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A fala em segunda língua : um panorama contemporâneo de pesquisas [PDF]
, 2021 In the introduction to the thematic issue "Research agendas in second language speech: aquisition and pedagogy", the authors build an overview that encompasses theoretical models of L2 speech, the interrelation between segmentals and suprasegmentals with
Alves, Ubiratã Kickhöfel +3 more
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International Journal of Language &Communication Disorders, Volume 61, Issue 4, July/August 2026.ABSTRACT Background In recent years, there has been an increase in studies reporting on effective child language interventions for people with or at risk for (Developmental) Language Disorder ((D)LD). However, the translation of this evidence into practice has been impeded by under‐specified intervention reporting, specifically on what the active ...
Pauline Frizelle +20 more
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A Comment on “Interpretations of the English Suprasegmentals”
, 1959 We are pleased that our earlier article, “Pitch and Stress As Phonemes: Analysis or Synthesis”, has produced such a spirited reply. Unfortunately, the happy conditions of proximity at the 1958 Summer School of Linguistics in Alberta which produced that ...
M. H. Scargill
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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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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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Speech Characteristics of Japanese Speakers Affecting American and Japanese Listener Evaluations
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2010 The study examines what pronunciation features (i.e., segmental and suprasegmental features, as well as other acoustic properties such as speech rate, intensity, pitch, and pitch range) affect the intelligibility of Japanese learners of English, when ...
Atsuko Kashiwagi, Michael Snyder
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A Register-Based Perspective to Suprasegmentals in ELT
, 2020 The current paper is a systematization of EFL experiences around the teaching of suprasegmentals courses from a register-based perspective. Simply put, the proposal is based on the notion that prosodic elements must be taught from a communicative ...
Chaves Fernández, Lindsay +1 more
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Interpretations of the English Suprasegmentals
, 1959 In a brief declaration in the last issue of this journal, our colleagues P. Drysdale, W. Mackey and M. Scargill outlined their objections to the Smith-Trager description of English stress, pitch and juncture.
J. W. Wevers +2 more
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, Volume 107, Issue 7, Page 2323-2334, June 1, 2026.ABSTRACT Background Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease (CTEPD) leads to chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of the pulmonary arteries in a minority of patients. Treatment of CTOs with balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) may substantially improve patient hemodynamics but presents unique technical challenges and has previously been associated with a ...
Elliot J. Stein +4 more
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The Effects of Computer-assisted Pronunciation Readings on ESL Learners’ Use of Pausing, Stress, Intonation, and Overall Comprehensibility [PDF]
Language Learning and Technology, 2001 With research showing the benefits of pronunciation instruction aimed at suprasegmentals (Derwing, Munro, & Wiebe, 1997, 1998; Derwing & Rossiter, 2003; Hahn, 2004; McNerney and Mendelsohn, 1992), more materials are needed to provide learners ...
Mark Tanner, Melissa Landon
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