Volume 29 (2007), KWPL

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Language Contact and Language Conflict: The Case of Yoruba-English Bilinguals

Dada, S. A. (University of Kansas. Linguistics Graduate Student Association, 2007-01-01)

The complex dynamics of a language contact situation can really not be explored in just one paper. Thus, the present paper examines only an aspect of the Yoruba-English contact situation with regards to the individual ...
Does "reading" develop "phonological awareness" in Down's syndrome?

Mishra, Ramesh Kumar (University of Kansas. Linguistics Graduate Student Association, 2007-01-01)

The casual connection between learning to read and metaphonological awareness has been a much-researched but controversial issue. It has been argued extensively that phonological awareness is crucial for literacy development, ...
Distinguishing between the aspectual categories '(a)telic', '(im)perfective' and '(non)bounded'

Declerck, Renaat (University of Kansas. Linguistics Graduate Student Association, 2007-01-01)

The linguistic literature often makes use of the terms '(im)perfective', '(a)telic' and/or '(non)bounded' (as well as other terms like 'terminative', 'conclusive', etc.). However, there is a lot of confusion about the ...
Two aspects of productivity in Taiwanese Double Reduplication

Zhang, Jie; Lai, Yuwen (University of Kansas. Linguistics Graduate Student Association, 2007-01-01)

Monosyllabic adjectives can undergo double reduplication in Taiwanese to mark intensification. We argue in this paper that the phonological analysis for the tonal patterns of Taiwanese double reduplication relies on three ...
A Systematic Account of Negation in Koreans from a Diachronic Point of View

Kim, Taeho (University of Kansas. Linguistics Graduate Student Association, 2007-01-01)

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