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Cabiddu, Francesco; Bott, Lewis; Jones, Gary; Gambi, Chiara – Language Learning, 2023
Word segmentation is a crucial step in children's vocabulary learning. While computational models of word segmentation can capture infants' performance in small-scale artificial tasks, the examination of early word segmentation in naturalistic settings has been limited by the lack of measures that can relate models' performance to developmental…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Infants, Task Analysis, Phonemic Awareness
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Dilenschneider, Robert; Horness, Paul – rEFLections, 2023
This study examined 283 online learner dictionary definitions in terms of scores based on word frequency level and readability. Results revealed three findings. First, in terms of word frequency levels, definitions from the Cambridge learner dictionary incorporated fewer non-high frequency words (mid and low frequency words) compared to Oxford,…
Descriptors: Word Frequency, Computational Linguistics, Dictionaries, Definitions
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Li Nguyen; Oliver Mayeux; Zheng Yuan – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
Multilingualism presents both a challenge and an opportunity for Natural Language Processing, with code-switching representing a particularly interesting problem for computational models trained on monolingual datasets. In this paper, we explore how code-switched data affects the task of Machine Translation, a task which only recently has started…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Vietnamese, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Chuang, Yu-Ying; Bell, Melanie J.; Banke, Isabelle; Baayen, R. Harald – Language Learning, 2021
This study addresses whether there is anything special about learning a third language, as compared to learning a second language, that results solely from the order of acquisition. We use a computational model based on the mathematical framework of Linear Discriminative Learning to explore this question for the acquisition of a small trilingual…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Computational Linguistics, Psycholinguistics
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Kytö, Merja; Walker, Terry – International Journal of English Studies, 2020
This study concerns the development of the determiners MINE/MY and THINE/THY in the Early Modern English period. The -N forms had essentially been ousted before words starting with consonants over the Middle English period, and over the subsequent centuries, these forms also fell into disuse before words starting with initial vowels and…
Descriptors: English, Diachronic Linguistics, Language Variation, Standard Spoken Usage
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Wilson, Kyra; Frank, Michael C.; Fourtassi, Abdellah – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
In order for children to understand and reason about the world in an adult-like fashion, they need to learn that conceptual categories are organized in a hierarchical fashion (e.g., a dog is also an animal). While children learn from their first-hand observation of the world, social knowledge transmission via language can also play an important…
Descriptors: Cues, Linguistic Input, Language Acquisition, Speech Communication
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Fattah, Ashraf; Yahiaoui, Rashid – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019
This study seeks to contribute to addressing a gap in theory-driven corpus-based research focused on the so-called translation specific features (TSF) in Arabic translated texts. It provides a contrastive Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL)-informed analysis of concessive/contrastive connective markers in a selected comparable corpus made up of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Semitic Languages, Computational Linguistics, Translation
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De Ruiter, Laura E.; Lemen, Heather C. P.; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Brandt, Silke; Theakston, Anna L. – Journal of Child Language, 2021
We analysed both structural and functional aspects of sentences containing the four adverbials "after", "before", "because", and "if" in two dense corpora of parent-child interactions from two British English-acquiring children (2;00-4;07). In comparing mothers' and children's usage we separate out the…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Parent Child Relationship, English, Comparative Analysis
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Lee, Younghee Cheri; Jwa, Soomin – English Teaching, 2023
In recent years, an array of studies has focused on 'translationese' (i.e., unique features that manifest in translated texts, causing second language (L2) writings to be similar to translated texts but different from native language (L1) writings). This intriguing linguistic pattern has motivated scholars to investigate potential markers for…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Journal Articles, Documentation
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Barabadi, Elyas; Golparvar, Seyyed Ehsan; Arghavan, Amanollah – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2021
This study examined the forms and functions of reformulation markers (RMs) in the three disciplines of philosophy, economics, and biology to see whether there is any disciplinary variation regarding these linguistic devices and their functions in essays written by undergraduate students. To this purpose, two corpora of university students' essays…
Descriptors: Essays, Discourse Analysis, Philosophy, Economics Education
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Malawaet, Napatrapee; Trakulkasemsuk, Wannapa – rEFLections, 2021
The purpose of this study was to compare the discussion sections of research articles in applied linguistics in Thai and international journals. The corpus consisted of 20 English research articles: 10 from Thai journals and 10 from international journals. The adverbials framework of Biber et al. (1999) was employed in this study. The study…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Form Classes (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Research Reports
Alex Bakke – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Discourse markers (DMs) are linguistic forms characterized by their use as conversation organizers or pause fillers (Fox Tree, 2010). Although used frequently in both speech and writing, DMs are not often taught in L2 classrooms, despite incorrect usage causing potential misunderstandings (Polat, 2011). Additionally, L2 learners have been observed…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Classification
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Sanguino, Juan Camilo; Manrique, Rubén; Mariño, Olga; Linares-Vásquez, Mario; Cardozo, Nicolás – Journal of Educational Data Mining, 2022
Recommender systems in educational contexts have proven to be effective in identifying learning resources that fit the interests and needs of learners. Their usage has been of special interest in online self-learning scenarios to increase student retention and improve the learning experience. In this article, we present the design of a hybrid…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Educational Resources, Independent Study, Online Courses
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Gordon-Salant, Sandra; Yeni-Komshian, Grace H.; Bieber, Rebecca E.; Ureta, David A. Jara; Freund, Maya S.; Fitzgibbons, Peter J. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Older native speakers of English have difficulty in understanding Spanish-accented English compared to younger native English speakers. However, it is unclear if this age effect would be observed among native speakers of Spanish. The current study investigates the effects of age and native language experience with Spanish on the ability…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Listening Skills, Native Language, Language Enrichment
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Ossewaarde, Roelant; Jonkers, Roel; Jalvingh, Fedor; Bastiaanse, Roelien – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2020
Purpose: Corpus analyses of spontaneous language fragments of varying length provide useful insights in the language change caused by brain damage, such as caused by some forms of dementia. Sample size is an important experimental parameter to consider when designing spontaneous language analyses studies. Sample length influences the confidence…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Dementia, Computational Linguistics, Neurological Impairments
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