Linguistic Perception Research Articles

Interactive digital stories & develop the linguistic perception skills Children with learning disabilities

interactive digital stories & develop the linguistic perception skills Children with learning disabilities

Three Early Linguistic Layers in Haredi Hebrew

Abstract A close examination of contemporary Hebrew as spoken by Haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, communities in Israel reveals linguistic layers from several historical and cultural contexts. This article looks at elements from three of these layers: Jewish religious literature, the Yiddish language and outdated Israeli Hebrew. An analysis of these elements sheds light on how Haredi Hebrew differs from ‘general’ Israeli Hebrew and how these differences reflect linguistic perceptions and socio-cultural values that distinguish Haredim from the broader Israeli population. In addition to demonstrating the intricate interplay between language and society, analysis offers insight into the dynamic nature of Hebrew language evolution.

The Role Of Arabic Language And Its Impact In Improving Education Among Children

The research dealt with an important topic that is related to humanity in general and children In particular, it is the role of knowing the Arabic language in increasing the linguistic perception of children because they are like a seed. In growing up, their tongues must be straightened in a way that increases their linguistic balance, because of the importance of acquiring wealth Linguistic makes him recognize all literary and non-literary texts, relie in this study onThe effect of stories on linguistic behavior and the importance of children's knowledge of language in simplified and smooth ways Including stories and tales, and stories are considered a means of desire to increase linguistic wealth In addition to the growth of cognitive stimulation and the development of their knowledge of the originality of the Arabic language and literature in a way Special, and add to that also that the child becomes more familiar with the Arab culture and has a queen Artistic taste for intellectual output.

Linguistic Perceptions of Irish English in Nineteenth-century Emigrant Letters

In this paper we look at the real voices of Irish English speakers in the nineteenth century. By turning to the Corpus of Irish English Correspondence (McCafferty & Amador-Moreno, 2012), we analyse the perceptions that letter writers had of their own language use. We apply a micro-perspective analysis to the language of John Kerr, an Irish emigrant to America, in his letters to his uncle James Graham of Newpark (Co. Antrim, N. Ireland). We examine Kerr’s incisive comment on language use alongside metacommentary found in different Late Modern works, including dictionaries, essays on Irish English, as well as contemporary fictional representations of the variety of English spoken in Ireland during this period. Through this small batch of letters, we explore how the real voices of Irish English speakers echoed an enregistered Irish repertoire that may have raised awareness shaping their perceptions of their own dialect.

К вопросу о сущности юридического приоритета

The author makes one of the first attempts to determine the essence of the phenomenon of “legal priority” not only from the perspective of individual forms of its manifestation, but also through the prism of the philosophy of law, linguistic perception of this phenomenon, as well as the doctrinal positions and normative implementation that exist about it. The modern political and legal concept of objectification of legal priority in public relations is analyzed, on the basis of which it is concluded that it is positioned in two projections: as a preference, i. e. the most desirable regulatory option for the state and society, as well as a legal advantage, i. e. a specific model for improving the legal status of the subject. It is proved that legal priority acts as a means of differentiation and hierarchical construction of various elements of the legal system. The author substantiates the significance of the values that are positioned by the author as a formal legal and moral-ethical criterion for establishing legal priority in legal regulation. The conclusion is made about the need for a full-fledged, general theoretical study of legal priority, the formation of its doctrinal concept.

Feature-driven new sound category formation: computational implementation with the L2LP model and beyond

One of the primary questions of second language (L2) acquisition research is how a new sound category is formed to allow for an L2 contrast that does not exist in the learner's first language (L1). Most models rely crucially on perceived (dis)similarities between L1 and L2 sounds, but a precise definition of what constitutes “similarity” has long proven elusive. The current study proposes that perceived cross-linguistic similarities are based on feature-level representations, not segmental categories. We investigate how L1 Japanese listeners learn to establish a new category for L2 American English /æ/ through a perception experiment and computational, phonological modeling. Our experimental results reveal that intermediate-level Japanese learners of English perceive /æ/ as an unusually fronted deviant of Japanese /a/. We implemented two versions of the Second Language Linguistic Perception (L2LP) model with Stochastic Optimality Theory—one mapping acoustic cues to segmental categories and another to features—and compared their simulated learning results to the experimental results. The segmental model was theoretically inadequate as it was unable explain how L1 Japanese listeners notice the deviance of /æ/ from /a/ in the first place, and was also practically implausible because the predicted overall perception patterns were too native English-like compared to real learners' perception. The featural model, however, showed that the deviance of /æ/ could be perceived due to an ill-formed combination of height and backness features, namely */low, front/. The featural model, therefore, reflected the experimental results more closely, where a new category was formed for /æ/ but not for other L2 vowels /ɛ/, /ʌ/, and /ɑ/, which although acoustically deviate from L1 /e/, /a/, and /o/, are nonetheless featurally well-formed in L1 Japanese, namely /mid, front/, /low, central/, and /mid, back/. The benefits of a feature-based approach for L2LP and other L2 models, as well as future directions for extending the approach, are discussed.

