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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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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2026-01-27

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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

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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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African Lambdas I: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Nominal Domain 非洲语义学1：非洲语言的形式语义学——名义域

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70025

Malte Zimmermann

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Predictability Affects Spoken Phonological Systems Indirectly 可预测性间接影响语音系统

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70029

Uriel Cohen Priva

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Inter-Turn Silences: Duration, Interpretation and Mechanisms 回合间沉默：持续时间、解释和机制

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2025-12-07 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70027

Anuja M. Thomas, Keri Anne Gladhill, Michael P. Kaschak

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Advances in the Historical Linguistics of Signed Languages 手语历史语言学研究进展

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Language and Linguistics Compass Pub Date : 2025-10-21 DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.70026

Justin M. Power, David Quinto-Pozos, Danny Law

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