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Alternative Visual Units for an Optimized Phoneme-Based Lipreading System
Applied Sciences, 2019 Lipreading is understanding speech from observed lip movements. An observed series of lip motions is an ordered sequence of visual lip gestures. These gestures are commonly known, but as yet are not formally defined, as ‘visemes’.
Helen L. Bear, Richard Harvey
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Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 2013 This comment offers observations that support Hickok's claim that phoneme sized representations are involved more in speech production than speech perception, but notes that languages may vary with regard to the importance of the phoneme.
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No evidence that same‐language subtitles improve children's reading fluency
British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract High‐profile campaigns globally have argued that same‐language television subtitles may help children improve their reading. In this intervention study, we tested the causal hypothesis that exposure to subtitles improves children's reading fluency.
Anastasiya Lopukhina +4 more
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Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThis study aimed to explore the arousal and valence that people experience in response to Hangul phonemes based on the gender of an AI speaker through comparison with Korean and Chinese cultures.MethodsTo achieve this, 42 Hangul phonemes were
Min-Sun Lee +3 more
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Comprehension of implied meaning in Chinese second language listening
Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract Listening comprehension is crucial for second language (L2) communication and acquisition. However, it has received less attention than reading, given the transient nature of speech signals and the intangible cognitive processes involved in it.
Jiafan Zhang, Wei Cai
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The Representation of the Phoneme /r/ in Ajabshir Turkish Dialect within Optimality Theory [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2018 This research is aimed to describe and analyze the representation of phoneme /r/ in different phonological environments in Ajabshir Turkish dialect within Optimality theoretical framework.
Seyed Mohammad Razinejad +1 more
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The Meaning of the Word in the Model of Understanding
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2019 A model of the meaning of a word is considered, which is traditionally (since the times of the Stoics) illustrated by a triangle. Recent advances in the understanding of the essence of the meaning of a word lead to a semantic trapezium as a model of the ...
Evgeny F. Kirov
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Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, EarlyView.Background Reading comprehension is critical for academic success, yet many children with persistent decoding difficulties struggle to achieve it. This study examined whether a multicomponent literacy intervention is effective in improving reading comprehension and whether any gains in comprehension are mediated by improvements in word reading and ...
Cameron Downing +6 more
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Journal of Neuropsychology, EarlyView.Abstract We aimed at validating the Mini Social Cognition and Emotional Assessment (Mini‐SEA) in a German cohort of mildly impaired behavioural‐variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) patients and healthy controls. The Mini‐SEA comprises the Facial Emotion Recognition Test (FERT) and the Faux Pas Test (FPT) measuring Theory of Mind (ToM) abilities in ...
Cem Doğdu +27 more
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