Migration, language, and variation: the challenge of foreign speakers to detect Italian linguistic varieties

In the last decades, Italy has been affected by new migratory waves which enriched its varied sociolinguistic landscape. If on one hand Italy has been dealing with the integration of new immigrants in the society, on the other foreign immigrants need to cope with the extreme sociolinguistic complexity which defines the Italian linguistic reality. The present study aims to examine how foreign speakers perceive regional linguistic variation of Italy. A perceptive experiment was conducted on 44 foreign respondents to test their linguistic perception of six regional Italian varieties. Results showed that Italian’s explicit learning helps linguistic comprehension, but it is not enough to grasp differences between regional varieties of Italian, and this could cause comprehension difficulties for the unrepresented varieties in Italian language programs. We suggest that the enhancement of Italian regional varieties’ representation could foster new immigrants’ integration in the welcome society.

EU−Africa: Digital and Social Questions in a Multicultural Agroecological Transition for the Cocoa Production in Africa

The challenge of this century is without a doubt to counter global warming. Land management, agriculture, and forests are responsible for 23% of total greenhouse gases (GHGs). In developing countries, such as those in African territories, where economic capacities are sometimes small and socio-cultural and linguistic perceptions are different, this requires a transition that is just and respectful of local culture and language, while at the same time helping to create labor conditions that respect gender and minors. This article describes a socio-technical ecological transition in the cocoa chain production in Côte d’Ivoire, which is not only the world’s leading producer of cocoa beans (45%) but also one of the African countries most prone to deforestation. Linguistic and multicultural aspects come together in Côte d’Ivoire, where more than 70 local languages are spoken. Intelligent digital approaches, agroecological issues, new methods, and sociocultural questions are embedded in a context of collaboration and co-creation, a living lab approach, to ensures sharing and co-creation among NGOs, farmers, companies, and researchers. A framework of socio-technical transition is presented, and this research aims to not only achieve the goals of a just ecological transition and reduce carbon footprint and deforestations but also to create diverse labour conditions, gender respect and inclusion.

TODAY’S ISSUES OF IDENTIFYING AND CLASSIFUING TERMINOLOGY IN ALBANIAN EDUCATION

The paper aims to elaborate the terminology features in general and the links between the terminology of the various diciplines of knowledge, the way of its formation, its development and its shaping. For this purpose the paper refers to a terminology dictionary in the dicipline of education. Numerous developments in the dicipline of education and numerous reforms in it have made possible not only changes in the context of national strategies, but also an enrichment and expansion of terminology in this area. The terminology of education in the last decades has to be seen as a lexicon-semantic and grammatical development. Based on these lexical journals, the compilation of dictionaries in this dicipline has become more necessary than ever based on the needs of educators and students to recognize and use this terminology. The paper intends to elaborate:• The linguistic perception of terminology in education, by addressing terminological explanations, semantic phenomena of terminological systems, and its links with polysemony, homonymy, synonymy, antonymia, etc.• Applying terminology to education by studying both form and content.For the realization of the work, we have relied on a variety of theoretical literature such as the “Fjalor termash në edukim” work by authors Mimoza Gjokutaj, Irida Hoti, Drita Kadriu. Also terminological materials were used in dictionaries and publications published in the dicipline of education over the years.

