This study compared working memory ability in multilingual young adults and their monolingual peers on four components of (verbal visuospatial storage, verbal processing). The sample comprised 39 English speakers, multilinguals, who spoke an African language as first third languages, second language, all with high levels proficiency. came from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds possessed smaller vocabularies than the monolinguals, features which make this group under-researched...

The humanities and social sciences (HSS) have recently witnessed an exponential growth in data-driven research. In response, attention has been afforded to datasets accompanying data papers as outputs of the research dissemination ecosystem. 2015, two journals dedicated HSS disciplines appeared this landscape: Journal Open Humanities Data (JOHD) Research for Social Sciences (RDJ). paper, we analyse state art landscape using JOHD RDJ exemplars by measuring performance deep impact projects,...

<ns3:p>Background A growing movement of researcher-driven publishing projects has emerged in response to several challenges and shifts within the academic landscape. One initiative this area are what we term community-led (CPPs), which produced entirely by academics, librarians students without any involvement commercial industry. CPPs part a global but their values practices remain underexplored. This article presents findings on landscape at University Cambridge. Methods analysis was...

Partaking in the editorial process of an academic journal is both a challenging and rewarding experience. It takes village dedicated individuals with vested interest dissemination sharing high-quality research outputs. As members team open access data journal, we reflect on emergence data-driven research, new genre (data paper), type journal) Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (AHSS). Access to data—the currency empirical research—is valuable community, crucial scientific integrity, leads...

The sociolinguistic context of language use contributes to individuals' linguistic knowledge. However, how it does so has yet be fully conceptualised or quantitatively investigated within the sciences. To meet this goal, a psychometrically sound evidence-based measure that captures important aspects contextually influenced experience is necessary. In paper we describe development and validation Contextual Individual Linguistic Diversity Questionnaire (CILD-Q). Exploratory factor analysis was...

Individual reports of language history, use, and proficiency are generally considered sufficient for profiling. Yet, these variables alone neglect the contribution contextual linguistic diversity to one's overall repertoire. In this study we used Contextual Linguistic Profile Questionnaire evaluate whether there is a difference in between participants across linguistically dissimilar contexts South Africa England. We further assessed self-reported lingualism status groups (monolinguals,...

Abstract English is imposed as the language of instruction in multiple linguistically diverse societies where there more than one official language. This might have negative educational consequences for people whose first (L1) not English. To investigate this, 47 South Africans with advanced proficiency but different L1s (L1-English vs. L1-Zulu) were evaluated their listening comprehension ability. Specifically, participants listened to narrative texts which prompted an initial inference...

The language sciences have made concerted efforts to emphasize the impact of sociolinguistic context on shaping a person’s repertoire and associated (neuro)cognitive adaptations, largely propelled by WEIRD-centric research perspectives. Active engagement with known languages is necessary for acquisition, but input from ambient environment typically not addressed, or considered noise. While irregular transient linguistic information may indeed be noise, there missing middle-ground pertaining...

Background: Learning an additional language is a diverse experience, shaped by factors like learners’ linguistic and cognitive profiles sociolinguistic context. Research in instructed learning assumes that input should be presented unilingual mode, overlooking natural practices linguistically societies where mixed communication very common. It remains unclear, however, whether new can learnt through input. This study investigates facilitate Greek adults from varying backgrounds. Methodology:...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had changed the world in unexpected ways and psychometric assessment was no exception. Despite advancements made online implementation, authors of this commentary reflected on their own experiences context psychology profession South Africa, where professionals been faced with dilemma halting, postponing or adapting assessments for remote implementation. Remote implementation many challenges, notably shifting logistics, financial burden...

The open research movement and initiatives like the FAIR principles have been critical in establishing importance of data research, particularly within sciences. Alongside sciences, attention to openly available Humanities Social Sciences (HSS) has gradually grown. This growth is largely attributed increased availability digital collections, development new data-intensive methods, an increasingly solid infrastructure, pressure from funders, requirement management plans for preservation...

Abstract Research on English relative clauses shows that, in most studies, subject relatives are comprehended more accurately than object by both monolingual and bilingual children. The current study focuses Czech-English children extends this line of research two ways. First, it includes a condition which the noun phrases involved action differ number (one is singular other plural), manipulation that was never tested bilinguals. Second, fine-grained measure language exposure, since exposure...