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Vowels in Initial Syllables in Saaremaa [PDF]

Linguistica Uralica, 2022
The article provides an overview of vowel quality in the initial syllable of words having various degrees of quantity in the insular dialect of Estonian. The material consists of eight sub-dialects of Saaremaa.
Ellen Niit
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The “Magnet Effect” – A Powerful Source of L1 Dialect Interference in the Pronunciation of English as a Foreign Language

ELOPE, 2014
Wieden and Nemser (1991) carried out a study investigating the development of pronunciation of English as a foreign language in Austria. One of the main issues in this research was L1 dialect interference.
Klementina Jurančič Petek
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Comparative Analysis of Chinese and Indonesian Vowel Systems

Humanus: Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu-ilmu Humaniora, 2020
In Chinese and Indonesian languages, a syllable is composed of consonants and vowels. Many researchers have focused on studying consonants and paid less attention to vowels.
Haryono Candra, Yusup Gumilar Sukma
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Applying adaptive recognition of the learner’s vowel space to English pronunciation training of native speakers of Japanese [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2021
When native speakers of Japanese are taught English as a second language, there are difficulties with their training in pronunciation of American English vowels that can be ameliorated though adaptive recognition of the learner’s vowel space.
Martens William L., Wang Rui
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Accentedness Perception in L2: An Investigation of Thai Monophthong Pronunciation of Chinese Students

Languages
This paper aims to investigate the Thai monophthong pronunciation of Chinese students speaking Thai as a second language (L2), and to examine how native Thai listeners perceived these Chinese-accented Thai monophthongs.
Peng Hou, Sarawut Kraisame
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Analysis of phonetic/phonological perception of the English monophthongs at tertiary level [PDF]

Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2017
The paper discusses phonological competences of students of the first and fourth year of the Department of English Language and Literature at Faculty of Philosophy in Kosovska Mitrovica. Students ability to identify relevant elements of the English vowel
Dančetović Nikola N.
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Diphthongs versus monophthongs in English [PDF]

, 2018
We present evidence for the analysis of the vowels in English and as biphonemic diphthongs /ɛi/ and /əu/, based on neutralization patterns, regular alternations, and foot structure. /ɛi/ and /əu/ are hence structurally on a par with the so called “true
Raffelsiefen, Renate, Geumann, Anja
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The phonetic boundary between monophthongs and diphthongs in Suzhou Chinese

, 2008
The dialectologists have argued whether some vowel sounds in Suzhou Chinese were diphthongs or monophthongs for many years. However, there were no objective methods for judging whether a vowel sound was a monophthong or diphthong.
Feng, Ling
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Acoustics of vowels in Angami

Himalayan Linguistics
This work investigates the acoustic properties of Angami vowels with the aim of definitively establishing the phonologically contrasting vowels in the language.
Viyazonuo Terhiija, Priyankoo Sarmah
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Acoustic analysis of monophthongs, diphthongs, and triphthongs in Mandarin for 3- to 5-year-old children with articulatory phonological disorders

LingBaW, 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
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