Arabic Ontology: Linguistic Engineering Foundations

This scientific intervention aims to raise the issue of the automatic processing of natural languages. Especially at its levels related to ontological studies, enabling the machine to recognize information and invest it accurately, beyond the constraints of semantic ambiguity is considered a scientific challenge. This would not be possible without relying on the contextual detection process of linguistic engineering, which is based on a hybrid approach that combines both statistical and linguistic methods. It is an approach that falls within the context of platform linguistics, or what is termed "fourth-generation linguistics", a natural outgrowth of the digital revolution, based on its horizontal extension in various domains and fields of knowledge, thus establishing a new indicative model in which platforms with linguistic and computer interact. In this context, the associative aspects within the compositional linguistic perceptions are a focal point in operating research operations that fall within the automatic processing of natural language, given the nature of its theoretical and methodological architecture with an empirical inductive basis. It also enables the building of computer platforms by preparing morphological, synthetic, semantic, and pragmatic analyzers. Investing in the advanced technological tools provided by the artificial intelligence system; especially in its aspects related to machine learning, deep learning, and neural network; will enable the provision of a linguistic platform capable of developing paths of teaching the Arabic language to non-native speakers.

The Effects of Different Positions of Visual Aids on Memorization

As scientists researched how to improve people's memory, they found that visuals stick in people's brains stronger than words do. Nevertheless, the question is how can we arrange the visual aids so the position of the visual aids is effective in improving memory. An experiment is conducted using Psychopy. The participants are going to memorize words and do a simple recognition task. The different position of visual aid is the altered variable between the 3 experiment groups. The results show a strong correlation between visual and linguistic perception. In the future, this experiment can be taken further deeper into this topic, or people can apply the results in real life.

Argumentative of Dialogue of Abu Hayyan Al-Tawhidi (The Sixth Night of the Book of Enjoyment and Sociability as an Applied Model)

Argumentative studies are among the most important studies that investigate the relationship of discourse with the recipient in terms of influence and persuasion. There was a need to research the argumentative discourse mechanisms in order to know the intent of the discourse as a message that includes persuasive and influential dimensions. The argumentative view of the discourse goes beyond the aesthetic goal to the affective element through the communicative goal of the discourse, and also devotes rhetorical and artistic aesthetics to the formulation of influence and persuasion and highlighting it in the discourse. Argumentation is one of the most important means for the speaker to convey his perceptions to the recipient, relying on a number of mechanisms that contribute to achieving his goals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the mechanisms of argumentation of AlTawhidi in his book enjoyment and sociability, through an applied study for one sample,which is the sixth night; that dealt comparison between Arabs and Persians, relying on contemporary linguistic perceptions of the concept of pilgrims and its various mechanisms, the research is based on an applied textual study that attempts to reveal the reservoirs of ingenuity in arguing with the Persian other in a language based on argument and proof in presenting the monotheistic point of view defending the Arabs. The study discussed the mechanisms of Al-Tawhidi in justifying his argumentation in the studied sample; And the methods that he followed in forming an argumentative image are based on evidence and proof. The study adopted the analytical descriptive approach as a systematic path of applied research on the sixth night of enjoyment and sociability by examining the argumentative mechanisms adopted by Al-Tawhidi in defending the Arabs. These mechanisms have emerged in several methods of question and answer, and discussion of the issues, adopting the method of luring in order to reach the results. In addition to the method of measurement and presentation of evidence, the importance of argumentative mechanisms appeared in diversifying the method of presenting issues for discussion with multiple mechanisms that contributed to providing a communicative environment for discourse so that it was not confined to one side, but was interactive, which gave the results reached by al-Tawhidi a greater influential and persuasive value. An effective argumentative value also emerged for the linguistic mechanisms on which the discourse was based in the studied sample, in addition to investing the Japanese and artistic mechanisms in formulating the influential discourse in the formation of the argumentative discourse. The applied study of the pilgrims in the enjoyment and sociability of the sixth night is a model that gives an integrated picture of the contribution made by the pilgrims studies in studying the mechanisms of influence and persuasion in the traditional discourse in Arabic literature. The study concluded several findings, such as; the appearance of the argumentative structure in the text studied in two forms: the first: in which Al-Tawhidi appeared as a narrator and transmitter, as he questioned the heritage and conveyed what he heard in his style and method. The second: Al-Tawhidi appeared in it as an interlocutor and an argument that pushes the opponent's statements through various argumentative tools and methods. Keywords: Argumentation, Dialogue, Al-Tawhidi, Sixth night, Enjoyment and sociability.

