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The Development of Indo‐Iranian Voiced Fricatives

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, Volume 123, Issue 1, Page 97-115, March 2025.
Abstract The development of voiced sibilants is a long‐standing puzzle in Indo‐Iranian historical phonology. In Vedic, all voiced sibilants are lost from the system, but the details of this loss are complex and subject to debate. The most intriguing development concerns the word‐final ‐aḥ to ‐o in sandhi.
Gašper Beguš
wiley   +1 more source

The Students’ Ability in Pronouncing Centering Diphthongs of The Beginner Level Students of English Genius Course Simpang Okus

open access: yesInternational Journal of Language Teaching and Education, 2018
The problem of this study was concerned to the students’ ability in Pronouncing Centering Diphthongs of The Beginner Level Students of English Genius Course Simpang OKUS.
Novarita Novarita
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Reconstructing Old Chinese *‐ts Using Han‐Time Material

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract Baxter & Sagart (2014b) reconstruct *‐Vt‐s on the basis of Middle Chinese reflexes in ‐jH (from some OC *‐s) coupled with either etymological or graphic connections to words in Middle Chinese ‐t. This approach, while perfectly sound, can suffer from lack of etymological or graphic data, leading to missed reconstructions. Since Old Chinese *‐ts
Julien Baley
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustic characteristics of the Latvian diphthongs produced by male and female informants

open access: yesBaltistica, 2017
The aim of the present study was finding acoustic characteristics of the Latvian diphthongs irrespective of the speaker’s gender. The method designed by the author allowed to compare diphthongs of different duration, thus revealing common tendencies both
Juris Grigorjevs
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THE PHONOLOGICAL PROCESS OF SEMIVOWEL INSERTION IN BAHASA INDONESIA

open access: yesLanguage Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching, 2021
The phonological process shows the changing of sounds and the rules that govern the work. These sound changes can occur in vowels, consonants, and even semivowels.
Kartika Eva Rahmawati, Agus Subiyanto
doaj   +1 more source

Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English

open access: yesJournal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
wiley   +1 more source

Monophonemic Diphthongs in Mycenean [PDF]

open access: yes, 1963
The difference in the graphical reproduction of the Mycenaean u- and i-diphthongs —when preceding a consonant— is a wellknown phenomenon of the Linear B spelling, the Mycenaean diphthongs au, eu, ou being in Linear B before a consonant as a rule ...
Bartoněk, Antonín
core  

ON THE ISSUE OF INTERPRETERS’ PHONETIC COMPETENCE (BASED ON the english language)

open access: yesМногоязычие в образовательном пространстве, 2019
The article deals with one of the most important aspects of translators’ linguistic competence - their phonetics, since interpreters’ good pronunciation is of great practical value, including enunciation of phonemes, lexemes, intonation, articulation ...
Evgenij Yuryevich Shamlidi
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An acoustic study on monophthongs in Central Australian Aboriginal English

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract We present an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowel production in Central Australian Aboriginal English (CAAE), providing one of the first systematic examinations of this variety spoken by English‐as‐a‐first‐language (L1) speakers in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia.
Yizhou Wang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acoustic analysis of monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs in Mandarin for 3- to 5-year-old children with articulatory phonological disorders

open access: yesLingBaW, 2018
Ten 3- to 5-year old children (5M, 5F) who were diagnosed as children with articulatory phonological disorders (CWAPD) and attending a therapy program were recruited to participate in a ‘repeat-after-her’ experiment.
Man-ni Chu, Jia-ling Syu
doaj   +1 more source

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