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Perceptual identification of oral and nasalized vowels across American English and British English listeners and TTS voices

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2023
Nasal coarticulation is when the lowering of the velum for a nasal consonant co-occurs with the production of an adjacent vowel, causing the vowel to become (at least partially) nasalized.
Jakub Gwizdzinski   +3 more
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Exploring the challenges faced by frontline workers in health and social care amid the COVID-19 pandemic: experiences of frontline workers in the English Midlands region, UK

open access: yesJournal of Interprofessional Care, 2020
The first cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Globally millions of people have been diagnosed with the virus whilst thousands have died.
M. Nyashanu, Farai Pfende, M. Ekpenyong
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“Whey Aye My Good Sir”: Has Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s Accent Moved from Tyneside English to RP?

open access: yesLifespans and Styles, 2016
This article analyses the speech of Cheryl Fernandez-Versini (nee Tweedy, formerly Cole), henceforth “Cheryl” , who experienced rapid geographical and socioeconomic mobility between 2002 and 2014.
Victoria Wallace
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Winston Churchill’s Divi Britannici (1675) and Archipelagic Royalism

open access: yesHumanities, 2022
Divi Britannici (1675) is a major restoration history that deserves to be more widely known. The work’s author, Sir Winston Churchill (1620–1688), is certainly less well-known than his celebrated descendant of the same name.
Willy Maley, Richard Stacey
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The Effects of Forensically Relevant Face Coverings on the Acoustic Properties of Fricatives

open access: yesLifespans and Styles, 2017
This forensically motivated study investigates the effects of a motorcycle helmet, balaclava, and plastic mask on the acoustics of three English non-sibilant fricatives, /f/, /θ/, and /v/ in two individuals. It examines variation within the individual as
Julie Saigusa
doaj   +1 more source

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER: NETWORKING HERITAGE INVENTORIES IN ENGLAND [PDF]

open access: yesThe International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2013
This paper will look at the requirements for a future vision of networked, digital heritage inventories to support heritage protection in England. The present loose network presents several challenges for multiple organizations maintaining similar ...
P. K. Carlisle, E. S. Lee
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Accepting a “New” Standard Variety: Comparing Explicit Attitudes in Luxembourg and Belgium

open access: yesLanguages, 2021
Language maintenance efforts aim to bolster attitudes towards endangered languages by providing them with a standard variety as a means to raise their status and prestige. However, the introduced variety can vary in its degrees of standardisation.
Judit Vari, Marco Tamburelli
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Editorial

open access: yesLifespans and Styles, 2017
Welcome to the second issue of the third volume of Lifespans & Styles: Undergraduate Working Papers on Intraspeaker Variation. We are happy to feature five papers that continue the journal’s mission of highlighting excellence in undergraduate research ...
Lauren Hall-Lew
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English Language Medical Schools in China: An Analysis of International Medical Graduates Practicing in the UK

open access: yesJournal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 2023
OBJECTIVES From 2006, the Ministry of Education in China has approved universities to provide undergraduate medical training in English, targeting fee-paying international students. Students on these courses can face challenges in their clinical training,
Mohammed Ahmed Rashid   +2 more
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‘Ow Cockney is Beckham Twenty Years On? An Investigation into H-dropping and T-glottaling

open access: yesLifespans and Styles, 2016
This research paper examines how language change can occur across the lifespan through the linguistic analysis of East Londoner, and world renowned football player, David Beckham.
Sofia Dahou, Jasmine Hamlin
doaj   +1 more source

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