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Schwa-Elision und die Wortprosodie des Luxemburgischen
Linguistik Online, 2017 In the young Germanic language Luxembourgish schwa can be dropped in the context before (and sometimes after) a sonorant and following a stressed syllable, e. g. Elteren > Elt_ren ‘parents’.
François Conrad
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The behavior of secondary consonant clusters in Swiss French child language
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2013 This paper aims to determine the behavior of secondary clusters in Swiss French child language and, in doing so, provide a first step towards the identification of the order of acquisition of primary and secondary clusters.
Helene N. Andreassen
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The Pre-Schwa Vowel Lengthening in Selkup as a Sound Law; 124-133 [PDF]
Linguistica Uralica, 2007 The formerly unknown sound law that determined the rise of long vowels in Common Selkup can be formulated as follows: Proto-Samoyed (PS) high-rise and middle-rise vowels in the first syllable followed by a syllable with a PS Schwa undergo lengthening ...
Eugene Helimski
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Pelvic organ prolapse is highly prevalent in women with spina bifida. [PDF]
BJUI CompassAbstract Introduction Women with spina bifida often experience neurological impairments leading to pelvic organ dysfunction, including difficulties with bladder and bowel emptying that necessitate frequent Valsalva manoeuvres. These factors, combined with pelvic floor weakness, may increase the risk of pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
Dubois A +10 more
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Speaker Perceptions of Americanisms in Nigerian English
Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the perceptions of Americanisms among three generations of Nigerians. While prior research has provided quantitative evidence for American influence in contemporary Nigerian English, the role of language beliefs and ideologies in mediating such changes remains underexplored.
Temitayo Olatoye
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Vowel reduction in word-final position by early and late Spanish-English bilinguals. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Vowel reduction is a prominent feature of American English, as well as other stress-timed languages. As a phonological process, vowel reduction neutralizes multiple vowel quality contrasts in unstressed syllables.
Emily Byers, Mehmet Yavas
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An acoustic study on monophthongs in Central Australian Aboriginal English
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract We present an acoustic analysis of monophthongal vowel production in Central Australian Aboriginal English (CAAE), providing one of the first systematic examinations of this variety spoken by English‐as‐a‐first‐language (L1) speakers in Mparntwe/Alice Springs, Australia.
Yizhou Wang +4 more
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À la recherche du schwa : données, méthodes et théories
SHS Web of Conferences, 2014 Ce travail sur les variétés du français se donne pour objet l’étude du schwa. Ce terme, qui était déjà utilisé par Arnauld et Lancelot dans la fameuse grammaire dite de Port-Royal (1660), n’est ni meilleur ni pire que des termes concurrents comme « e ...
Durand Jacques
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L’élision en français : une catégorie qui n’est plus catégorique [PDF]
Studii de Lingvistica, 2021 Elision is the least well investigated of the processes collectively known as ‘linking phenomena’ in French phonology. Data from a corpus of late 20th-century interviews show that 39% of new CV onsets created by forward resyllabification are due to ...
John N. Green, Marie-Anne Hintze
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European Journal of Pain, Volume 30, Issue 6, July 2026.ABSTRACT Background This randomized controlled study compared different forms of therapy for chronic back pain. Methods Seventy‐nine patients with chronic back pain with a duration of symptoms of more than 6 months were included in the study and randomly assigned to one of four therapy groups (a) sports therapy with a focus on strength training (SG ...
Thorsten Schmidt +7 more
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