Predictors of Expressive Language Change for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Receiving AAC-Infused Comprehensive Intervention
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DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04251-2
Abstract: Comprehensive interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often incorporate augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); however, variability in outcomes exists even among children who access similar intervention. This study investigated predictors of expressive language… read more here.
Keywords: intervention; language change; expressive language; language ... See more keywords
Language change in L2 academic writing: The case of epicene pronouns
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.02.001
Abstract: Abstract With the increasing demand for gender-fair language, an important issue to take into consideration in academic writing is the use of so-called epicene pronouns, i.e. singular personal pronouns unspecified for gender. Yet, little research… read more here.
Keywords: epicene pronouns; language change; academic writing; writing ... See more keywords
Age-based variation and patterns of recent language change: A case-study of morphological and lexical intensifiers in Spanish
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2020.08.017
Abstract: Abstract This study aims to gain further insight into processes of recent language change, both at the level of the speech community and the individual one (i.e. in terms of age grading), by combining the… read more here.
Keywords: language change; age; change; recent language ... See more keywords
And then there were many: How no English became one English, and then many
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DOI: 10.1017/s0266078417000323
Abstract: As a non-native speaker of English, I have often wondered what it must feel like to be born speaking a language that you can use more or less all over the world. To be an… read more here.
Keywords: language change; many english; world englishes; world ... See more keywords
Change your language, change your mind?
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DOI: 10.1080/19012276.2019.1600158
Abstract: Abstract Research findings on whether or not using a foreign language systematically alters people’s decisions by mitigating framing effects, are inconclusive. The bulk of previous research suggests that our decisions are affected by the language… read more here.
Keywords: decision; language change; change; switch language ... See more keywords
Words with Consistent Diachronic Usage Patterns are Learned Earlier: A Computational Analysis Using Temporally Aligned Word Embeddings
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12963
Abstract: Abstract In this study, we use temporally aligned word embeddings and a large diachronic corpus of English to quantify language change in a data‐driven, scalable way, which is grounded in language use. We show a… read more here.
Keywords: language change; change; temporally aligned; language ... See more keywords
Iterated Learning Models of Language Change: A Case Study of Sino-Korean Accent
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DOI: 10.1111/cogs.13115
Abstract: Iterated learning models of language evolution have typically been used to study the emergence of language, rather than historical language change. We use iterated learning models to investigate historical change in the accent classes of… read more here.
Keywords: change; language; language change; iterated learning ... See more keywords
Problems of Projection: The Role of Language Change in Labeling Paradoxes
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DOI: 10.1111/stul.12041
Abstract: Chomsky's latest linguistic work has problematized projection and labeling. With the earlier Phrase Structure Grammar and X’-bar theory, it is taken for granted that a phrase contains a specifier, head, and complement; the current work… read more here.
Keywords: problems projection; language change; change; role language ... See more keywords
New speakers and language change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo)
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DOI: 10.1177/13670069221110400
Abstract: Aims and objectives: This paper analyzes the extent to which new speakers are participating in an ongoing phonological change in Diné Bizaad (Navajo). The implications of these patterns are discussed as they relate to theories… read more here.
Keywords: methodology; din bizaad; language; language change ... See more keywords
Language Change – Models and Theories
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DOI: 10.1515/glot-2017-0009
Abstract: Models and theories of language change have a long non-scientific and scientific tradition. Beginning with theological approaches like Babylonian language confusion in Genesis 11 at least, going on with structural analysis like Verner’s law and… read more here.
Keywords: models theories; language change; language; change models ... See more keywords
Language change and language evolution: Cousins, siblings, twins?
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DOI: 10.1515/glot-2020-2003
Abstract: Abstract The relationship between “language change” and “language evolution” has recently become subject to some debate regarding the scope of both concepts. It has been claimed that while the latter used to refer to the… read more here.
Keywords: language change; language; language evolution; change language ... See more keywords