Can a child who has not learned language as a result of seculution from the human society be able to learn sign language after the critical period?

The critical period is important in learning language by a human baby. It is during this period that the language acquisition device (LAD) is active for language learning. It is assumed that...

01 February 2020 3,217 3 View

What is linguistic genealogy? How can one establish such a genealogy?

That languages belong to some families.

03 April 2016 5,551 3 View

Are there most current studies on comparative linguistics and reconstruction?

Colleagues, kindly assist me with the most current reference materials on comparative linguistics and reconstruction. I am interested in the studies not more than five years old.

03 April 2016 9,225 1 View

What are the causes of phonological variations of related languages or dialects of the same language?

Genealogically, some languages may be attributed to a single source referred to as their proto-language. Similarly, dialects of the same language are related in a number of aspects but may differ...

03 April 2016 9,136 10 View

What is the best model of reconstructing protospeech?

Genealogically all human beings must have come from a single family; that of Adam and Eve or otherwise. The first human family must have used a single language from which all languages of the...

02 March 2016 5,168 0 View

What is the difference between first language, vernacular and mother tongue?

In the Kenyan context mother tongue is regarded as the language of the school catchment area. First language is regarded as the language acquired before none. Some vernaculars are mother tongues...

02 March 2016 4,226 9 View

What are the best strategies for teaching language to autistic learners?

Children suffering from autism have difficulties in language leaning.

01 February 2016 6,531 0 View

Are concepts of lengtheme, toneme and intoneme phonologically legitimate?

Length, tone and intonation can be distinctively used like phonemes, especially in the African languages. Therefore, they function as phonemes in such languages.

01 February 2016 4,588 4 View

What are some of the models for genealogical reconstruction of languages?

31 December 2015 9,609 15 View

Can someone send me information on the origin of Abaluhyia people?

Abaluhyia are Bantu people in western kenya.

31 December 2015 1,621 0 View

How can the use of Jolly Phonics improves the quality of reading, speaking and writing in rural disadvantaged communities in Papua New Guinea?

Jolly Phonics reading program is an effective way to teach early reading to young learners. How can lectures at the university prepare early childhood student teachers to teach Jolly Phonics to...

03 March 2021 3,731 3 View

Is there any rich, publicly available English literary corpus?

Hi everyone. I am looking for a rich corpus in English literature, a one which includes literary prose ( e.g., novels or short stories) . can anyone propose a good one? Best regards Fatemeh

01 March 2021 1,970 2 View

Centrality measures computation in Biblioshiny/ Vosviewer?

26 February 2021 7,279 2 View

RNA-seq DEGs downstream analysis and reporting in literature?

I used EdgeR to get the list of DEGs (differentially expressed genes) from my liver RNA-seq experiment. I have done the gene overrepresentation and GSEA based pathway analysis. I am currently...

23 February 2021 8,969 1 View

Do you consider undergoing a structure literature review / Meta analysis and getting numerical findings sort of quantitative method?

I am looking for a classification of the research methods included in literature review papers or Meta analysis ones .

22 February 2021 1,131 4 View

Which are the most recent implications of ESL Academic Discourse in language teaching?

Language teachers at UTP (Language Department) are increasingly interested in the role of academic papers in the development of language (English) teaching practices. Research papers in Academic...

22 February 2021 1,388 4 View

Which database is the most suitable for checking English bigrams frequency?

Which database is the most suitable for checking English bigrams frequency? We want to assess the frequency of different English graphemes. Most of the databases that we have checked seem to...

18 February 2021 4,565 3 View

Can I follow Researchers from Teaching and testing areas?

I want Researchers from Educational Measurement and Evaluation, relating to teaching, learning , academic performance and test validation

18 February 2021 4,757 13 View

Are you looking for a quality online conference on teaching and learning technology?

This large international conference will be held online this year due to COVID. I am submitting a paper to the Technology Enhanced Language Learning track (8). It is about a topic I have never...

15 February 2021 1,975 15 View

How to calculate ultraviolet dose in Gy or J/kg?

Currently I'm doing a literature review regarding the comparisons of different types of radiation such as uv, electron beam and gamma radiation. But I'm having a difficult time converting uv unit...

11 February 2021 7,642 3 View