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Turkish /h/ deletion : evidence for the interplay of speech perception and phonology
, 2013 It has been hypothesized that sounds which are less perceptible are more likely to be altered than more salient sounds, the rationale being that the loss of information resulting from a change in a sound which is difficult to perceive is not as great as ...
Mielke, Jeff
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Improving english pronounciation by studying phonetics and phonology [PDF]
, 2023 Language as a sign system can be discussed in terms of articulation i.e. exposing the matter of the sound system as its material formulation. In that sense language can be researched in terms of Phonetics - the sounds, accent, intonation as its ...
Jovanovska, Sashka +1 more
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Testing the Role of Phonetic Naturalness in Mandarin Tone Sandhi
Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 2006 33 Yuwen Lai The University of Kansas yuwen@ku.edu It has long been noted that phonological patterning is influenced by phonetic factors. But phonologists diverge on whether phonetic motivations take effect in synchronic or diachronic phonology.
Zhang, Jie, Lai, Yuwen
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International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 61, Issue 4, July/August 2026.ABSTRACT Background Speech sound disorder (SSD) is broadly defined as difficulty producing speech sounds in childhood. It can have a lasting impact on academic outcomes and well‐being, making effective early intervention vital. Speech and language therapists (SLTs) consider parental involvement—particularly supporting their child with home practice—as ...
Katherine Pritchard +3 more
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The phonetics and phonology of lenition: A Campidanese Sardinian case study
Laboratory Phonology, 2019 This paper gives a detailed description of the consonant system of Campidanese Sardinian and makes methodological and theoretical contributions to the study of lenition.
Gianmarco Pitzanti, Jonah Katz
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Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT The prosodic characteristics of a native language greatly influence early language acquisition. Yet, Japanese mothers are known to use a specific prosodic structure in infant‐directed vocabulary (IDV)—specifically, three‐mora, two‐syllable words with a heavy‐light pattern—which, crucially, differs from the standard prosodic rhythm of adult ...
Yoritaka Akimoto +5 more
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Phonology of San Martin Quechua
, 2012 While the present work is far from being a definitive one, it does aim at providing a fairly complete phonology of San Martin Quechua. The author has tried to give a satisfactory account of the descriptive problems and their possible solutions for the
Howkins, Douglas William
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Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 4, July 2026.ABSTRACT Human newborns are able to discriminate between certain languages but not others. This ability has long been attributed to sensitivity to rhythm—the temporal regularities in speech of different languages. Here, we demonstrate through a series of computational simulations that this discrimination behavior can be achieved using no temporal ...
Ruolan Leslie Famularo +3 more
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Commentary: L2 Phonology: Where Theory, Data, and Methods Meet
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Christine E. Shea, Christine E. Shea
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, 2009 At the outset of this dissertation one might pose the question why retroflex consonants should still be of interest for phonetics and for phonological theory since ample work on this segmental class already exists. Bhat (1973) conducted a quite extensive
Hamann, Silke
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