Vasquez-Martinez; Francisco Flores-Cuevas; Felipe-Anastacio Gonzalez-Gonzalez; Luz-Maria Zuniga-Medina; Graciela-Esperanza Giron-Villacis; Irma-Carolina Gonzalez-Sanchez; Joaquin Torres-Mata – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2024
Language is the basis of human communication and is the most important key to complete mental development and thinking. Therefore, children must learn to communicate using appropriate language. For this to happen, the development of language in the child must be understood as a biological process, complete with internal laws and with marked stages…
Descriptors: Infants, Morphology (Languages), Syntax, Phonology
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Eline Visser – Language Documentation & Conservation, 2024
Yamdena is an Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia. Although many language materials are available, the language has received very little scientific attention. In this article, I present the Yamdena corpus, which includes glossed legacy materials and original fieldwork. I also give an up-to-date introduction to Yamdena grammar, sketching its…
Descriptors: Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Phonology
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Zh. K. Tuimebayev – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
Among the Altaic languages, Turkic and Mongolian have a lot of similarities due to their prolonged contact and a common lineage. The two languages share several parallels in vocabulary, sound correspondence, phonotactic rules, and grammar. This study aimed to explore the comparative-historical aspects of Turkic-Mongolian language parallels in…
Descriptors: Languages, Turkic Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar
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Ming Li; Lubei Zhang – SAGE Open, 2025
This study examined word class effects on Yi students' L2 Chinese word associations. 108 stimulus words, consisting of 36 nouns, 36 verbs, and 36 adjectives, were chosen from Corpus of Modern Chinese, with their frequencies and concreteness being strictly controlled. 80 students from grade 4 and 85 students from grade 10 finished the word…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Form Classes (Languages), Grade 4, Grade 10
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Chieh-Fang Hu – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
Using context to derive a word's meaning is typically conceptualized as part of the reading comprehension process. However, context sensitivity develops early--before children start to learn to read. This study took a developmental perspective, attempting to capture children's context sensitivity through spoken discourse and assess its value in…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Grade 4
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Akbar Bahari; Rui Li – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Given the important technology-assisted language learning (TALL)-empowered affordances, a comprehensive understanding of how these TALL tools facilitate learning across different language components, e.g., phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, could not only present the panoramic scenery of the subject matter but also inform…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Phonology, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
Renata Love Jones; C. Patrick Proctor – Harvard Educational Review, 2024
In this article Renata Love Jones and Patrick Proctor introduce the notion of pursuing language to engage in critical dialogue about the nature and focus of language and literacy education in multilingual and multicultural contexts. A persistent threat in language and literacy education is standardization that constrains how language and literacy…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Literacy Education, Multilingualism, Cultural Pluralism
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Ibtehaj. M. Akhoirsheda; Bushra Abu Faraj – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
This study aims to identify similarities in morphological, phonological, lexical, and syntactical aspects between Arabic and English child language. It seeks to understand how children develop grammar at different stages, adhering to the rules acquired at each stage. This research analyzes YouTube videos featuring Arabic and English-speaking…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Arabic
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Shungo Suzuki; Judit Kormos – Language Testing, 2025
The current study examined the extent to which first language (L1) utterance fluency measures can predict second language (L2) fluency and how L2 proficiency moderates the relationship between L1 and L2 fluency. A total of 104 Japanese-speaking learners of English completed different argumentative speech tasks in their L1 and L2. Their speaking…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Fluency
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Reza Khany; Mohsen Beigi – TESL-EJ, 2024
This study aimed to explore the linguistic factors that influence the development and diversification of World Englishes along with implications for language teaching, learning, and policy, and to examine the trends in research related to WEs. Using a systematic review process with MAXQDA 20.2.1, the findings indicate that research on World…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cultural Context
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