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Is it easier to use one language variety at a time, or mix them? An investigation of voluntary language switching with bidialectals Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Previous language production research with bidialectals has provided evidence for similar language control processes as during bilingual language production. In the current study, we aimed to further investigate this claim by examining bidialectals with a voluntary language switching paradigm. Research with bilinguals performing the voluntary language switching paradigm has consistently shown two effects. First, the cost of switching languages, ...
Exploring classifier combinations for language variety identification Universiteit Antwerpen
This paper describes CLiPS’s submissions for the Discriminating between Dutch and Flemish in Subtitles (DFS) shared task at VarDial 2018. We explore different ways to combine classifiers trained on different feature groups. Our best system uses two Linear SVM classifiers; one trained on lexical features (word n-grams) and one trained on syntactic features (PoS n-grams). The final prediction for a document to be in Flemish Dutch or Netherlandic ...
Seeking systematicity in variation : theoretical and methodological considerations on the “variety” concept Universiteit Gent
One centennial discussion in linguistics concerns whether languages, or linguistic systems, are, essentially, homogeneous or rather show “structured heterogeneity.” In this contribution, the question is addressed whether and how sociolinguistically defined systems (or ‘varieties’) are to be distinguished in a heterogeneous linguistic landscape: to what extent can structure be found in the myriads of language variants heard in everyday language ...
Contact influence in the Tjhauba variety of Kgalagadi Universiteit Gent
Tjhauba, spoken in northwestern Botswana, is a regional variety of the Bantu language Kgalagadi. Tjhauba exhibits a number of striking linguistic differences with respect to other, previously described Kgalagadi varieties, some the result of language-internal changes, but mostly due to contact with different surrounding Khoisan and Bantu languages. Making use of newly collected field data, this paper shows that Tjhauba has an extensive inventory ...
A grammar sketch of the Shetjhauba variety of Shekgalagadi Universiteit Gent
Shekgalagadi is an endangered Bantu language of the Sotho cluster spoken in Botswana. While it is known that the language shows extensive regional variation, very little documentation exists of smaller, more remote varieties. This paper provides a first ever description of the northern-most Shekgalagadi variety known as Shetjhauba, spoken along the Okavango panhandle close to the Namibian border. Using original field data, I provide a ...
Turkish in the Netherlands : development of a new variety? Universiteit Gent
The role of gestures in the transition from one- to two-word speech in a variety of children with intellectual disabilities KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Over the past decades the links between gesture and language have become intensively studied. For example, the emergence of requesting and commenting gestures has been found to signal the onset of intentional communication. Furthermore, in typically developing children, gestures play a transitional role in the acquisition of early lexical and syntactic milestones. Previous research has demonstrated that, particularly supplementary, ...
Case-dependence of level-based idea space variety for Systematic Biologically-Inspired Design KU Leuven
As Biologically-Inspired Design is receiving more and more attention, methodologies and tools are developed to support the systematic bio-ideation process. However, few experiments have been conducted that objectively measure the impact of bio-ideation methods or tools on the design outcomes of creativity efforts. This paper investigates the impact of two biological stimuli conditions – using short natural-language descriptions accompanied by a ...