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Multilingual university students’ perceived English proficiency, intelligibility and participation 多语种大学生感知英语熟练程度、可理解性和参与度

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI: 10.1558/JMBS.18179

Helen L. Blake, Sarah Verdon, S. McLeod

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production of L2 Italian voiced palatal lateral and voiced palatal nasal by English-speaking learners 英语学习者在意大利语第二语言中腭侧发音和腭鼻发音的产生

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI: 10.1558/JMBS.15685

Giulia Cortiana, Yasaman Rafat

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First-language-specific orthographic effects in second-language speech 第二语言言语中母语特有的正字法效应

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI: 10.1558/JMBS.15682

Yasaman Rafat, Veronica Whitford, M. Joanisse, Natasha Swiderski, Sarah Cornwell, M. Mohaghegh, Celina Valdivia, Nasim Fakoornia, Parastoo Nasrollahzadeh, Leila Habibi

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On the specificities of L1 and L2 (dis)fluencies and the interactional multimodal strategies of L2 speakers in tandem interactions 论二语(非)流利度的特殊性及二语说话者在串联互动中的多模态互动策略

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI: 10.1558/JMBS.15676

Loulou Kosmala

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引用次数: 3

Challenges in the perception of L2 English phonemes by native speakers of Cypriot Greek 塞浦路斯希腊族母语人士对第二语言英语音素感知的挑战

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI: 10.1558/JMBS.15362

Elena Kkese, Sviatlana Karpava

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引用次数: 1

Exploring the Stability of Second Language Speech Ratings through Task Practice in Bilinguals’ Two Languages 通过双语者两种语言的任务练习探索第二语言言语评分的稳定性

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2020-12-24 DOI: 10.1558/jmbs.17714

Kym Taylor Reid, Mary Grantham O’Brien, P. Trofimovich, Aki Tsunemoto

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First Language Attrition on Prosody in a Foreign Language Environment 外语环境下的母语韵律损耗

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2020-12-24 DOI: 10.1558/jmbs.17093

Chiara Gargiulo, M. Tronnier

引用次数: 3

Bilingual Advantage 双语的优势

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2020-12-24 DOI: 10.1558/JMBS.14237

H. Althobaiti, E. Sanoudaki, G. Kotzoglou

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Schwa Deletion in Word-Initial Syllables of Polysyllabic Words 多音节词首音节中的弱读音缺失

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2020-12-24 DOI: 10.1558/jmbs.17311

Yaru Wu, M. Adda-Decker, L. Lamel

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Separation of Vowel Sequences by Consonant Addition in a Child’s Bilingual Development 儿童双语发展中辅音加音分离元音序列的研究

Journal of monolingual and bilingual speech Pub Date : 2020-12-24 DOI: 10.1558/jmbs.18848

E. Babatsouli

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