Research in Language: Recent submissions
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Pitch Patterns in Vocal Expression of “Happiness” and “Sadness” in the Reading Aloud of Prose on the Basis of Selected Audiobooks
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-02-04)The primary focus of this paper is to examine the way the emotional categories of “happiness” and “sadness” are expressed vocally in the reading aloud of prose. In particular, the two semantic categories were analysed in ... -
The Interaction of Yer Deletion and Nasal Assimilation in Optimality Theory1
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-02-04)The problem of opacity presents a challenge for generative phonology. This paper examines the process of Nasal Assimilation in Polish rendered opaque by the process of Vowel Deletion in Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky, ... -
Phonological Factors Affecting L1 Phonetic Realization of Proficient Polish Users of English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2016-02-04)Acoustic phonetic studies examine the L1 of Polish speakers with professional level proficiency in English. The studies include two tasks, a production task carried out entirely in Polish and a phonetic code-switching task ... -
Speech Melody Properties in English, Czech and Czech English: Reference and Interference
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)Two major objectives were set for the present study: to provide reference data for the description of Czech and English F0 contours, and to investigate the limits of the ‘interference hypothesis’ on Czech English data. ... -
Good English Pronunciation Users and their Pronunciation Learning Strategies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)The study investigates pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) deployed by those with good English pronunciation, as well as their beliefs concerning the variables that affect pronunciation competence. In order to collect ... -
Monitoring English Sandhi Linking – A Study of Polish Listeners’ L2 Perception
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)This paper presents a set of word monitoring experiments with Polish learners of English. Listeners heard short recordings of native English speech, and were instructed to respond when they recognized an English target ... -
Computational Approaches to Exploring Persian-Accented English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)Methods involving phonetic speech recognition are discussed for detecting Persian-accented English. These methods offer promise for both the identification and mitigation of L2 pronunciation errors. Pronunciation errors, ... -
On how Happy Polish Advanced EFL Learners Are with Happy-Tensing
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)This paper aims at investigating the production of happY vowel by advanced Polish learners of English. Although happY tensing has become a regular feature of mainstream RP, it is not explicitly taught at English philologies ... -
Production of L3 Vowels: Is it Possible to Separate them from L1 and L2 Sounds?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)It is incontrovertible that acquisition of a sound system of a second language is always a complex phenomenon and presents a great challenge for L2 learners (e.g. Rojczyk, 2010a). There are numerous studies (e.g. Nowacka, ... -
Changes in Received Pronunciation: Diachronic Case Studies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)This paper sets out to investigate changes and individual irregularities in the Received Pronunciation of a number of individuals over time and to compare them with the changes noted in contemporary RP in the literature. ... -
Smoothie or Fruit Salad? Learners’ Descriptions of Accents as Windows to Concept Formation
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-07-10)This paper explores the linguistically naive descriptions which one set of EFL learners provided when identifying and describing accents. First and second-year English majors at a French university were asked to do two ... -
Paula Meehan’s Cell: The Imprisoned Dialogue of Female Discourses
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-06-15)The paper discusses Paula Mehan’s play Cell with focus on the female discourses present in the context of this literary work and the multifold metaphorisation that both the title of the work and the contents invite. The ... -
Measuring Syntactic Complexity in Spoken and Written Learner Language: Comparing the Incomparable?
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-06-15)Spoken and written language are two modes of language. When learners aim at higher skill levels, the expected outcome of successful second language learning is usually to become a fluent speaker and writer who can produce ... -
What is the ‘Future’ of Greek? Towards a Pragmatic Analysis
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-06-15)The paper investigates the problems related to futurity and modality in modern Greek. The discussion of Greek temporal future expressions is conducted with reference to relevant literature from the areas of English ... -
Degrees of Propositionality in Construals of Time Quantities1
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-06-15)The paper investigates the possible conceptual bases of differences between seemingly synonymous and easily definable temporal expressions. Looking at the usage patterns of nominal temporal phrases in reference corpora of ... -
Tenses, Dates and Times*
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-06-15)This paper presents a theory of utterance content that is neutral with respect to some of the key issues in the debate about the proper semantics of tense. Elaborating on some ideas from Korta & Perry (2011), we defend a ... -
Inclusion, Contrast and Polysemy in Dictionaries: The Relationship between Theory, Language Use and Lexicographic Practice
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2015-06-15)This paper explores the lexicographic representation of a type of polysemy that arises when the meaning of one lexical item can either include or contrast with the meaning of another, as in the case of dog/bitch, shoe/boot, ... -
Fluctuations in Learners’ Willingness to Communicate During Communicative Task Performance: Conditions and Tendencies
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-15)A person’s willingness to communicate (WTC), believed to stem from a combination of proximal and distal variables comprising psychological, linguistic, educational and communicative dimensions of language, appears to be a ... -
Gemination Strategies in L1 And English Pronunciation of Polish Learners
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-15)Polish is a language where true geminates appear and the occurrence of a double consonant letter in spelling corresponds with double or at least prolonged consonant articulation regardless of the morphological structure ... -
The Influence of Attention to Language Form on the Production of Weak Forms by Polish Learners of English
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2014-10-15)The paper discusses a study whose aim was to examine the impact of attention to language form and task type on the realisation of English function words by Polish learners of English. An additional goal was to investigate ...