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Perceptive evaluation of Levenshtein dialect distance measurements using Norwegian dialect data

Language Variation and Change, 2004
The Levenshtein dialect distance method has proven to be a successful method for measuring phonetic distances between Dutch dialects. The aim of the present investigation is to validate the Levenshtein dialect distance with perceptual data from a language area other than the Dutch, namely Norway. We calculate the correlation between
Gooskens, C.S., Heeringa, Wilbert
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Musicality measures and generalization of an artificial dialect of English

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2023
Wide individual variability exists in the ability to imitate and generalize novel speech and voice patterns, including unfamiliar dialects. Limited research exists examining possible underlying causes of such variability, particularly in the ability to generalized novel dialects.
Elizabeth D. Young, Brett R. Myers
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The Use of the Almeida-Braun System in the Measurement of Dutch Dialect Distances

Computers and the Humanities, 2003
Measuring dialect distances can be based on the comparison of words, and the comparison words should be based on the comparison of sounds. In this research we used an adjusted version of an articulation-based system, developed by Almeida and Braun (1986) for finding sound distances, using the IPA system.
Heeringa, Wilbert, Braun, A.
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Scale to measure dialectical thinking from dialectical behavior therapy perspective.

The European Journal of Psychiatry
Background and Objectives: Dialectical thinking is a core component of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), characterized by the synthesis of seemingly opposing ideas to develop a more comprehensive perspective. This study aimed to create a reliable and valid instrument for measuring dialectical thinking.
Joaquim Soler   +9 more
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What Is Dialectical Thinking? Conceptualization and Measurement

2018
In the past several decades, research comparing dialectical and non-dialectical (“linear”) cultures has flourished, as have empirical studies on holistic versus analytic thinking. This literature has identified East-West cultural differences in almost all aspects of the human condition and life, from the manner in which people reason and make decisions,
Julie Spencer-Rodgers   +4 more
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The Measure of the Contingent: Walter Benjamin's Dialectical Image

boundary 2, 2008
The present essay sketches in broad outlines the philosophical armature of Walter Benjamin's Arcades Project by analyzing the central theoretical notion in that incomplete manuscript of his: the dialectical image. So as to bring out the uniqueness of Benjamin's use of image, I consider his account of its relation to language.
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[Objective measurement of normal nasality in the Saxony dialect].

HNO, 2001
In the United States of America, the nasometer was developed by Fletcher as an objective method for measuring nasality. There are no accepted normal values for comparable test materials regarding the German language. The aim of this study was the examination of the auditively normal nasality of Saxon-speaking people with the nasometer. The nasalance of
R, Müller   +3 more
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Relationship Between Measures of Dialect and Teacher Ratings of Student Language Ability

Seminars in Speech and Language
Abstract Students who speak African American English are typically rated lower in language and literacy ability than students who speak General American English. When this happens, it can lead to higher referral rates for evaluations for speech and language disorders and a mischaracterization of academic ability due to linguistic ...
Franchesca M, Arecy   +1 more
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Time to Add Screening for Financial Hardship as a Quality Measure?

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2021
Ya-Chen Tina Shih   +2 more
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