The Analysis and Critique of the French Phonetics [PDF]
In the field of phonetics of French as a foreign language, studies have been conducted in recent decades, among which French Phonetics can be considered as the first book for Iranian students in undergraduate and postgraduate of French as a foreign ...
Mohamad-Hossein Otroshi
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Profiles of Dysarthria: Clinical Assessment and Treatment
In recent decades, we have witnessed a wealth of theoretical work and proof-of-principle studies on dysarthria, including descriptions and classifications of dysarthric speech patterns, new and refined assessment methods, and innovative experimental ...
Wolfram Ziegler+2 more
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Does Phonetics = Pronunciation? 100 Years of Phonetics in Pronunciation Teaching
The short answer to the question in the title is: not exactly, no. This paper examines the confusion between phonetics on the one hand and pronunciation on the other.
Patricia Ashby
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Phonetics Learning Anxiety – Results of a Preliminary Study [PDF]
The Phonetics Learning Anxiety Scale, a 44-item questionnaire based on a 6-point Likert scale, designed for the purpose of the research sheds light on the nature of this peculiar type of apprehension experienced by advanced FL learners in a specific ...
Argamon+92 more
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Language Proficiency and Sonorant Devoicing in English Plosive-Sonorant Clusters
This article explores the timing of phonetic voicing in plosive-sonorant clusters in English. VOT was measured in two groups of Czech learners with different proficiency levels and a native English control group.
Klára Přečková+2 more
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Speaking Rate Effects on Locus Equation Slope [PDF]
A locus equation describes a 1st order regression fit to a scatter of vowel steady-state frequency values predicting vowel onset frequency values. Locus equation coefficients are often interpreted as indices of coarticulation.
Berry, Jeffrey J., Weismer, Gary
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Development of categorical speech perception in Mandarin‐speaking children and adolescents
Abstract Although children develop categorical speech perception at a very young age, the maturation process remains unclear. A cross‐sectional study in Mandarin‐speaking 4‐, 6‐, and 10‐year‐old children, 14‐year‐old adolescents, and adults (n = 104, 56 males, all Asians from mainland China) was conducted to investigate the development of categorical ...
Yan Feng, Gang Peng
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How to motivate with speech. Findings from acoustic phonetics and pragmatics
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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Questionnaire-based pronunciation studies: Italian, Spanish and polish students’ views on their English pronunciation [PDF]
Rather than casting new light on teaching pronunciation, the outcome of this study is consistent with the findings of other research on foreign students’ choice of preferred pronunciation model, which is undeniably native rather than foreign ...
Nowacka Marta
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Maximal vowel space method in analysis of vowels in prelingual speech phase [PDF]
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
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