Across three studies, we investigated whether 4-year-olds would trust a previously reliable informant when learning novel morphological forms. In Experiment 1, children (N= 16) were presented with two informants: one who correctly named familiar objects and another who named them incorrectly. Children were invited to turn to these informants when learning novel labels and morphological forms. T...

This study investigates F0, intensity and duration as acoustic parameters for the perception changing their relative weight, according to the perceptual development. Four groups – native Japanese who have studied German for one year at the Department of German, native Germans who don’t understand Japanese, Japanese students who had lived in Germany for more than one year, and German students wh...

The present study investigates prosodic variation as realized by L2 speakers of varying pronunciation ability in comparison with native speakers of English. The results demonstrate the distribution of the rising contours on both the phonological (ToBI frequencies) and phonetic (values for six parameters of the F0 curve) levels. The rising contours and pitch accents have a wider distribution in ...

In two experiments, children aged 3, 4 and 5 years (N = 61) were given conflicting information about the names and functions of novel objects by two informants, one a familiar teacher, the other an unfamiliar teacher. On pre-test trials, all three age groups invested more trust in the familiar teacher. They preferred to ask for information and to endorse the information that she supplied. In a ...

Abstract Previous research has documented cross-linguistic influence in L2 grammatical gender acquisition and use. However, it remains unclear what role previously learned languages play assignment beyond L2. To address this question, we created a timed decision task with which tested two groups of L1 Polish university students Swedish as an additional language: 65 English/L3 students, 52 Germa...

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Case Description- Hypospadias and testicular agenesis were described in this clinical report in two German shepherd puppies presented with a history of lethargy, anorexia, dysuria, urinary incontinence, severe urine scald dermatitis and pyoderma in the abdominal area. Clinical Findings- Clinical examinations revealed incomplete development of the external...