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Vakhitova, Tanzilya; Kuzembayeva, Gulzhana; Yergazina, Aliya; Zhumakhanova, Anargul; Khayrullina, Raysa – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
A cross-cultural investigation of lacunae contributes to successful intercultural communication, helping in achieving mutual understanding between cultures and solving communication problems between different nations. This study is aimed at identifying and classifying lexical lacunae in the kinship terminologies of the Russian and Kazakh…
Descriptors: Russian, Turkic Languages, Contrastive Linguistics, Intercultural Communication
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Han, Mengru; de Jong, Nivja H.; Kager, René – Language Learning and Development, 2021
Previous research indicates that infant-directed speech (IDS) is usually slower than adult-directed speech (ADS) and mothers prefer placing a focused word in isolation or utterance-final position in (English) IDS, which may benefit word learning. This study investigated the speaking rate and word position of IDS in two typologically-distinct…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Speech Communication, Mothers
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Hickmann, Maya; Taranne, Pierre; Bonnet, Philippe – Journal of Child Language, 2009
Two experiments compared how French vs. English adults and children (three to seven years) described motion events. Given typological properties (Talmy, 2000) and previous results (Choi & Bowerman, 1991; Hickmann, 2003; Slobin, 2003), the main prediction was that Manner should be more salient and therefore more frequently combined with Path (MP)…
Descriptors: Child Language, Motion, French, Language Acquisition