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How to motivate with speech. Findings from acoustic phonetics and pragmatics

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2022
In the present work, we describe and discuss two studies in the field of motivating-speech research. The studies investigate voice-quality features (study 1) and pragmatic aspects (study 2) in German motivating speech, thereby adding to the current state-
Jana Voße   +4 more
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Maximal vowel space method in analysis of vowels in prelingual speech phase [PDF]

open access: yesSpecijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2014
The main problems in the analysis of vowels which occur in prelingual speech phase are centralization of utterance and unknown dimension of vocal tract.
Vojnović Milan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Phonetics and Phonology of Korean Prosody

open access: yes, 2018
A linguistic dissertation presenting experiment results focused on Korean speech rhythms and how they differ from those in English. The volume describes differences in the role of intonationally defined prosodic grouping influencing the pronunciation of ...
Sun-Ah Jun
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Phonetics and Ambiguity Comprehension Gated Attention Network for Humor Recognition

open access: yesComplex, 2020
Humor refers to the quality of being amusing. With the development of artificial intelligence, humor recognition is attracting a lot of research attention.
Xiaochao Fan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Attitudes toward English phonetics learning: a survey on Indonesian EFL learners

open access: yes, 2021
Indonesian EFL learners face challenges in comprehending English phonemes as it becomes one of the significant predictors of English literacy. Hence, the English Phonetics subject is considered one of the most difficult ones, making the teaching and ...
Sri Istiqomah   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

TEACHING PHONETICS TO ENHANCE PRONUNCIATION IN AN ESL CLASSROOM

open access: yesJournal of Critical Reviews, 2020
This paper highlights the importance of English pronunciation for an ESL learner while speaking the language to a native speaker as well as understanding the context of another English speaker.
M. Priya, S. PrasanthaKumarN
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multimodal cues to intonational categories: Gesture apex coordination with tonal events

open access: yesLaboratory Phonology, 2023
This study argues for a multimodal view of the identification, representation, and implementation of intonational structure, with evidence from gesture apex-tone coordination in Turkish.
Olcay Türk, Sasha Calhoun
doaj   +2 more sources

Vowelless word forms in Tarifit are produced with longer voiceless aspiration intervals [PDF]

open access: yesJASA Express Letters
This paper examines voiceless aspiration duration in Tarifit, a Moroccan Amazigh language that allows vowelless productions of some words. Thirty-seven speakers produced words with a /CCəC/ structure containing a voiceless stop in the underlyingly pre ...
Mohamed Afkir, Georgia Zellou
doaj   +1 more source

Intonational Focus Marking by Syrian Arabic Learners of German: On the Role of Cross-Linguistic Influence and Proficiency

open access: yesLanguages
Acquiring prosodic focus marking in a second language (L2) is difficult for learners whose native language utilizes strategies that differ from those of the target language.
Zarah Kampschulte   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short-term verbal memory and psychophysiological response to emotion-related words in children who stutter [PDF]

open access: yesSpecijalna Edukacija i Rehabilitacija, 2012
Emotions play a significant role in fluency disorders. In this research we wanted to examine immediate and delayed verbal recall for auditory presented words that carry information about different emotional state (emotion-related words) and emotionally ...
Stokić Miodrag   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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