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Frisian substrate versus internal change in Western Dutch
Filologia GermanicaOne of the main features which distinguish the dialects of western Dutch from their eastern neighbours, is the presence of an unrounded short vowel i or e in a number of words where the standard language displays rounded u, such as western brig(ge ...
Michiel De Vaan
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Europe: So Many Languages, So Many Cultures [PDF]
, 2011 The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects.
Steinhauer, H. (Hein)
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Remote Assessment of Ataxia Severity in SCA3 Across Multiple Centers and Time Points
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a genetically defined ataxia. The Scale for Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) is a clinician‐reported outcome that measures ataxia severity at a single time point. In its standard application, SARA fails to capture short‐term fluctuations, limiting its sensitivity in trials.
Marcus Grobe‐Einsler +20 more
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Journal of Linguistics, 2022 The distribution of labials and coronals within Spanish CVCVCV words and English and Dutch CVCVC words has been studied from a functional perspective and in fine detail. We argue that word recognition is key in the explanation of the results; as a word is pronounced, an increasing number of word candidates is eliminated, and consequently the beginning ...
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Subphonemic and suballophonic consonant variation : the role of the phoneme inventory [PDF]
, 2013 Consonants exhibit more variation in their phonetic realization than is typically acknowledged, but that variation is linguistically constrained. Acoustic analysis of both read and spontaneous speech reveals that consonants are not necessarily realized ...
Lavoie, Lisa M.
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The Relationship Between English and Polish Rhythm Measures in Polish Learners of English [PDF]
, 2015 This paper investigates native and non-native speech rhythm in the speech of Polish learners of English at an intermediate/upper-intermediate level. More specifically, it attempts to explore the relationship between rhythm measures scores in L1 Polish ...
Gralińska-Brawata, Anna
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza +19 more
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Acoustic differences between German and Dutch labiodentals [PDF]
, 2009 The present article is a follow-up study of the investigation of labiodentals in German and Dutch by Hamann & Sennema (2005), where we looked at the perception of the Dutch labiodental three-way contrast by German listeners without any knowledge of Dutch
Hamann, Silke, Sennema, Anke
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Forming New Vowel Categories in Second Language Speech: The Case of Polish Learners' Production of English /I/ and /e/ [PDF]
, 2010 The paper concentrates on formation of L2 English vowel categories in the speech of Polish learners. More specifically, it compares distribution of two English categories - /I/ and /e/ relative to neighbouring Polish vowels.
Rojczyk, Arkadiusz
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background X‐linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X‐ALD) is a neurometabolic disorder caused by pathogenic variants in ABCD1, leading to slowly progressive spinal cord disease in nearly all affected men. Sensitive biomarkers to quantify disease severity and predict progression are needed for clinical care and trial design.
Eda G. Kabak +4 more
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