Historically, typesetting languages have been designed for the entry of text. An embedded command language has since become important, indeed essential, but has remained a second-class citizen, sometimes masquerading as text, invariably clumsy and inadequate. We have designed a language that is a full-function programming language with embedded text. This shift in emphasis results in a level of...

This paper presents a comparative evaluation of metrics for the quantification of speech rhythm, comparing pairwise variability indices (nPVI-V and rPVI-C) and interval measures (DV, DC, %V), together with rate-normalised interval measures (VarcoV and VarcoC). First, we examined how well these metrics discriminated ‘‘stress-timed’’ English and Dutch and ‘‘syllable-timed’’ Spanish and French. Me...

The processing of homonyms is complex considering homonyms have many lexical properties. For instance, train contains semantic (a locomotive/to instruct) and syntactic (noun/verb) properties, each affecting interpretation. Previous studies find homonym processing influenced by lexical frequency (Duffy et al., 1988) as well as syntactic and semantic context (Folk & Morris, 2003; Swinney, 1979; T...

Background. The effectiveness of oral corrective feedback (OCF) in language learning is influenced by learners' comprehension and response to various OCF techniques. Therefore, it essential for teachers consider preferences strategies.
 Purpose. This quantitative study aimed investigate the Thai as a foreign (TFL) learners ten commonly discussed types OCF. Specifically, examined whether th...