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Beyond Prevalence: Understanding the Relationship Between Early Anatomic Factors and the Likelihood for Cleft Speech Characteristics. [PDF]

Int J Lang Commun Disord
ABSTRACT Purpose This study investigates early anatomic determinants influencing the likelihood of cleft speech characteristics (CSCs) in children with cleft palate with or without lip involvement (CP+/−L). The primary objective was to identify critical anatomic factors within the first year of life that impact the presence of CSCs at Age 3.
Mason K, Kotlarek K, Davies A, Wren Y.
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Founder effects identify languages of the earliest Americans. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Abstract The known languages of the Americas comprise nearly half of the world's language families and a wide range of structural types, a level of diversity that required considerable time to develop. This paper proposes a model of settlement and expansion designed to integrate current linguistic analysis with other prehistoric research on the ...
Nichols J.
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Articulatory-kinematic changes in speech following surgical treatment for oral or oropharyngeal cancer: A systematic review. [PDF]

Int J Lang Commun Disord
Abstract Background Treatment for oral or oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (O&OSCC) often leads to problems with speech articulation. Articulatory–kinematic data may be especially informative in designing new therapeutic approaches for individuals treated for these tumours.
Tienkamp TB, Rebernik T, D'Cruz RA, van Son RJJH, Wieling M, Witjes MJH, de Visscher SAHJ, Abur D.   +7 more
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Iconicity Emerges From Language Experience: Evidence From Japanese Ideophones and Their English Equivalents. [PDF]

Cogn Sci
Abstract Iconicity is a relationship of resemblance between the form and meaning of a sign. Compelling evidence from diverse areas of the cognitive sciences suggests that iconicity plays a pivotal role in the processing, memory, learning, and evolution of both spoken and signed language, indicating that iconicity is a general property of language ...
Iida H, Akita K.
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Palatal Myoclonus (syn. Palatal Tremor) [PDF]

European Neurology, 2008
Symptomatic palatal tremor is caused by a lesion in the triangle of Guillain and Mollaret and is associated with hypertrophic olivary degeneration that has multiple causes. Essential palatal tremor has no currently demonstrable cause and no accompanying physical or radiological signs. But it is probable that an organic genesis will become apparent.
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Perspectives on palatalization

Glossa, 2016
In this article we provide a discussion of the definition of palatalization as a ­phonological ­phenomenon, its crosslinguistic variation, phonetic or functional grounding and phonetic (un)naturalness of palatalization, and theoretical approaches to ...
Martin Krämer, Olga Urek
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Auditory and Acoustic Evidence for Palatalization of the Nasal Consonant in Cairene Arabic

Languages, 2021
This paper introduces the palatalized nasal [nʲ] as an allophonic realization of coronal /n/ in Cairene Arabic. The palatalized variants of the phonemes previously described in acoustic and sociolinguistic terms include the alveolar stops [t, d] and ...
Navdeep Sokhey
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Velar palatalization in Slovenian: Local and long-distance interactions in a derived environment effect

Glossa, 2016
Slovenian velar palatalization has been described as a morphologically and lexically restricted, variable derived environment effect. This paper presents a corpus-based study that for the first time also considers synchronic phonological factors. Much of
Peter Jurgec
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Palatalization and glide strengthening as competing repair strategies: Evidence from Kirundi

Glossa, 2016
Alternations involving place-changing palatalization (e.g. t+j → ʧ in spirit – spiritual) are very common and have been a focus of much generative phonological work since Chomsky & Halle’s (1968) ‘Sound Pattern of English’.
Alexei Kochetov
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Keele asend eesti palatalisatsioonis

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2019
Artiklis uuritakse palatalisatsiooni mõju konsonandi ja talle eelneva vokaali häälduskohale ja kestusele. Katse viidi läbi elektromagnetartikulograafi abil, mis mõõdab katseisiku artikulaatoritele liimitud sensorite liikumist kolmemõõtmelises ruumis ...
Anton Malmi, Pärtel Lippus
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