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An infrastructure for Turkish prosody generation in text-to-speech synthesis [PDF]
, 2006 Text-to-speech engines benefit from natural language processing while generating the appropriate prosody. In this study, we investigate the natural language processing infrastructure for Turkish prosody generation in three steps as pronunciation ...
Kulekci, M. Oguzhan +2 more
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Characterizing intonation deficit in motor speech disorders : an autosegmental-metrical analysis of spontaneous speech in hypokinetic dysarthria, ataxic dysarthria and foreign accent syndrome [PDF]
, 2012 The autosegmental-metrical (AM) framework represents an established methodology for intonational analysis in unimpaired speaker populations but has found little application in describing intonation in motor speech disorders (MSDs).
Kuschmann, Anja, Lowit, Anja
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Vulgar Minimisers in English and Spanish1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we investigated whether vulgar minimisers form a natural class in English and Spanish by evaluating (i) their similarities and differences with respect to non‐vulgar minimisers and (ii) whether vulgar minimisers are inherently negative in these languages.
Ángel L. Jiménez‐Fernández +1 more
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines a wave of Orientalism‐inspired food commercials that appeared on television in France between 1975 and 2000. Older commercials for couscous were more banal, emphasizing a given product's superiority or affordability. Around 1975, however, there was a concerted shift in the advertising; new spots contained exoticized ...
Kelly Ricciardi Colvin
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Cost of the action and social distance affect the selection of question intonation in Catalan
, 2016 This chapter examines how politeness in offers and requests is encoded by intonation in Catalan, a language which uses two distinct intonational pitch contours for unbiased yes-no questions.
Lluïsa Astruc-Aguilera +2 more
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French Learners of L2 English: Intonation Boundaries and the Marking of Lexical Stress [PDF]
, 2013 To test my hypothesis, I collected passages of read speech by thirteen upper intermediate/advanced French learners of English along with the same passage read by ten native English speakers. Two trisyllabics carrying primary stress on the second syllable
Horgues, Celine
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British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Preterm birth is associated with later language impairment and delay. Socio‐economic deprivation is linked to decreased language exposure in early childhood, but it is unknown how prematurity influences this relationship. This study investigated the effects of socio‐economic status and gestational age at birth on language exposure, in a sample
Sinéad O'Carroll +5 more
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Effect of F0 contour on perception of Mandarin Chinese speech against masking.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Intonation has many perceptually significant functions in language that contribute to speech recognition. This study aims to investigate whether intonation cues affect the unmasking of Mandarin Chinese speech in the presence of interfering sounds ...
Meihong Wu
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Children &Society, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the application and implications of the use of a multilingual picture book app in Swedish preschools, focusing on children's engagement and educators' roles in supporting multilingual development. Employing semi‐structured interviews and video observations, this study reveals the app's potential in reinforcing ...
Malin Nilsen
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Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета. Серия: гуманитарные и общественные наукиIranian students of Russian often experience problems with phonetics and pronunciation that hinder their listening comprehension. Pronunciation mistakes and native-language interference are the main problems Iranian students have to face while studying ...
Roya Azadi, Alireza Valipour
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