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Parent & Child Communication Dynamics in Heritage Language Speakers

Communications

Jessica Nepomnyshy, Andrew Gerbs, Christabel Odoi Language is often considered a window into a culture, but what happens when that window starts to close? In many families, heritage language communication can be a complex and nuanced issue, especially when it comes to older and younger siblings. While the older generation may have grown up speaking […]

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Turning the Tables: Do Discourse Particles Catalyze Conversational Turn-Taking?

Sociolinguistics

Alex Chen, Dhanya Charan, Madurya Suresh, Yutong Shi Discourse particles are often used in conversations to facilitate turn-taking. This process may be independent of the epistemic authority, or confidence level, of the speaker. Discourse particles may be used significantly as a turn-taking mechanism, but no more by confident speakers than unconfident speakers. A study was

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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. You’re in Love with my Man? Guess my Voice Will Lower Too.

Sociolinguistics

Kelly Eun, Isabelle Filen, Adeline Villarreal, Sylvia Le Engaging in conversation with the man you like may lead you to feel all sorts of emotions. Maybe your heart starts racing, you find yourself laughing at every little thing he says, or you possibly say things you wouldn’t normally say. These are all very common character

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