Музыка и язык: мышление–восприятие–практика

The article aims to shed light on some recent empirical neuroscience and psychology researches, which target music perception and cognition. The explosive growth of data collected and the measurement preciseness should correlate with the clarity of conclusions made on their basis. However, for the skilled music practitioners, such correlation is not obvious. The author propose a definition of the term musician, based on the concept of musical cognitive status. The purpose is to provide the adequate support and refinement of the experiment design procedures for the cross-disciplinary researches, dealing with selection of music stimuli material, conceptual theoretical foundations, and cultural-dependent cognitive backgrounds of the participants. The author considers that music cognition of performers is framed by the specific music idea, represented in the acoustically certain sound image, transformed to the appropriate gesture. This clear image is generated successfully when the performer has a clear artistic idea of musical sense and content. The specific types of perception determine the content-consuming habits. The degree of perceptual accessibility of sounding musical phenomena is also determined by the peculiarities of both musical and linguistic perception matrix, rooted in culture. In order to avoid the waste of research resources, author considers several investigation paths, coming from the methodology of philosophic anthropology, focused on the cultural and language-dependent dimension of music discourse.

Development of perceptual similarity and discriminability: the perception of Russian phonemes by Chinese learners

This study explored the perceptual assimilation and discrimination of Russian phonemes by three groups of Chinese listeners with differing Russian learning experience. A perceptual assimilation task (PAT) and a perceptual discrimination test (PDT) were conducted to investigate if/how L1-L2 perceptual similarity would vary as a function of increased learning experience, and the development of assimilation-discrimination relations. The PAT was analyzed via assimilation rates, dispersion K' values, goodness ratings and assimilation patterns. Results revealed an intriguing phenomenon that the perceived Mandarin-Russian similarity first increased from naïve listeners to intermediate learners and then decreased slightly in relatively advanced learners. This suggests that L1-L2 perceptual similarity is subject to learning experience and could follow a potential "rise and fall" developmental pattern. The PDT results were mostly in line with the assimilation-discrimination correspondence with more experience bringing out better discriminability in general. Yet the overall sensitivity d' values from the Chinese groups were relatively low, implying acoustic/articulatory effects on L2 discriminability aside from perceptual assimilation. The results were discussed under the frameworks of L2 Perceptual Assimilation Model, Speech Learning Model and L2 Linguistic Perception Model.

Multilingualism in Sao Tomé and Principe: Use of Subtitling Approach

Summary Sao Tome and Principe (STP) is a developing country where several languages coexist, although only one of them, Portuguese, serves as the official language. The rest of the languages are limited to private use and many of them are at risk of disappearing. As a pilot experiment to find formulas for the preservation of these languages, this work takes Forro Creole as a reference. Forro is no longer transmitted from parents to children, nor is it studied in schools, and it is mainly the elderly who maintain it. At the same time, elders form a social group that suffers abandonment and discrimination from their community. In this context, we wondered whether subtitling would be useful to preserve and promote Forro Creole and to contribute to the integration of the elderly into society; what the linguistic perceptions of Forro-speaking elderly and non-elderly Santomeans are; and, finally, what experts in International Cooperation (IC), Audiovisual Translation (TAV) and Linguistic Cooperation (LC) think of the possibilities of subtitling in this area. The results show the participants’ perception of Forro, the situation of elders and subtitling, and lead to a final proposal: the recording of videos in Forro, subtitled in Portuguese and aimed at children whose protagonists would be elders who would encourage Forro learning and the ancestral culture through stories or songs that could be screened in schools or in the communities as a mobile cinema.

Colour Terms in Five Linguistic Images of the World: The Semantic Perspective

Social and cultural factors shape the linguistic perception of colour. At the same time, colour terms co-create the linguistic image of the world, which allows us to interpret reality and profile our statements and beliefs. This paper presents six basic colour terms: white, black, red, green, yellow, and blue (both as adjectives and as nouns) in the five different linguistic images of the world of the following languages: English, French, Italian, Polish, and Japanese. The methodological framework is based on cultural linguistics theory and the basis of semantics. The study explores denotative and connotative meanings of colour terms with their collocations. The data gathered from monolingual, bilingual, collocation, and phraseological dictionaries is analysed from the lexical-semantic point of view. The paper discusses semantic differences between contrasting cultures, especially in the blue-green and red lexis. Simultaneously, the findings point to transcultural and global aspects of colour meanings. Both the contexts of cultural diversity and of geographic location are emphasised in the colour semantics. Colours as linguistic signs can specify and categorise reality in terms of feelings, mental attitudes, or sensual reactions. The examined words also refer to location, nature, and the human body. The study shows that colour terms are multifunctional units in the linguistic image of the world, both in terms of the analysed languages separately and as an illustration of the cultural community of different ethnic languages.

