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A Guide to Build (ING) GLMM Trees in Canadian Maritime English: Part 2, Linguistic Factors 加拿大海事英语GLMM树构建指南（ING）：第二部分：语言因素

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-02-17 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70037

Matt Hunt Gardner

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From Psycholinguistics to Computer Vision. A Comprehensive Review of Object Naming Data and Studies 从心理语言学到计算机视觉。对象命名数据与研究综述

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-02-12 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70034

Alžběta Kučerová, Johann-Mattis List

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Phonetics and Phonology of Voiceless Nasals 无音鼻音的语音学和音韵学

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-02-01 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70036

Naoki Ueta, Priyankoo Sarmah, Ai Mizoguchi

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Phonetics and Phonology of Voiceless Nasals 无音鼻音的语音学和音韵学

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-02-01 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70036

Naoki Ueta, Priyankoo Sarmah, Ai Mizoguchi

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Who Listens to Linguistics Podcasting? A Survey of Lingthusiasm Listeners 谁听语言学播客？对英语热情听众的调查

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70030

Lauren Gawne, Martha Tsutsui Billins, Sarah M. Dopierala, Leah Velleman, Gretchen McCulloch

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Who Listens to Linguistics Podcasting? A Survey of Lingthusiasm Listeners 谁听语言学播客？对英语热情听众的调查

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-01-27 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70030

Lauren Gawne, Martha Tsutsui Billins, Sarah M. Dopierala, Leah Velleman, Gretchen McCulloch

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The Shallow Structure Hypothesis and Sentence Processing in a Second Language 浅结构假说与第二语言句子加工

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-01-12 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70032

Kyle Swanson, A. Kate Miller

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Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes and Language Attitude Change 内隐和外显语言态度与语言态度的变化

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70033

Robert M. McKenzie

{"title":"Implicit and Explicit Language Attitudes and Language Attitude Change","authors":"Robert M. McKenzie","doi":"10.1111/lnc3.70033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.70033","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Knowledge of public attitudes towards language-based diversity can help uncover wider societal prejudices. Nonetheless, sociolinguists are increasingly aware of the limitations of using traditional explicit self-report measures to gauge attitudes towards linguistic variation. Accordingly, a growing number of studies have adapted more recently developed socio-psychological techniques—most particularly the implicit association test (IAT)—to access more deeply embedded, and durable, implicit evaluations of linguistic stimuli. This article provides a critical review of the methodological approaches undertaken and findings of existing prior explicit and implicit language attitude research, and examines the nature of the relationship between the two levels of linguistic evaluation. The methodological and theoretical merits of employing both implicit and explicit attitudinal measures in future language attitude research is discussed, in particular regarding more fine-grained assessment of language attitude change in progress and to better understand the relationship between any changes underway in linguistic attitudes and patterns of language use and language change within the speech community under investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47472,"journal":{"name":"Language and Linguistics Compass","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/lnc3.70033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145969646","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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African Lambdas II: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Verbal and Clausal Domain 非洲语义学：非洲语言的形式语义学——动词和小句领域

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2025-12-30 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70024

Malte Zimmermann

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Reading Comprehension in Aphasia: A Review of Research and Treatment 失语症的阅读理解：研究与治疗综述

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70031

Willem S. van Boxtel, Joshua D. Weirick

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