Co-phonology vs. Indexed constraint theory: a case study of Perak dialect partial reduplication [PDF]
This paper presents co-phonologies and indexed constraint theory developed within Optimality theory (Prince and Smolensky, 1993) to account for partial reduplication in Perak dialect of Malay.
Syed Jaafar, Sharifah Raihan
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Speech characteristics of monozygotic twins and a same-sex sibling: an acoustic case study of coarticulation patterns in read speech [PDF]
This case study reports on an acoustic investigation of the motor speech characteristics of a set of young adult male monozygotic (MZ) twins and compares them to those of an age- and sex-matched sibling who participated in the study 2 years later to ...
Rixon, E., Whiteside, S.P.
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ABSTRACT Introduction Bloodstream infections due to repeated vascular access (VA) puncture and circuit connections remain major concerns in hemodialysis. Therefore, we examined current practices for glove, disinfectant, and personal protective equipment (PPE) use according to VA type in national university hospitals in Japan.
Aiko Yamada +6 more
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Proposal for encoding additional Sundanese characters for Old Sundanese in the UCS [PDF]
This is a proposal to encode additional historical Sundanese characters in the international character encoding standard Unicode. This set of characters was published in Unicode Standard version 6.1 in January 2012.
Everson, Michael
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Nasal consonant harmony at a distance the case of Yaka
In a number of Bantu languages the [d-l] reflex of Proto-Bantu *-Vd- suffixes alternates with [n] when the consonant of the preceding syllable is nasal, e.g., /dim-id-/ 'cultivate for' ~ [dim-in-].
Larry M. Hyman
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Revealing the structure of land plant photosystem II: the journey from negative‐stain EM to cryo‐EM
Advances in cryo‐EM have revealed the detailed structure of Photosystem II, a key protein complex driving photosynthesis. This review traces the journey from early low‐resolution images to high‐resolution models, highlighting how these discoveries deepen our understanding of light harvesting and energy conversion in plants.
Roman Kouřil
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The Sound Changes in the Minangkabau Language Spoken by Padang’s Ethnic Chinese
Variations in Minangkabaunese sounds include the segmental phonemes of the Minangkabaunese spoken by the Chinese ethnic in Padang. This study aims to identify the types and rules of Minangkabaunese sound changes uttered by the Chinese.
M. Wahyudi +3 more
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Joniškio šnektos priebalsinio kamieno daiktavardžių linksniavimas
THE DECLENSION OF CONSONANT STEM NOUNS IN THE SUBDIALECT OF JONIŠKISSummaryThe article deals with the declension of consonant stem nouns in one of the nothern West-Aukštaitian subdialects and shows the inner motives of any observed changes.
Aušra Kaikarytė
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Is ʔ an Element? Towards a Non-segmental Phonology [PDF]
This paper argues that the element calculus of Government Phonology is overburdened. In particular it shows that the simple act of supposing extra elements to explain consonantal phenomena leads to far reaching and undesirable empirical consequences.
Jensen, Sean
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A cross-linguistic database of phonetic transcription systems [PDF]
Contrary to what non-practitioners might expect, the systems of phonetic notation used by linguists are highly idiosyncratic. Not only do various linguistic subfields disagree on the specific symbols they use to denote the speech sounds of languages, but
Anderson, C. +6 more
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