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Noun and Verb (Re)learning: A Comparative Perspective on Acquisition and Post-Stroke Aphasia 名词与动词（再）学习：习得与脑卒中后失语的比较研究

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-09-22 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70050

Ran Li, Angela Xiaoxue He

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Teaching & Learning Guide for: 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教学指南

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-08-26 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70048

Kyle Swanson, A. Kate Miller

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Silent Gesture as a Complementary Methodology in (Sign-Language) Linguistics: Interpretive Possibilities and Limits 无声手势作为（手语）语言学的补充方法论：解释的可能性与局限

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-08-10 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70046

Oksana Tkachman

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Visual Components to Interpretation—Formal Approaches to Visible Meaning 解释的视觉成分——可见意义的形式方法

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-07-29 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70045

Cornelia Ebert, Emar Maier, Markus Steinbach

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Semi-Lexicality: The State of the Art 半词性：艺术的现状

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-07-20 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70044

Cora Cavirani-Pots, Marijke De Belder, Heidi Klockmann

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Trauma-Informed Language Teaching: Considerations, Challenges and Possibilities 创伤型语言教学：思考、挑战与可能性

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-06-06 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70042

Ava Becker

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-04-20

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Scope as a Source for Non-Incremental Effects? 范围作为非增量效应的来源？

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70040

Fabian Schlotterbeck, Oliver Bott

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Introducing the Archive of Pittsburgh Language and Speech, a Publicly Accessible, Richly Annotated Corpus of Sociolinguistic Interviews 介绍匹兹堡语言和演讲档案，一个公开访问，丰富注释的社会语言学访谈语料库

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-04-18 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70038

Dan Villarreal, Jack Rechsteiner, Barbara Johnstone, Scott Kiesling

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-04-18

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