Lexical stress plays a pivotal role in language processing by influencing how words are segmented, recognised, and accessed in the mental lexicon. Variations in stress patterns, realised through ...

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Vol. 34, No. 2, High-Level L2 Acquisition, Learning, and Use (June 2012), pp. 269-290 (22 pages) This article reports on the design and use of a profiler for ...

Recent studies have highlighted divergent change as a more common outcome of language contact than previously thought. While convergent change is often attributed to bilingual cognitive pressures, ...

When reading a passage, readers may pause at a particular word or return to reread it. Studies using eye-tracking, which record eye movements during reading, have suggested that word length, frequency ...

"This chart shows the lexical distance — that is, the degree of overall vocabulary divergence — among the major languages of Europe. "The size of each circle represents the number of speakers for that ...

Sharjah Arabic Language Academy (SALA) participated in the fourth session of the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic ...

Sharjah Arabic Language Academy (ALA) participated in the fourth session of the King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language - KSGAAL, hosted by the Saudi capital, Riyadh, over three days under the ...

During English reading, readers may occasionally struggle with particular words or feel the need to reread them. Researchers at University of Tsukuba analyzed eye-tracking data to determine whether ...