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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"cognates"”.
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ESL speakers' production of English lexical stress: The effect of variation in acoustic correlates on perceived intelligibility and nativeness
… values. A set of three-syllable words, including cognates and non-cognates, was analyzed. The results from the production study were used to design a listening task that investigated how the ESL speakers varying productions of these acoustic cues affected native English listeners' perception of …
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Word representations of bilingual adults and children
… two languages. Specifically, if processing of cognates (translations that share form) and non-cognates (translations with no form overlap) differ as a function of orthographic and phonological overlap between Greek and English. This pair of languages is not commonly researched in bilingual …
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Emerging Pathways: A Teacher/Researcher's Reflexive Journey Implementing Literacy-Based Science Interventions With Adolescent English Language Learners
… academic vocabulary instruction, including cognates, and small-group guided discussions in order to facilitate the acquisition of cognates, academic vocabulary, and comprehension of scientific concepts. To accomplish this, various methods were implemented to gather data: observational and …
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Processing SMS shortcuts : The contribution of phonology, orthography and semantics.
… share characteristics with second language cognates (e.g. the English-Spanish cognates cat and gato) that are also alternative representations of words that already exist in a lexicon. The evidence presented in this thesis supports the suggestion that visually unusual stimuli will be …
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Old French borrowings in "The Owl and the Nightingale"
… are identified and problematic words, such as cognates, are investigated for probable language of origin. These patterns are then examined for what they may reveal about the author and audience of "The Owl and the Nightingale." Included is an appendix listing each borrowed term and cognate in …
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Vocabulary Testing and the Influence of Second Language on Third Language Vocabulary Acquisition
… that cross-linguistic similarities, namely cognates, provide a special bridge between languages and also need to be taken into account. At a more substantive level, it aims to explore (1) the relationship between learners’ Romanian and English written lexical knowledge; (2) the facilitatory …
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Semantic ambiguity in the lexical access of verbs: how data from monolinguals and bilinguals inform a general model of the mental lexicon
… words have been of exact form overlap through cognates (words sharing form and meaning between languages: banana in Spanish and English) and homographs (words sharing form yet differing in meaning: the English adjective red meaning net in Spanish), it has been difficult to distinguish which …
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Typological Structures in the Old and New Testaments
… semasiological analysis of the term τύπος and NT cognates and an exegetical investigation of NT hermeneutical τύπος passages.</p> <p>In the first chapter the stage is set for the study with a survey of the twentieth century discussion of biblical typology, placed against the backdrop of a concise …
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Production of German L2 Stress by Native Speakers of English
… suffixes than they were in their production of cognates. The results have implications for vocabulary teaching in L2 classrooms.
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Data Driven Models for Language Evolution
… related, words are the core of any language and cognates are words sharing the same ancestor and etymology. Cognate identification, therefore, represents the foundation upon which the evolutionary history of languages may be discovered, while linguistic phylogenetic inference aims to estimate the …
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What is a “Helpmate”? Using Comparative Semitic Linguistics to Propose New Translations for Ezer Kenegdo
… Linguistic approach, identifying potential cognates from Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, and Ugaritic. These lists of cognates are first analyzed according to linguistic suitability. They are then analyzed in context of the Genesis 1-3 account, with particular attention to whether semantic ranges …
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Communicative Strategies Used in the Introduction of Spirituality in the Workplace
… work,” and “faith in the workplace.” Because any cognates of the words “spirit” and “faith” are universally associated with religion, implementing any form of spiritual practice or orientation into a workplace setting comes with multiple challenges, not the least of which being the ways in which …
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Communicative Strategies Used in the Introduction of Spirituality in the Workplace
… work,” and “faith in the workplace.” Because any cognates of the words “spirit” and “faith” are universally associated with religion, implementing any form of spiritual practice or orientation into a workplace setting comes with multiple challenges, not the least of which being the ways in which …
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A Case Study of English Learners' Acquisition of Academic Vocabulary in a High School English 1 for Speakers of Other Languages Classroom
… explicit, systematic instruction that focused on cognates, repeated exposure to key words, and pre-teaching essential vocabulary. Over the course of a five-week period, the teacher-researcher collected data through observation notes, including a reflective journal documenting daily interactions …
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When do dialects become languages? A cognitive perspective
… tasks which compared German vs Russian cognates, and Standard Scottish English vs Dundonian Scots cognates. The results showed that even a small amount of exposure (i.e. a couple of days’ worth) is required to enable listeners to distinguish between different languages, dialects or …
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Projective Identification and the Pressure for Self-object Symmetry: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the Work of Matte Blanco and Friston
… as two of its core features. Conceptual cognates of these features are identified, producing a focus on (1) Markov blankets as integral to self-object relating in FEP, and (2) the Principal of Symmetry as integral to affectivity in bi-logic. Applying this synthetic prism raises questions …
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Interaction of the Neurospora crassa mitochondrial tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase with group I intron RNAs
… CYT-18 interact with the expected group I intron cognates of the aminoacyl-acceptor stem and D-anticodon arms, respectively. Further, three-dimensional graphic modeling, supported by biochemical data, shows that conserved regions of group I introns can be superimposed over interacting regions of …
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English-derived words in Sierra Leone Krio
… the English forms and tone patterns in the Krio cognates, as well as tone patterns in creolised forms and calques. Section Three is about the Morphology of English-derived words in Krio. It deals with the effects of decreolisation on inflectional and derivational morphology as well as Krio …
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A defense of the ambiguity theory of 'knows'
… theory of ‘knows’ is the view ‘knows’ and its cognates have more than one propositional sense (i.e. a sense that can properly be used in ‘knows that’ constructions) and that which sense of ‘knows’ is being employed in a knowledge ascription or denial plays a role in fixing the truth conditions …
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Learner Modelling for Individualised Reading in a Second Language
… in addition to familiarity with English-Spanish cognates and proper nouns. FERN also reliably monitors reading speeds and word counts, and provides motivating progress reports, which enable teachers to set concrete reading goals that dramatically increase the quantity that students read, as …
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