Explaining L2 Lexical Learning in Multiple Scenarios: Cross-Situational Word Learning in L1 Mandarin L2 English Speakers.

Adults commonly struggle with perceiving and recognizing the sounds and words of a second language (L2), especially when the L2 sounds do not have a counterpart in the learner's first language (L1). We examined how L1 Mandarin L2 English speakers learned pseudo English words within a cross-situational word learning (CSWL) task previously presented to monolingual English and bilingual Mandarin-English speakers. CSWL is ambiguous because participants are not provided with direct mappings of words and object referents. Rather, learners discern word-object correspondences through tracking multiple co-occurrences across learning trials. The monolinguals and bilinguals tested in previous studies showed lower performance for pseudo words that formed vowel minimal pairs (e.g., /dit/-/dɪt/) than pseudo word which formed consonant minimal pairs (e.g., /bɔn/-/pɔn/) or non-minimal pairs which differed in all segments (e.g., /bɔn/-/dit/). In contrast, L1 Mandarin L2 English listeners struggled to learn all word pairs. We explain this seemingly contradicting finding by considering the multiplicity of acoustic cues in the stimuli presented to all participant groups. Stimuli were produced in infant-directed-speech (IDS) in order to compare performance by children and adults and because previous research had shown that IDS enhances L1 and L2 acquisition. We propose that the suprasegmental pitch variation in the vowels typical of IDS stimuli might be perceived as lexical tone distinctions for tonal language speakers who cannot fully inhibit their L1 activation, resulting in high lexical competition and diminished learning during an ambiguous word learning task. Our results are in line with the Second Language Linguistic Perception (L2LP) model which proposes that fine-grained acoustic information from multiple sources and the ability to switch between language modes affects non-native phonetic and lexical development.

Natural language report of the composting process status using linguistic perception

The paper presents an automated system to report the evolution of a process in natural language expressions, analyzing wireless sensor data with process patterns by the linguistic description of complex phenomena approach. An implemented system generates reports of the composting process using the temperature measured in the core of a compost pile regarding the temperature pattern during the composting phases. The linguistic reports include sentences about the current status, trend, and behavior of the composting process. The automated system posts each linguistic report via a messaging app, such as Twitter, allowing instant and continuous communication with authorized users on mobile devices. The resulting expressions show that this real-time linguistic report system is a suitable and practical framework to inform users of the process evolution, in preference and complement to a database or graph tools, supporting the users to make decisions for processes that require proper data-interpretation-based supervision.

Sketching the Landscape of Speech Perception Research (2000-2020): A Bibliometric Study.

Based on 6,407 speech perception research articles published between 2000 and 2020, a bibliometric analysis was conducted to identify leading countries, research institutes, researchers, research collaboration networks, high impact research articles, central research themes and trends in speech perception research. Analysis of highly cited articles and researchers indicated three foundational theoretical approaches to speech perception, that is the motor theory, the direct realism and the computational approach as well as four non-native speech perception models, that is the Speech Learning Model, the Perceptual Assimilation Model, the Native Language Magnet model, and the Second Language Linguistic Perception model. Citation networks, term frequency analysis and co-word networks revealed several central research topics: audio-visual speech perception, spoken word recognition, bilingual and infant/child speech perception and learning. Two directions for future research were also identified: (1) speech perception by clinical populations, such as hearing loss children with cochlear implants and speech perception across lifespan, including infants and aged population; (2) application of neurocognitive techniques in investigating activation of different brain regions during speech perception. Our bibliometric analysis can facilitate research advancements and future collaborations among linguists, psychologists and brain scientists by offering a bird view of this interdisciplinary field.

Reflection of the traditional grammar on the the third circle

This research is an attempt to analyze and show the perceptions of the traditional grammar, to identify the traditional grammar and clarify its principles and perceptions. The beginning of the realization of linguistic thought has existed through time in some forms, but it did not appear as an independent field of studying, as the traditional grammar held some conceptions with some methods, was used to analyze linguistic rules and was of great benefit to linguistics. After linguistics came to be known as an independent field of study, many shortcomings and flaws were emerged, and the traditional grammar received a lot of criticisms, which caused the emergence of many schools, theories and linguistic perceptions. But that does not mean that the attempts of the ancient linguists should not be taken into consideration or underestimating their efforts, especially in terms of grammar structure and linguistic rules, as they have taken giant strides and their attempts have become the basis and foundation for the research of linguists.