Frequency of use and sonority sequencing in first- and second-language consonant cluster perception: facilitation is language-specific [PDF]
IntroductionExpectations derived from knowledge about the likelihood of different phoneme sequences are an effective cognitive mechanism to make the listening process more efficient. In addition to language-specific distributions, universal principles of
Sophia Wulfert +5 more
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Factors Affecting Nonnative Consonant Cluster Learning. [PDF]
Purpose: Nonnative consonant cluster learning has become a useful experimental approach for learning about speech motor learning, and we sought to enhance our understanding of this area and to establish best practices for this type of research. Method: One hundred twenty individuals
Buchwald A, Cheng HS.
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CONSONANT CLUSTERS IN INDONESIAN LOANWORDS
This paper investigates two types of loanwords in Indonesian from a list published by NUSA in 1997 and the online version of Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI, 2019): those of Sanskrit origin, and of European origins.
Ekarina Ekarina
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Phonotactic Constraints on Tri-Syllabic Loanwords Containing Three-Consonant Sequences: An Optimality Account [PDF]
This paper examined the constraints on tri-syllabic loanwords in Persian, which contained three-consonant sequences in the underlying representation, within an optimality-theoretic account.
Hakimeh Fanoodi +2 more
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Variation in stem-final consonant clusters in Korean nominal inflection
This study investigates how Korean stem-final consonant clusters /ps/, /ks/, /lp/, /lk/, /ls/, and /lm/ exhibit variation, when a vowel-initial inflectional suffix is attached to noun stems.
Ji Yea Kim
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Acquisition of consonant clusters and remediation of cluster reduction in Egyptian children
Background Consonant clusters are a feature of many world languages. The acquisition of consonant clusters is one of the latest occurring aspects of speech acquisition in normally developing children.
Marwa Mahmoud Saleh +3 more
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Limits on gestural reorganization following vowel deletion: The case of Tokyo Japanese
The coordination of gestures in consonant clusters differs across languages and hence must be a learned aspect of linguistic knowledge. Precisely pinning down the coordination relation used in a particular language, or for a particular consonant cluster ...
Jason Shaw, Shigeto Kawahara
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Vowel Epenthesis in English Loanwords in Persian [PDF]
In Persian, consonant clusters are avoided in onset position. So in the case of lexical borrowing, when word formation violates the phonotactic rules, and makes a consonant or vowel cluster, Persian resolves the onset cluster by epenthesis, deletion, and
Zahra Esmaili Matin +1 more
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An Analysis of Batu Bara Malay Students’ Pronunciation in English Consonant Cluster and Word Stress
Pronunciation has many great important roles in one speaking performance. The inappropriate pronounced words cause the negative impact of misunderstanding.
Dwi Handayani Silitonga +2 more
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Syllabification of Standard Lithuanian in terms of the sonority theory
The article discusses the research which aims to ascertain whether the sonority of sounds could be used to determine boundaries of syllables in consonant clusters and if this principle is commonly employed by a sample of language users.
Asta Kazlauskienė
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