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Metaphoric Gestures Facilitate Perception of Intonation More than Length in Auditory Judgments of Non-Native Phonemic Contrasts

open access: yes, 2017
It is well established that hand gestures affect comprehension and learning of semantic aspects of a foreign language (FL). However, much less is known about the role of hand gestures in lower-level language processes, such as perception of phonemes.
Spencer D. Kelly   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Intonation Awareness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Young instrumentalists are taught to press buttons or keys to make pitches sound from their instruments, but that doesn\u27t always ensure that they are in the center of the pitch.
DeRossi, Sara
core   +1 more source

The acquisition of English L2 prosody by Italian native speakers: experimental data and pedagogical implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper investigates Yes-No question intonation patterns in English L2, Italian L1, and English L1. The aim is to test the hypothesis that L2 learners may show different acquisition strategies for different dimensions of intonation, and particularly ...
Busa', Maria Grazia, Stella, A.
core  

Efficacy of Hand Gestures and the Hand as Foot Teaching Method Compared to Traditional Methods in Medical and Dental Education: A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The “Hand‐as‐Foot” teaching method is an innovative, hands‐on approach that uses gesture‐based movements to represent anatomical structures and functions. It has been used successfully in medical education to help simplify and communicate complex ideas. However, its use in dental education remains relatively unexplored.
Shivangi Vats   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

.Phonological Analysis of Intonation in Selected American Movies

open access: yesالأستاذ
As per to (Simpson 2004:6) phonology is the study of speech sounds that convey meaning intonation and pitch communicate that meaning in certain contextual situations. Intonation is the variety of pitch of voice during the speech.
Noor Qassim Mohammed
doaj   +1 more source

La phonologie des exclamations en anglais

open access: yesCorela, 2019
Based on a corpus made up of recordings from Tennessee Williams’s play, A Streetcar Named Desire, this article investigates the phonology of exclamative utterances.
Stephan Wilhelm
doaj   +1 more source

Foxes, deer, and hedgehogs: The recall of focus alternatives in Vietnamese

open access: yesLaboratory Phonology, 2020
In tonal languages, the role of intonation in information-structuring has yet to be fully investigated. Intuitively, one would expect intonation to play only a small role in expressing communicative functions.
Annika Tjuka   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Language identification with suprasegmental cues: A study based on speech resynthesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This paper proposes a new experimental paradigm to explore the discriminability of languages, a question which is crucial to the child born in a bilingual environment.
Mehler, Jacques, Ramus, Franck
core  

Speech Melody Properties in English, Czech and Czech English: Reference and Interference [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Two major objectives were set for the present study: to provide reference data for the description of Czech and English F0 contours, and to investigate the limits of the ‘interference hypothesis’ on Czech English data.
Anderson   +46 more
core   +2 more sources

Meisner Repetition Exercises as a Tool for Deliberate Practice in Psychotherapy: A Gestalt Therapy Exploration

open access: yesThe Journal of Humanistic Counseling, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the application of Sanford Meisner's pedagogical methodology for actors in the professional training of psychotherapists and counselors, with a specific focus on the role of repetition exercises within Meisner's system and their potential to enhance the competencies of gestalt therapists, psychotherapists, and ...
Tomáš Andrášik   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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