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An acoustic study of vocal expression in two genres of Yoruba oral poetry

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2022
This pilot study proposes an acoustic study of the vocal expressions in Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà, two genres of Yorùbá oral poetry. For this study, we conducted an experiment, involving the vocalization of an original poem in speech mode, Ìjálá and Ẹ̀sà.
Samuel K. Akinbo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Esquisse de la tonologie synchronique de Wemɛgbe dialecte Gbe du sud-Benin

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 2004
In this paper I show that Wemegbe, a language spoken in southern Benin, has two underlying tones, H and L, and that the surface tones M, LH and HL are derived by phonological rules.
Flavien Gbeto
doaj   +3 more sources

Ethnicity and Tone Production on Singlish Particles

open access: yesLanguages, 2022
Recent research on Singlish, also known as Colloquial Singapore English, suggests that it is subject to ethnic variation across the three major ethnic groups in Singapore, namely Chinese, Malay, and Indian. Discourse particles, said to be one of the most
Ying Qi Soh, Junwen Lee, Ying-Ying Tan
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological phenomenon of relaxation and tension in the motor rehabilitation of children [PDF]

open access: yesPedagogìka, Psihologìâ ta Mediko-bìologìčnì Problemi Fìzičnogo Vihovannâ ì Sportu, 2013
The phenomenon of relaxation and tension in motor rehabilitation is investigated. The study involved 59 preschool children with different movement disorders (including children cerebral palsy). It was analysed 18 publications on the issue.
Efimenko N.N.
doaj   +1 more source

Underlying low tones in Ruwund

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1994
In this paper the author examines data from Ruwund, a language with surface tone patterns often the reverse of those reconstructed for ProtoBantu, and proposes that, whereas most contemporary Bantu languages are believed to have tonal systems based on an
Jay A. Nash
doaj   +3 more sources

LTR a response to Schuh

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1989
Some twenty years ago Leben proposed that Hausa had a productive, essentially exceptionless P rule ("L TR") to the effect that any word fmal L L sequence automatically changed to L H if the final vowel of the word was long.
Paul Newman, Philip J. Jaggar
doaj   +3 more sources

Pandemic Crisis in Online Media: Quantitative Framing Analysis on detik.com’s Coverage of Covid-19

open access: yesJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2021
This study shows how detik.com, a pioneer and one of the largest online media companies in Indonesia frames the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. From the 6713 news reports in January, February and March, the most dominant framing of the crisis that appeared in ...
Justito Adiprasetio   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring lipid diversity and minimalism to define membrane requirements for synthetic cells

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Designing the lipid membrane of synthetic cells is a complex task, in which its various roles (among them solute transport, membrane protein support, and self‐replication) should all be integrated. In this review, we report the latest top‐down and bottom‐up advances and discuss compatibility and complexity issues of current engineering approaches ...
Sergiy Gan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

FSITM: A Feature Similarity Index For Tone-Mapped Images [PDF]

open access: yesIEEE Signal Processing Letters, 2015
In this work, based on the local phase information of images, an objective index, called the feature similarity index for tone-mapped images (FSITM), is proposed. To evaluate a tone mapping operator (TMO), the proposed index compares the locally weighted
Hossein Ziaei Nafchi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Microbial exopolysaccharide production by polyextremophiles in the adaptation to multiple extremes

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Polyextremophiles are microorganisms that endure multiple extreme conditions by various adaptation strategies that also include the production of exopolysaccharides (EPSs). This review provides an integrated perspective on EPS biosynthesis, function, and regulation in these organisms, emphasizing their critical role in survival and highlighting their ...
Tracey M Gloster, Ebru Toksoy Öner
wiley   +1 more source

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