Iconicity, the resemblance between form of a word and its meaning, has effects on behavior in both communicative symbol development language learning experiments. These results have invited speculation about iconicity being key feature origins language, yet presence natural languages seems limited. In diachronic study change, we investigated extent to which is stable property vocabulary, alongs...

language teacher assessment, like many aspects of second language teacher education, is changing. to understand factors that are driving the change, such as work of teaching generally, language teaching in particular, and the role of teachers’ knowledge in teaching, this study examined language teacher assessment schemes across the globe. the aim was to arrive at a set of shared beliefs, attitu...