Extending perceptual assimilation model to L3 phonological acquisition
The scarcity of research on speech perception among multilingual speakers precludes a full understanding of phonological acquisition in the third language (L3).
Magdalena Wrembel+2 more
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The Recognition of Phonologically Assimilated Words Does Not Depend on Specific Language Experience [PDF]
AbstractIn a series of 5 experiments, we investigated whether the processing of phonologically assimilated utterances is influenced by language learning. Previous experiments had shown that phonological assimilations, such as /lean#bacon/→ [leam bacon], are compensated for in perception.
Mitterer, H.+3 more
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Toddlers’ Processing of Phonological Alternations: Early Compensation for Assimilation in English and French [PDF]
Using a picture pointing task, this study examines toddlers’ processing of phonological alternations that trigger sound changes in connected speech. Three experiments investigate whether 2;5‐ to 3‐year‐old children take into account assimilations—processes by which phonological features of one sound spread to adjacent sounds—for the purpose of word ...
Skoruppa, Katrin+2 more
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Set the controls for the heart of the alternation: Dahl’s Law in Kitharaka [PDF]
This paper looks at Dahl’s Law, a voicing dissimilation process found in a number of Bantu languages, in Kitharaka, and argues that it is best analysed within a framework of minimal (contrastive) feature spe- cifications.
Uffmann, Christian
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TIPOLOGI FONOLOGIS PADA BAHASA WEBINAR BIDANG PENDIDIKAN (KAJIAN FONOLOGI GENERATIF)
ABSTRAK: Dilaksanakannya penelitian melalui pendekatan fonologi generatif ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan proses dan kaidah fonologis bahasa webinar khususnya bidang pendidikan.
Sudjalil Sudjalil+2 more
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Perceptual evidence for the phonological adaptation of English vowels in Persian sound system [PDF]
Loanword adaptations are transformations applied to words when they are borrowed into a foreign language. Words from a source language that are ill-formed in the borrowing language are thus transformed into well-formed words (Hyman, 1970; Yip, 1993 ...
Neda Bigdeli, Vahid Sadeghi
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Accent boundaries and linguistic continua in the laryngeal subsystems of English
A parallel is drawn between the northernmost regions of England represented by Durham and Yorkshire and the transition zone Ouddeken (2016) identifies between voicing and aspiration languages in the Dutch-German dialect continuum.
Katalin Balogné Bérces
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Assimilation of Voicing in Czech Speakers of English: The Effect of the Degree of Accentedness [PDF]
Czech and English are languages which differ with respect to the implementation of voicing. Unlike in English, there is a considerable agreement between phonological (systemic) and phonetic (actual) voicing in Czech, and, more importantly, the two ...
Boersma+47 more
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Phonology of Adur Niesu in Liangshan, Sichuan
This study describes the segmental and suprasegmental phonology of Adur Niesu, a Loloish (or Ngwi) language spoken mainly in Liangshan, Sichuan, southwest China. Phonemically, there are 41 consonants, 10 monophthongs and 1 diphthong in Adur Niesu.
Hongdi Ding
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UNIVERSAL NASAL ASSIMILATIONS IN MONOMORPHEMIC AND POLYMORPHEMIC WORDS ACROSS LANGUAGES [PDF]
There are universal aspects in language. Phonology, as the most universal languagecomponent, has many universal aspects including nasal assimilation. Nasal assimilation isthe systematic appearance of certain nasals instead of other nasals based on the ...
Surono, Surono
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