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Initial consonant cluster epenthesis in Turkish and its implications to EFL

open access: yesInternational Journal of Educational Spectrum, 2021
The phonological structure of Turkish does not allow word-initial consonant clusters. That is, the syllable onset position of borrowed vocabulary requires the insertion of an epenthetic high vowel.
Namık Ülkersoy   +2 more
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Individual vocal recognition in zebra finches relies on song syllable structure rather than song syllable order

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Biology, 2020
Many species are able to vocally recognize individual conspecifics and this capacity seems widespread in oscine songbirds. The exact acoustic features used for such recognition are often not clear. In the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), the song motif
N. Geberzahn, S. Derégnaucourt
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Lithuanian Syllable: The Hierarchy of Syllable Constituents and Syllable Weight

open access: yesRespectus Philologicus, 2022
The article aims to establish the hierarchy of Lithuanian syllable constituents and determine how syllables should be interpreted in terms of syllable weight. The empirical data based on 311 000 syllables show that the variety of consonants in the onset
Asta Kazlauskienė
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The effect of pitch span on intonational plateaux [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Previous research has indicated that the H (high) of a nuclear accent may be realized as a flat stretch of contour rather than as a single turning point. Both the duration of this plateau and its alignment within the accented syllable are affected by the
Knight, R.-A., Nolan, F.
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Syllable structure in Old, Middle and Modern Persian: A contrastive analysis [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2015
Evolution of languages has always been of interest to linguists.  In this paper we study  the natural progress of the syllable structure from Old  Persian  (O.P)  to Middle Persian (Mi.P) and up to the Modern Persian (Mo.P).
Aliye Kord zaferanlu Kambuziya   +1 more
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Syllable Structure and Interlanguage Phonology

open access: yesKansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1989
This paper examines several research assumptions and procedures of two recent studies of interlanguage (IL) phonology that use 'syllable structure' as a primary variable, but make opposing claims about 'open' and 'closed' IL syllable structure preference.
Riney, Tim
doaj   +1 more source

Reevaluating the concept of partial reduplication in Banjarese through an optimality theoretic approach

open access: yesJournal of Modern Languages
This paper aims to re-examine the partial reduplication process in Banjarese. Previous scholars have mostly claimed that partial reduplication in this language is merely a process of copying the initial syllable of the base.
M. F. I Fuze, S. R Syed Jaafar
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Syllable-Internal Structure in Iranian-Balochi Dialects [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2021
The present article dedicates to studying the syllable-internal structure in three Iranian Balochi dialects (IBDs) namely Mirjaveh Sarhaddi, Sarawani and Lashari dialects. The data analysis will be based on the onset-rhyme theory (e.g., Kurylowicz, 1948;
Bahareh Soohani   +2 more
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Sillaba aperta. Spigolature in margine ad un vecchio problema. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The Open Syllable: Gleaning on an Old Problem. In the first part of the article, the author offers a short examination of some general problems relating to the open syllable principle, which in his opinion recalls a drift in the Sapirian sense and thus ...
Caldarelli, Raffaele
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An Empirical Study of Speech Processing in the Brain by Analyzing the Temporal Syllable Structure in Speech-input Induced EEG

open access: yesIEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, 2019
Clinical applicability of electroencephalography (EEG) is well established, however the use of EEG as a choice for constructing brain computer interfaces to develop communication platforms is relatively recent.
Rini A. Sharon   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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