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Development of categorical speech perception in Mandarin‐speaking children and adolescents

Child Development, Volume 94, Issue 1, Page 28-43, January/February 2023., 2023
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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Does Phonetics = Pronunciation? 100 Years of Phonetics in Pronunciation Teaching

ELOPE, 2020
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]

, 2013
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 ...
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Robustness of the rule‐learning effect in 7‐month‐old infants: A close, multicenter replication of Marcus et al. (1999)

Developmental Science, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Abstract We conducted a close replication of the seminal work by Marcus and colleagues from 1999, which showed that after a brief auditory exposure phase, 7‐month‐old infants were able to learn and generalize a rule to novel syllables not previously present in the exposure phase.
Andreea Geambașu, Sybren Spit, Daan van Renswoude, Elma Blom, Paula J.P.M. Fikkert, Sabine Hunnius, Caroline C.M.M. Junge, Josje Verhagen, Ingmar Visser, Frank Wijnen, Clara C. Levelt   +10 more
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Language Proficiency and Sonorant Devoicing in English Plosive-Sonorant Clusters

Research in Language, 2023
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, Pavel Šturm, Jan Volín   +2 more
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Coping with dialects from birth: Role of variability on infants’ early language development. Insights from Norwegian dialects

Developmental Science, Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023
Difference in looking proportion in the word comprehension task for bidialectal infants as a function of perceived similarity between parents' dialects, as reported by native Norwegian speakers. The shaded area represents 95% confidence interval. Abstract Previous research suggests that exposure to accent variability can affect toddlers’ familiar word ...
Natalia Kartushina, Julien Mayor
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Questionnaire-based pronunciation studies: Italian, Spanish and polish students’ views on their English pronunciation [PDF]

, 2012
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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How resistant are levodopa‐resistant axial symptoms? Response of freezing, posture, and voice to increasing levodopa intestinal infusion rates in Parkinson disease

European Journal of Neurology, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 96-106, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Background and purpose Treatment of freezing of gait (FoG) and other Parkinson disease (PD) axial symptoms is challenging. Systematic assessments of axial symptoms at progressively increasing levodopa doses are lacking. We sought to analyze the resistance to high levodopa doses of FoG, posture, speech, and altered gait features presenting in ...
Gabriele Imbalzano, Domiziana Rinaldi, Giovanna Calandra‐Buonaura, Manuela Contin, Federica Amato, Giulia Giannini, Luisa Sambati, Claudia Ledda, Alberto Romagnolo, Gabriella Olmo, Pietro Cortelli, Maurizio Zibetti, Leonardo Lopiano, Carlo Alberto Artusi   +13 more
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Maximal vowel space method in analysis of vowels in prelingual speech phase [PDF]

Specijalna 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, Bogavac Ivana, Jeličić-Dobrijević Ljiljana   +2 more
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Multimodal cues to intonational categories: Gesture apex coordination with tonal events

Laboratory 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
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