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Inducing Shifts in Attentional and Preattentive Visual Processing Through Brief Training on Novel Grammatical Morphemes: An Event-Related Potential Study 通过对新语法词素的简短训练诱导注意力和注意力视觉处理的转移：事件相关电位研究

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-10 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12642

Yuyan Xue, John Williams

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Embodiment for Spatial Metaphors of Abstract Concepts Differs Across Languages in Chinese–English Bilinguals 汉英双语者对抽象概念空间隐喻的体现存在语言差异

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12632

Yu Fen Wei, Wen Wen Yang, Gary Oppenheim, Jie Hui Hu, Guillaume Thierry

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Crosslinguistic Differences in Food Labels Do Not Yield Differences in Taste Perception 食品标签的跨语言差异不会产生味觉差异

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-03 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12641

Emanuel Bylund, Steven Samuel, Panos Athanasopoulos

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Does Early Unit Size Impact the Formation of Linguistic Predictions? Grammatical Gender as a Case Study 早期单位大小会影响语言预测的形成吗？以语法性别为例

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-04-02 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12638

Rana Abu-Zhaya, Inbal Arnon

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Willingness to Communicate, Speaking Self‐Efficacy, and Perceived Communicative Competence as Predictors of Second Language Spoken Task Production 预测第二语言口语任务完成情况的交际意愿、口语自我效能感和认知交际能力

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-29 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12640

Paul Leeming, Joseph P. Vitta, Phil Hiver, Dillon Hicks, Stuart McLean, Christopher Nicklin

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Awakening the Proto-Lexicon: A Proto-Lexicon Gives Learning Advantages for Intentionally Learning a Language 唤醒原词典：原词典为有意学习语言提供学习优势

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12635

Wakayo Mattingley, Forrest Panther, Simon Todd, Jeanette King, Jennifer Hay, Peter J. Keegan

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Does Studying Latin in Secondary Education Predict Study Achievement in Academic Higher Education? 中学阶段学习拉丁语能否预测高等教育的学习成绩？

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12639

Cathy Hauspie, Stijn Schelfhout, Nicolas Dirix, Lot Fonteyne, Mark Janse, Arnaud Szmalec, Alexandra Vereeck, Wouter Duyck

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Event Boundaries Stretched and Compressed by Aspect: Temporal Segmentation in a First and a Second Language 事件边界因方面而延伸和压缩：第一语言和第二语言中的时间分割

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12629

Norbert Vanek, Haoruo Zhang

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Testing the Relationship of Linguistic Complexity to Second Language Learners’ Comparative Judgment on Text Difficulty 测试语言复杂性与第二语言学习者对文本难度的比较判断之间的关系

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-25 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12633

Xiaopeng Zhang, Xiaofei Lu

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Transient and Long-Term Linguistic Influences on Visual Perception: Shifting Brain Dynamics With Memory Consolidation 视觉感知的短暂和长期语言影响：随着记忆巩固而变化的大脑动力

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Language Learning Pub Date : 2024-03-21 DOI: 10.1111/lang.12631

Martin Maier, Rasha Abdel Rahman

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