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Chi Dat Lam – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In everyday life, humans rely on working memory (WM) processes to make sense of relationships between linguistic elements that are not linearly adjacent. For example, to understand the sentence "The dog that the cat chased is cute," we encode the referent "the dog" into WM, maintain and retrieve it after reading the verb…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Language Processing, Sentence Structure, Reading Comprehension
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Clifton, Charles, Jr.; Frazier, Lyn; Kaup, Barbara – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
We propose that negative clauses are generally interpreted as if the affirmative portion of the clause is under discussion, a likely topic. This predicts a preference for affirmative (topical) antecedents over negative antecedents of a following missing verb phrase (VP). Three experiments tested the predictions of this hypothesis in sentences…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Phrase Structure, Psycholinguistics, Ambiguity (Semantics)
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Ai Nhan Nguyen; Tuan Van Vu; Thuy Thanh Le – International Journal of Language Education, 2025
Legal language is characterized by its specialized lexicology, often formed through derivational processes such as affixation, nominalization, and semantic derivation, making legal texts more challenging to understand. This research examined how university students majoring in legal English linguistics recognize, interpret, and manage the…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, Laws, Language Styles, Lexicology
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Albu, Elena; Tsaregorodtseva, Oksana; Kaup, Barbara – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
Negative sentences are hard to process when they are presented out of context. When embedded in a context of plausible denial their processing difficulty decreases or is completely eliminated. We investigated in six behavioral experiments whether the processing of negation is eased in a denial context triggered by discourse markers (e.g.…
Descriptors: Morphemes, Sentence Structure, Language Processing, Difficulty Level
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Sudatip Prapunta – MEXTESOL Journal, 2025
This research study aims to explore students' perceptions and reflections on the effectiveness of project-based learning (PBL) in a Thai-English translation course in the EFL context. The participants of this study included forty-nine students who were enrolled in the Thai-English translation course. The participants were asked to produce a…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Torres-Simón, Ester; Pieta, Hanna; Bueno Maia, Rita; Xavier, Catarina – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2021
In order to translate and be translated, low-diffusion languages often use strategies that differ from those used by widely spoken languages and therefore create particular challenges for translators. One such strategy is indirect translation (including also relay interpreting). Since there are conflicting opinions about this practice within the…
Descriptors: Translation, Teaching Methods, Language Processing, Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Yuan, Rongjie – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2022
Material development is important for training beginner student interpreters, as it guides the direction of interpreting learning. One key principle is difficulty progression, which requires a good knowledge of the indicators of difficulty. Since text structure outweighs words and sentences in the information processing of consecutive…
Descriptors: Translation, Oral Language, Language Processing, Memory
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Choi, Jin Soo – Applied Language Learning, 2021
This study examined the impact of the manipulated task complexity (Robinson 2001a, 2001b, 2007, 2011; Robinson & Gilabert, 2007) on second language (L2) speech comprehensibility. I examined whether manipulated task complexity (a) impacts L2 speech comprehensibility, (b) aligns with L2 speakers' perception of task difficulty (cognitive…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pronunciation
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Westerveld, Marleen F.; Filiatrault-Veilleux, Pamela; Paynter, Jessica – Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 2021
Background and aims: The purpose of the current exploratory study was to describe the inferential narrative comprehension skills of young school-age children on the autism spectrum who, as a group, are at high risk of significant and persistent reading comprehension difficulties. Our aim was to investigate whether the anticipated difficulties in…
Descriptors: Inferences, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Narration, Story Telling
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Košak-Babuder, Milena; Kormos, Judit; Ratajczak, Michael; Pižorn, Karmen – Language Testing, 2019
One of the special arrangements in testing contexts is to allow dyslexic students to listen to the text while they read. In our study, we investigated the effect of read-aloud assistance on young English learners' language comprehension scores. We also examined whether students with dyslexia identification benefit from this assistance differently…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Identification, Scores, English (Second Language)
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Santos, Denise; Silva, Gláucia – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2015
This article discusses perceptions of and performance in listening by a group of heritage and non-heritage learners of Portuguese. Our data include a survey containing background information and perceptions about listening, two listening tasks and a post-task self-report on how learners arrived at their answers. Quantitative and qualitative…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Second Language Learning, Heritage Education, Scores
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Sharif, Mohd. Yasin; Ferdous, Farhiba – English Language Teaching, 2012
Listening is a creative skill that demands active involvement. The listeners share their knowledge from both linguistics and non linguistics sources. Listening comprehension (LC) tasks which is always accompanied by anxiety needs closer examination. In the listening process a low-anxiety classroom environment inspires the listeners to participate…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Anxiety, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Fazeli, Fatemeh; Shokrpour, Nasrin – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2012
Complement constructions vary significantly in English and Persian. There are more complementation structures in English than in Persian and a complement structure in Persian might have more than one equivalent in English. Producing complement structures (CSs) in English is very difficult for native speakers of Persian, especially in an EFL…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages