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Sillaba aperta. Spigolature in margine ad un vecchio problema. [PDF]
, 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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Length and syllable weight in Ibibio
Studies in African Linguistics, 1999 This paper presents a study of segment length and its relationship to the syllable in Ibibio, a Lower Cross language spoken in Nigeria. Syllable structure processes such as consonant lengthening, lenition, vowel lengthening and truncation all occur to ...
Eno-Abasi E. Urua
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A Generative Phonology: Syllable Structure of Hajji Yemeni Arabic
JL3T (Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Language Teaching), 2023 This study deals with the syllable structure of Hajji Yemeni Arabic (HYA) in the light of Generative Phonology. Hajji Yemeni Arabic is a variation of Arabic spoken in the northwestern part of Yemen, which tries to elaborate and discuss the elements of ...
Muhammed Jubran AL-Mamri
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EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 2018 This paper reports on findings from an investigation into the potential impact of the mother tongue of 50 Vietnamese adult EFL learners on their English intelligibility, with a particular focus on CV (consonant - vowel) syllable structure.
Tien Ngoc Dung Dang
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Phonotactic Constraints on Tri-Syllabic Loanwords Containing Three-Consonant Sequences: An Optimality Account [PDF]
نشریه پژوهشهای زبانشناسی, 2021 This paper examined the constraints on tri-syllabic loanwords in Persian, which contained three-consonant sequences in the underlying representation, within an optimality-theoretic account.
Hakimeh Fanoodi +2 more
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Vowel duration in stressed position in central & northern varieties of standard Italian [PDF]
, 2011 We report the results of a pilot study investigating the effect of 2 regional accents on stressed vowel duration according to word-position and syllable type in Central v. Northern accents of Standard Italian.
Hajek, John, Lee, Wai-Sum, Stevens, Mary
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On formal universals in phonology [PDF]
, 2009 Understanding the universal aspects of human language structure requires comparison at multiple levels of analysis. While Evans & Levinson (E&L) focus mostly on substantive variation in language, equally revealing insights can come from studying formal ...
Nevins, A
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Lexicality and frequency in specific language impairment: accuracy and error data from two nonword repetition tests [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose: Deficits in phonological working memory and deficits in phonological processing have both been considered potential explanatory factors in Specific Language Impairment (SLI).
Baddeley A. D. +37 more
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The poetry as reliable evidence of linguistic phenomena [PDF]
, 2013 Many linguists refuse to believe that poetic and especially metrical - texts can provide reliable evidence of linguistic phenomena. In this article, I show that the Medieval Greek poetry represents an exception.
Soltic, Jorie
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The Interplay of Syllable Structure and Consonant Sonority in L2 Speech Segmentation
LanguagesThe present study investigated whether L1 and L2 Spanish speakers show sensitivity to matching/mismatching syllable structure and consonant sonority in lexical segmentation in Spanish.
Juan José Garrido-Pozú
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