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The cognitive cost of deriving implicature: A reaction-time study 产生含意的认知代价:一项反应时间研究

Indian journal of languages and linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-25 DOI: 10.54392/ijll2334

Maumita Bhaumik

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Desire Predicates in Presence and Absence of the Light Verbs: Addressing their Embedded Clausal Structure in Bangla 孟加拉语轻动词存在与缺失中的愿望谓语:探讨轻动词的嵌入从句结构

Indian journal of languages and linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-23 DOI: 10.54392/ijll2333

Debadatta Roychowdhury, Soumya Sankar Ghosh, Samir Karmakar

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Working Memory and Language Aptitude in Relation to the Retention of New Vocabulary Items among Iranian ELF Learners 伊朗ELF学习者的工作记忆和语言能力与新词汇保留的关系

Indian journal of languages and linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-20 DOI: 10.54392/ijll2332

Rezvaneh Karimzadeh, Farzad Sabeki

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Analysis of Formant Frequencies and Vowel Articulation in the Spoken Standard Nigerian English of Undergraduate Students 大学生标准尼日利亚英语口语中构音频率和元音发音分析

Indian journal of languages and linguistics Pub Date : 2023-09-19 DOI: 10.54392/ijll2331

Mosunmola Oluyinka Adebayo

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