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Arau lexikoen eta lexiko-ostekoen ezberdintasunaz: bokalen asimilazioa Lekeitioko euskaran
In this paper we explore a phenomenon of vowel assimilation in the Basque dialect spoken in Lekeitio. In fast or relaxed speech, an initial [-round] vowel of a determiner may optionally assimilate in all its features to the final vowel of a nominal stem,
José Ignacio Hualde, Gorka Elordieta
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The present study deals with the perception (identification and discrimination) of an English phonemic contrast (/t∫/–/∫/, as in cheat and sheet) by speakers of two Mexican varieties of Spanish who are learning English as a foreign language.
Mariela López Velarde, Miquel Simonet
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The Categorization of L3 Vowels Near First Exposure by Spanish-English Bilinguals
The present study examined the predictions the Perceptual Assimilation Model in the context of naïve bilingual speakers while also considering whether the predictions of third language (L3) models of morphosyntax could be extended to L3 phonology.
Kyle Parrish
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Extending the Architecture of Language From a Multimodal Perspective
Abstract Language is inherently multimodal. In spoken languages, combined spoken and visual signals (e.g., co‐speech gestures) are an integral part of linguistic structure and language representation. This requires an extension of the parallel architecture, which needs to include the visual signals concomitant to speech. We present the evidence for the
Peter Hagoort, Aslı Özyürek
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Consonantal Phonological Processes in Common Words between the Standard Persian Language and Hawrami Language (Hawramane Takht Dialect) [PDF]
The purpose of this article is to study and describe the consonantal phonological processes in common words between the standard Persian language and Hawrami language (Hawramane Takht dialect), one of the members of the new northwest Iranian family of ...
Seyyed Mahdi Sadjadi+1 more
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The present study sheds lights on the French loanwords which are integrated in the Algerian Spoken Arabic (ASA), particularly the dialect spoken in the Eastern part. It identifies the phonological processes used to adapt them within an Optimality Theory (
S. Kessar, R. Mahadin
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Places as refrains: A non‐constructive alternative to assemblage thinking
Abstract Over the past 20 to 30 years, relational, post‐humanist, processual, and non‐representational approaches to space and place have gained an increasing purchase within anglophone human geography, whether underpinned by academic engagements with Western philosophy, anthropology, or indigenous thinking and praxis.
Peter Merriman
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SISTEM FONOLOGI BAHASA LIMOLA/PHONOLOGY SYSTEM IN LIMOLA LANGUAGE
Abstrak Penelitian ini bertujuan mengonservasi sistem fonologi bahasa Limola. Data dikumpulkan melalui instrumen berisikan 200 kosakata swadesh dan 200 kosakata budaya.
Jusmianti Garing+3 more
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Nigerian English: History, functions and features
Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi+1 more
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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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