Computational Approaches to Exploring Persian-Accented English [PDF]
, 2015 Methods involving phonetic speech recognition are discussed for detecting Persian-accented English. These methods offer promise for both the identification and mitigation of L2 pronunciation errors. Pronunciation errors, both segmental and suprasegmental,
Miller, Corey
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The role of gesture delay in coda /r/ weakening: an articulatory, auditory and acoustic study [PDF]
, 2018 The cross-linguistic tendency of coda consonants to weaken, vocalize, or be deleted is shown to have a phonetic basis, resulting from gesture reduction, or variation in gesture timing.
Lawson, Eleanor +2 more
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The Fandom Pairing Name: Blends and the Phonology-Orthography Interface
Names, 2012 In English, blending is a highly predictable and productive naming process. However, no systematic morphological template for blends has yet been proposed. Using data from Internet fandom pairing names (FPNs), I describe the phonological and orthographic
Cara M DiGirolamo
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On how Happy Polish Advanced EFL Learners Are with Happy-Tensing [PDF]
, 2015 This paper aims at investigating the production of happY vowel by advanced Polish learners of English. Although happY tensing has become a regular feature of mainstream RP, it is not explicitly taught at English philologies in Poland.
Olender, Adam, Sypiańska, Jolanta
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El [ʃ]oquero: /tʃ/ variation in Huelva capital and surrounding towns
Estudios de Fonética Experimental, 2022 This study examines allophonic realizations of /tʃ/ in Huelva (Western Andalucía) to assess if the traditional Andalusian [ʃ] variant is being maintained or if, similar to Eastern Andalucía, it is undergoing dialect levelling in favor of the Castilian ...
Brendan Regan
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Tyler Kendall & Valerie Fridland. 2021. Sociophonetics (Review)
Bucharest Working Papers in Linguistics, 2022 Review
Costin-Valentin Oancea
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Unstressed Vowels in German Learner English: An Instrumental Study [PDF]
, 2014 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.
Abercrombie +66 more
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Bilabial fricatives in Mexican Spanish: A sociophonetic analysis
Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics, 2019 Voiceless bilabial fricative productions ([ɸ]) have been widely reported for several Spanish dialects especially in America (Lenz 1940; Predmore 1945; Navarro Tomás 1943; Florez 1951; Boyd-Bowman 1960; Canfield 1981; among others).
Sergio Robles-Puente +1 more
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Pronunciation acquisition patterns of learners with different starting levels [PDF]
, 2015 This study described the results of an investigation into the effect of an intensive 12-week pronunciation course in British English which 30 Dutch female 1st-year university students of English took.
Adank +43 more
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Does Geographic Relocation Induce the Loss of Features from a Single Speaker’s Native Dialect?
Lifespans and Styles, 2016 Over the past few years, academics such as Sankoff and Blondeau (2007) and Harrington (2006) have exhibited a marked interest in dialect variation and language change across the lifespan.
Hollie Barker
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