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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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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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Can Musicians Tell Sharp From Flat? [PDF]
, 2014 A musician’s awareness of intonation (i.e. “being in tune”) is an important skill. While musicians are highly sensitive to “out of tune” notes, research suggests that this sensitivity is categorical rather than absolute (Siegel & Siegel, 1977).
Plazak, Faculty Advisor, Joseph +1 more
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‘Pitch accent’ and prosodic structure in Scottish Gaelic: Reassessing the role of contact [PDF]
, 2015 This paper considers the origin of ‘pitch accents’ in Scottish Gaelic with a view to evaluating the hypothesis that this feature was borrowed from North Germanic varieties spoken by Norse settlers in medieval Scotland. It is shown that the ‘pitch accent’
Pavel Iosad
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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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On the Dangers of Large‐Language Model Mediated Learning for Human Capital
Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Against the dominant view in HRM concerning the value‐creating use of large language models (LLMs) in relation to Human Capital, our provocation asks whether LLMs will enhance or compromise Human Capital at work in the long‐run. We feel compelled to ask this question because Human Capital represents employees' accumulated learning experiences,
Dirk Lindebaum +2 more
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An Acoustic Analysis of Persian Children’s Story-telling Based on Rise, Fall and Connection Model (RFC) [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2014 This research article is aimed at investigating the acoustic analysis of intonation in the story-telling of the 5-6-year-old children in Persian and also studying the correlation between gender and intonation.
Ava Imani, Batool Alinezhad
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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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Real-Time Aural and Visual Feedback for Improving Violin Intonation
Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 Playing with correct intonation is one of the major challenges for a string player. A player must learn how to physically reproduce a target pitch, but before that, the player must learn what correct intonation is.
Laurel S. Pardue, Andrew McPherson
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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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