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Imageability and Neighborhood Density Facilitate the Age of Word Acquisition in Czech
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Smolík, Filip – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: The study examined the effects of imageability and phonological neighborhood density on the acquisition of word production in Czech, controlling for part-of-speech class, word length, and word frequency. Phonological neighborhood density is of interest because previous research has not examined highly inflected languages such as Czech.…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Language Acquisition, Phonology, Children
Early Linguistic Reference to First and Second Person Depends on Social Understanding as Well as Language Skills: Evidence from Czech 30-Month-Olds
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Smolík, Filip; Bláhová, Veronika – First Language, 2021
The early use of first and second person pronouns has been viewed as a sign of emerging social understanding. However, it may also depend on general language development: pronouns do not appear among the first words children acquire. In addition, some languages conjugate verbs for person, and the inflections may thus show similar relations to…
Descriptors: Slavic Languages, Form Classes (Languages), Language Acquisition, Interpersonal Competence
Stylistic Competence in L2 Translation: Stylometry and Error Analysis
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Dubeda, Tomáš; Obdržálková, Vanda – Interpreter and Translator Trainer, 2021
We examine the stylistic aspects of L2 translations using a set of quantifiable descriptors. The sample includes 40 translations of a promotional text from Czech into English and French produced by novices and professional translators. The general stylistic competence is slightly higher in the group of professionals, although the overall quality…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Styles, Language Processing, Second Languages
The Power of Imageability: How the Acquisition of Inflected Forms Is Facilitated in Highly Imageable Verbs and Nouns in Czech Children
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Smolík, Filip; Kríž, Adam – First Language, 2015
Imageability is the ability of words to elicit mental sensory images of their referents. Recent research has suggested that imageability facilitates the processing and acquisition of inflected word forms. The present study examined whether inflected word forms are acquired earlier in highly imageable words in Czech children. Parents of 317…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Nouns, Language Processing, Slavic Languages
Word Order and Information Structure in Czech 3- and 4-Year-Olds' Comprehension
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Smolík, Filip – First Language, 2015
This article reports on an experiment that examined the comprehension of transitive sentences in Czech children and its relationship to case marking, word order and information structure. A total of 107 Czech children aged 2;9-4;5 were tested for comprehension of noun-verb-noun sentences in which word order and given-new status of individual nouns…
Descriptors: Word Order, Nouns, Verbs, Grammar
Uberlegungen zu neuen Fremdsprachen-Lerntheorien und zum mediengestutzten Unterricht aus osteuropaischer Sicht (Thoughts on New Foreign Language Learning Theories and Media-Supported Instruction from an Eastern European Perspective).
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Stanglova, Marta – 1994
This paper discusses the increasing use of computers and multimedia since 1989 in the foreign language classroom in the Czech Republic. Three categories of questions are discussed: (1) questions about computer use in classrooms that were common in Germany 10 years ago; (2) questions about computer use in relation to new foreign language…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Foreign Countries