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 are the strategies employed in teaching Integrated English?

Integrated English is the approach of teaching English and Literature as related subjects with a view of enriching each other. For example, literary texts can be used in enhancing the learner's...

02 March 2016 2,150 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

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

Can you suggest a good domain identification tool?

I am working on a project to identify sensitive information from text and I am looking into the below categories: -adult content -health -politics -crime Can someone suggest an open source tool...

16 February 2021 4,844 4 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

What is the appropriate role of memorization in foreign language teaching?

Research in FLT has always been concerned with the role of memory in learning and the relationship between memorization and learning.

04 February 2021 2,202 5 View

Can anyone help to convert ODK XLS into XML?

We want to conduct a verbal autopsy using WHO adult VA updated tools in ODK. The current version of WHO adult verbal autopsy tools is v1.5.3. I have successfully converted VA ODK-XLS v1.4 into XML...

03 February 2021 844 2 View

Participation in questionnaire for PhD Thesis, any English, Chinese or Spanish speakers?

Hello! I am looking for Spanish, English and Chinese native speakers to participate in my final survey for my PhD thesis. https://claudiomastrangelo4.wixsite.com/phdlinguist1/research This is...

01 February 2021 4,177 10 View

What contributions could be done in the medical emergency field based on voice recognition and NLP?

Hello, My research work focuses on the use of NLP and voice recognition for the medical emergency assistance. So I would appreciate it if you suggest me some contributions that could be done in...

27 January 2021 2,899 3 View

What is the difference between Online Teaching and Emergency Remote Teaching in terms of effectiveness?

Due to the pandemic crisis, institutions opted for an unplanned online teaching for the safety of its students. While some believe that emergency remote teaching is as effective as other types of...

26 January 2021 8,421 21 View

What is the dispersion relation in polycrystalline graphene?

Hi, We all know the dispersion relation for an ideal graphene in hexagonal lattice. Since graphene is polycrystalline by nature, assuming a perfect graphene crystals with average size La, nm...

24 January 2021 4,747 2 View

Where can I get Tamil Books Dataset and Tamil Poem Dataset?

I'm currently pursuing my degree in Artificial Intelligence. I'm interested in doing NLP in Tamil and I planned to do recommender systems for Tamil books and Poems. The problem is that I can't...

23 January 2021 1,106 4 View