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  1. 1. An Account of Lucumí : An Investigation into the Yoruboid Origin of Lucumí

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Axel Antonio Cropelli Zuaznabar; [2023]
    Keywords : Language Contact; Language Death; Yoruba; Spanish; Historical Linguistics; Latino-American Studies; Phonology.;

    Abstract : In the following thesis, an analysis of the fundamental aspects of Lucumí phonology and word-formation will be presented with the aim of determining the extent to which this liturgical language is related to Standard Yoruba. Additionally, this thesis will provide an overview of selected socio-cultural and historical factors pertaining to the environment in which Lucumí developed. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring the effect of stimulus list composition on the Cognate Facilitation Effect in bilingual lexical decision : A study of Danish-Swedish bilinguals

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för svenska och flerspråkighet

    Author : Revekka Christina Anagnostopoulou; [2022]
    Keywords : Cognate facilitation effect; cognates; interlingual homographs; stimulus list composition; BIA ; Age of Acquisition; lexical decision; bilingualism;

    Abstract : Cognate words have a shared orthographic and semantic representation across languages: kniv (‘knife’) in Danish means the same as kniv in Swedish. Their shared form and meaning give cognates a special status in the bilingual mental lexicon and there is robust evidence that because of this special status they are processed faster than non-cognate words. READ MORE

  4. 3. Cognate effects in intra-sentential codeswitching in trilinguals - evidence from a read-aloud task

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Annika Milena Schimpff; [2021]
    Keywords : cognates; codeswitching; read-aloud task; language processing; language activation; speech monitoring; planned speech production; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the effect of cognates on codeswitching in planned speech production in trilinguals, which has previously been unexplored. Previous studies on cognates and codeswitching have primarily focused on cognate facilitation effects in spontaneous speech in bilinguals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bilingual Lexical Access in Reading : Analyzing the Effect of Semantic Context on Non-Selective Access in Bilingual Memory

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Mattias Kurnik; [2016]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; Lexical access; Non-selectivity; Reading; Sentence context; Cognates; Eye-tracking.; Tvåspråkighet; lexikal åtkomst; icke-selektivitet; läsning; meningskontext; kognater; eye-tracking.;

    Abstract : Recent empirical studies about the neurological executive nature of reading in bilinguals differ in their evaluations of the degree of selective manifestation in lexical access as implicated by data from early and late reading measures in the eye-tracking paradigm. Currently two scenarios are plausible: (1) Lexical access in reading is fundamentally language non-selective and top-down effects from semantic context can influence the degree of selectivity in lexical access; (2) Cross-lingual lexical activation is actuated via bottom-up processes without being affected by top-down effects from sentence context. READ MORE

  6. 5. An Arabic Hebrew Comparative Study of Genesis 1-3

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Daniel Norén; [2012-02-06]
    Keywords : genesis 1-3; arabic hebrew; comparative study; cognates;

    Abstract : This paper aims to study how much the ancient Hebrew language in Genesis 1-3 statistically concurs with modern Arabic by identifying Hebrew and Arabic cognates (with a limit to verbs, nouns and adjectives) within the text. To see how well those common cognates are used today, the study will investigate how well they are used in two popular Arabic translations, Smith & Van-Dyke and the Book of Life. READ MORE