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\usepackage[style=apa, backend=biber]{biblatex}
\DeclareLanguageMapping{american}{american-apa}
\addbibresource{references.bib}  % ← point to your Zotero/BetterBibTeX export

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\usepackage{booktabs}          % \toprule, \midrule, \bottomrule
\usepackage{tabularx}

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\usepackage{amsmath}

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\title{Your Paper Title: Subtitle if Needed}

\authorsnames{First Author, Second Author}
\authorsaffiliations{Department of Linguistics, Universität zu Köln}

\note{
  % Optional author note: funding, conflicts of interest, acknowledgements.
  This research was supported by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
  grant number XXX.\\
  Correspondence: \href{mailto:author@uni-koeln.de}{author@uni-koeln.de}
}

\abstract{
  Write a concise summary of the paper (150–250 words for APA).
  Include the research question, method, key results, and main conclusion.
  Do not cite references in the abstract.
}

\keywords{keyword one, keyword two, keyword three}

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\begin{document}

\maketitle

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\section{Introduction}
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Introduce the research problem and motivate the study.
Cite relevant prior work \parencite{AuthorYearShortTitle}
and situate your contribution.
\textcite{AuthorYearShortTitle} showed that \ldots

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\section{Method}
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\subsection{Participants}

Describe the sample (N, demographics, recruitment).

\subsection{Materials and Procedure}

Describe stimuli, measures, and experimental procedure.
Report ethical approval if applicable.

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\section{Results}
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Report your findings.
All statistical values should include effect sizes and confidence intervals
in line with APA 7 reporting standards.

\begin{table}[htbp]
  \centering
  \caption{Descriptive statistics.}
  \label{tab:descriptives}
  \begin{tabularx}{\linewidth}{lXX}
    \toprule
    Variable & $M$ & $SD$ \\
    \midrule
    Measure A & 0.00 & 0.00 \\
    Measure B & 0.00 & 0.00 \\
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\end{table}

Table~\ref{tab:descriptives} shows the descriptive statistics.
Figure~\ref{fig:results} illustrates \ldots

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  \caption{Caption describing the figure. \textit{Note.} Additional notes if needed.}
  \label{fig:results}
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\section{Discussion}
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Interpret your results in relation to the research question.
Discuss limitations and directions for future research.

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\section{Conclusion}
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Briefly restate the main finding and its significance.

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