Browsing Centre for Language and Communication Studies (Scholarly Publications) by Title
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Keynote
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Language learner autonomy and the European Language Portfolio: two L2 English examples
(Cambridge University Press, 2009)This article argues that the Council of Europe's European Language Portfolio is capable of supporting the implementation of language learner autonomy on a large scale. It begins by explaining what the author understands ... -
Language learner autonomy: Myth, magic or miracle?
(2010)The shift in emphasis away from the processes involved in teaching languages towards the processes involved in learning languages in formal educational contexts has brought about one of the most remarkable changes to ... -
Language matters in the perception of affect from voice
(Ivanovo State University of Technology, 2012) -
Lenition alternation in West Gyalrongic and its implications for Southeast Asian panchronic phonology
(2023)Based on internal reconstruction, this paper resolves a long-standing problem observed in Khroskyabs, a West Gyalrongic language (Sino-Tibetan), that seems to sporadically have lenited voiceless stops, resulting in irregular ... -
Leveraging Phonetic and Speech Research for Irish Language Revitalisation and Maintenance
(2019)The ABAIR initiative illustrates how phonetic research can drive innovative applications that provide endangered-language communities with powerful tools and resources for language maintenance and revitalisation. ABAIR ... -
Linguistic Profile of Migrants
(Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2022) -
Making and agreeing to requests in Old Tibetan
(2023)The verbs གསོལ་ gsol ‘request’ and གནང་ gnaṅ ‘agree, grant', because of their complementary semantics and parallel syntax, provide a convenient window through which to caste light on the two forms of subordinate clauses ... -
Matrix complementizers in Italo-Romance
(John Benjamins, 2019)Based on uncharted evidence from Italo-Romance, we describe and discuss three types of matrix clauses, i.e. jussives, concessives and optatives, which reveal a certain degree of consistency but also display different ... -
Measuring vocal fatigue in sports coaches
(2017)Objective: This study explores the immediate impact of prolonged voice use by professional sports coaches. Method: Speech samples including sustained phonation of vowel /a/ and a short read passage were collected from two ... -
Metaphor and space
(Trinity College Dublin, 2005)The present research study aims at providing an insight on the issue of metaphor and space conceptualization through the comparative analysis of Irish and Italian prepositions, based on the theoretical foundations of ...