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Reducing Audible Spectral Discontinuities [PDF]
, 2001 In this paper, a common problem in diphone synthesis is discussed, viz., the occurrence of audible discontinuities at diphone boundaries. Informal observations show that spectral mismatch is most likely the cause of this phenomenon.We first set out to ...
Klabbers, Esther, Veldhuis, Raymond
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Initial consonant cluster epenthesis in Turkish and its implications to EFL
International Journal of Educational Spectrum, 2021 The phonological structure of Turkish does not allow word-initial consonant clusters. That is, the syllable onset position of borrowed vocabulary requires the insertion of an epenthetic high vowel.
Namık Ülkersoy +2 more
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Acoustic cues of palatalisation in plosive + lateral onset clusters [PDF]
, 2009 Palatalisation of /l/ in obstruent + lateral onset clusters in the absence of a following palatal sound has received a considerable amount of attention from historical linguistics.
Martín Mota, Sidney, Müller, Daniela
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From phonetics to phonology : The emergence of first words in Italian [PDF]
, 2009 This study assesses the extent of phonetic continuity between babble and words in four Italian children followed longitudinally from 0; 9 or 0; 10 to 2;0-two with relatively rapid and two with slower lexical growth. Prelinguistic phonetic characteristics,
Keren-Portnoy, Tamar +2 more
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Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Linguistica, 2017 This paper presents the results of an investigation of subjective feelings related to the syllabification of Polish words written in orthographic form. The results presented are limited to consonant clusters that contain at least one sonorant.
Daniel Śledziński
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Investigating Sonority Sequencing Principle in One Syllable CVCC Persian Words in Gnanadesikan’s Ternary Scales [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2016 The study aims to investigate Sonority Sequencing Principle(SSP) in final consonant cluster in one syllable Persian words in the frame work of “three dimensions sonority model” proposed by Gnanadesican (1997).
Mehrzad mansouri
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Vowel Epenthesis in Final Consonant Clusters of Azerbaijani Turkish [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2015 This article studies vowel epenthesis in final consonant clusters in Azerbaijani Turkish within Optimality Theory. Final consonant clusters are licensed in some words in Azerbaijani yet in others a vowel is inserted within final consonant clusters. This
Seyyed Mohammad Razinejad
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Similarity Avoidance and Final Stop Deletion in Consonantal Clusters of Persian within Optimality Theory Framework [PDF]
̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2018 Similarity avoidance- as a perceptual factor- is the basis of the phonotactics of a variety of languages. Stop consonants are considered to be ideal candidates for deletion as they have intrinsically weak perceptual cues, especially in final position ...
Golnaz Modarresi Ghavami +1 more
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International Journal of Language Teaching and Education, 2019 The present study aims to adopt the Optimality Theory to investigate the strategies of pronouncing the final consonant clusters in English by a group of Vietnamese L1 speakers.
Thong Vi Nguyen
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Stiffness and articulatory overlap in Moroccan Arabic consonant clusters
Laboratory Phonology, 2021 It has been claimed that patterns of regressive place assimilation in consonant clusters are attributable to the ‘inherent velocities’ of the primary oral articulators involved.
Adamantios I. Gafos +4 more
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