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A Plea for Randomness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This is a paper in the philosophy of education. We discuss the current international educational trend of eradicating randomness from education processes, thereby truing to maximize the probability of attaining predetermined goals. We argues against this
Kvernbekk, Tone, Nordtug, Birgit
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When marking tone reduces fluency: an orthography experiment in Cameroon [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Should an alphabetic orthography for a tone language include tone marks? Opinion and practice are divided along three lines: zero marking, phonemic marking and various reduced marking schemes.
Bird, Steven
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Tone from the Top in Risk Management: A Complementarity Perspective on How Control Systems Influence Risk Awareness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Prompted by the weaknesses of standardized risk management approaches in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, scholars, regulators, and practitioners alike emphasize the importance of creating a risk-aware culture in organizations.
Braumann, Evelyn   +2 more
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Strategies for Representing Tone in African Writing Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
Tone languages provide some interesting challenges for the designers of new orthographies. One approach is to omit tone marks, just as stress is not marked in English (zero marking).
Bird, Steven
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Fully-automatic inverse tone mapping algorithm based on dynamic mid-level tone mapping [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
High Dynamic Range (HDR) displays can show images with higher color contrast levels and peak luminosities than the common Low Dynamic Range (LDR) displays. However, most existing video content is recorded and/or graded in LDR format.
Aelterman, Jan   +5 more
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Interaction of tone, syntax and semantics in the acquistion of chichewa negation.pdf

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1989
The data for three children learning Chichewa as their first language between the ages of 1.0 and 2.6 were analyzed to identify and describe the patterns of development of tone, morpho-syntax and semantics in the acquisition of negation.
Moira Chimombo, Al Mtenje
doaj   +1 more source

Low tone spreading in Buli [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In Buli, tone indicates lexical information as well as grammatical information. The changing of tone patterns regularly observed on lexemes is covered best by an autosegmental approach with autonomous tonal and segmental tiers.
Schwarz, Anne
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Tone Sandhi and vowel deletion in Margi

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1993
Within the theoretical framework of nonlinear phonology, this paper proposes an account of tone sandhi and vowel deletion in Margi, a Chadic language spoken in Northern Nigeria. The database is Hoffman's Grammar of the Margi Language.
Bernard Tranel
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Examining the Epic Language and Tone in Farrokhi Sistani's Poems [PDF]

open access: yesMatn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī, 2022
The tone is the speaker's attitude and feeling The most important factor is to create an atmosphere and influence the audience in the poem. Knowing the language and its tone plays an important role in understanding any text.
Ali Darvishi   +2 more
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17 ways to say yes:Toward nuanced tone of voice in AAC and speech technology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
People with complex communication needs who use speech-generating devices have very little expressive control over their tone of voice. Despite its importance in human interaction, the issue of tone of voice remains all but absent from AAC research and ...
Alm N.   +48 more
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