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The Interplay between Syllabic Duration and Melody to Indicate Prosodic Functions in Brazilian Portuguese Story Retelling

open access: yesLanguages
This paper investigates the relationship between syllabic duration and F0 contours for implementing three prosodic functions. Work on rhythm usually describes the evolution of syllable-sized durations throughout utterances, rarely making reference to ...
Plinio A. Barbosa, Luís H. G. Alvarenga
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Automatic initial and final segmentation in cleft palate speech of Mandarin speakers.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2017
The speech unit segmentation is an important pre-processing step in the analysis of cleft palate speech. In Mandarin, one syllable is composed of two parts: initial and final.
Ling He   +5 more
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Notation in Early Modern Language Teaching

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of musical notation as a pedagogical tool in early modern language teaching, focusing on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and briefly, Turkish. While musical notation is typically associated with performance and composition, the sources discussed here demonstrate its broader application as a visual and conceptual system for ...
Elisabeth Giselbrecht
wiley   +1 more source

Perception and production of syllable structure and stress by adult Libyan Arabic speaker acquiring English in the UK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The field of second language (L2) phonology has recently addressed the related phonological acquisition question of to what extent exposure to native speaker L2 input following exposure to non-native accented L2 input, results in c~anges in the leamer's ...
Fantazi, Guma Mohamed Guma
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Preboundary lengthening and articulatory strengthening in Korean as an edge-prominence language

open access: yesLaboratory Phonology
This study examined preboundary lengthening and other kinematic characteristics of articulatory gestures in CV.CV and CV.CVC before prosodic boundaries in Korean. Preboundary lengthening was found to be extended to initial syllables in both CV.CVand
Jonny Jungyun Kim   +2 more
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“We Can No Longer Live by the Domostroi”: The Riddles of Anna Nikanorovna Paskhalova‐Mordovtseva

open access: yesThe Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyzes the rebuses (picture riddles) of Anna Nikanorovna Paskhalova‐Mordovtseva. It argues that despite their seemingly modest nature as artefacts of everyday leisure, Mordovtseva used these puzzles to make radical claims and assert herself as a public intellectual.
Ksenia Butuzova, Julia Mannherz
wiley   +1 more source

Abstract Monitoring syllable boundaries during speech production

open access: yes, 2003
This study investigated the encoding of syllable boundary information during speech production in Dutch. Based on LeveltÕs model of phonological encoding, we hypothesized segments and syllable boundaries to be encoded in an incremental way.
Niels O. Schiller A   +1 more
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The status of extrasyllabic consonants in english and german [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Since the advent of nonlinear phonology many linguists have either assumed or argued explicitly that many languages have words in which one or more segment does not belong structurally to the syllable.
Hall, Tracy Alan
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Poetic Sociology

open access: yesSociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Can sociologists feel? Sociological writing can be beautiful, making us think differently about people, processes, and structures. Yet traditional academic writing that does this is rare. For example, most articles adhere to a jargon‐filled format and structure that mimics a detached and disciplined writer.
Victoria Reyes
wiley   +1 more source

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