Tracing the Phonetic Space of Prosodic Focus Marking [PDF]
Focus is known to be expressed by a wide range of phonetic cues but only a few studies have explicitly compared different phonetic variables within the same experiment.
Simon Roessig, Bodo Winter, Doris Mücke
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Paradigmatic and syntagmatic effects of information status on prosodic prominence – evidence from an interactive web-based production experiment in German [PDF]
In this paper, we investigate how information status is encoded paradigmatically and syntagmatically via prosodic prominence in German. In addition, we consider individual variability in the production of prominence.
Janne Lorenzen +2 more
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Obwohl die Phonetik eines der ältesten sprachwissenschaftlichen Fächer ist, ist ihre Stellung innerhalb der Sprachwissenschaft bei weitem nicht klar und scheint sogar zunehmend unklarer zu werden.
Magnús Pétursson
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Executive dysfunctions impair and levodopa improves articulatory timing in Parkinson‘s disease [PDF]
This study investigates the effects of executive functions and levodopa on articulatory timing patterns in simple and complex syllable onsets (CV vs. CCV) in Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Elisa Herbig +4 more
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T‐tapping in Standard Southern British English: An ‘elite’ sociolinguistic variant?
Abstract Social class is one of the key axes of sociolinguistic variation, but the speech of those at the top of the class spectrum—the elite—is rarely studied. While T‐glottalling has spread widely across British English accents, a competing variant—T‐tapping—has attracted little scholarly attention in the United Kingdom. This article presents a study
Roy Alderton
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Phonetic characteristics of German unstressed vowels: The case of opa vs Oper [PDF]
Kohler [Einführung in die Phonetik des Deutschen (Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1995)] stated that German [ɐ] and [a] in unstressed syllables are merging. The present study tested this hypothesis.
Fabian Tomaschek, Kristian Berg
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Wissenschaftliche Forschung der Doktoranden – Verschiedene germanistische Forschungsfragen / Postgraduate’s Scientific Studies – Various Germanistic Research Questions [PDF]
Das Ziel des Sammelbandes ist die Veröffentlichung von Texten der Doktoranden aus der Slowakei, aus Polen und Tschechien. Der Sammelband beinhaltet Artikel aus unterschiedlichen Themenbereichen, die sehr eng mit der deutschen Sprache zusammenhängen ...
Wiktoria Pawlak
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Autosegmental-metrical phonology – Unpacking the boxes
Autosegmental-metrical phonology has shown itself to be a highly successful framework for the description, analysis and comparison of the prosody of many of the world’s languages.
Grice Martine
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Wie schon der Titel des Buches besagt, betrachten die beiden Autoren ihr Werk als eine Einleitung in die allgemeine Phonetik. Obwohl es viele Bücher gibt, die sich mit diesem Gebiet befassen, sind beide Wissenschaftler mit den vorhandenen Lehrbüchem der
Tanja Srebot Rejec
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Unstressed Vowels in German Learner English: An Instrumental Study [PDF]
This study investigates the production of vowels in unstressed syllables by advanced German learners of English in comparison with native speakers of Standard Southern British English. Two acoustic properties were measured: duration and formant structure.
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