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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigated the phonetic training performance of 80 first language (L1) Catalan/Spanish advanced second language (L2) English learners in a four‐session high‐variability phonetic training (HVPT) program and how their training progress interacted with stimuli type (nonwords vs. words) and individual differences in auditory selective
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Syllable Segmentation of Farsi Continuous Speech using Wavelet Coefficients Thresholding and Fuzzy Smoothing of Energy Contour [PDF]
Journal of Intelligent Procedures in Electrical Technology, 2013 Syllable, as a sub-word unit, nowadays plays an active role in the field of speech processing and recognition research according to its robust relation to human speech production and cognition. Automatic syllable boundaries detection is an important step
Ghazaal Sheikhi, Seyed Hamid Mahmoodian
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Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract The extent to which lexical mastery consists of interrelated types of lexical knowledge has been widely discussed. Yet, few studies have explored whether the lexical dimensions of knowledge and processing are relatively independent or investigated how these two dimensions contribute to listening and reading among beginner‐to‐low‐intermediate ...
Amber Dudley, Emma Marsden
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JASA Express LettersReaction times for correct vowel identification were measured to determine the effects of intertrial intervals, vowel, and cue type. Thirteen adults with normal hearing, aged 20–38 years old, participated. Stimuli included three naturally produced syllables (/ba/ /bi/ /bu/) presented whole or segmented to isolate the formant transition or static ...
Mark, Hedrick, Kristen, Thornton
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Intrinsic vowel pitch: a gradient feature of vowel systems
, 2011 This paper investigates the average fundamental frequency of eight peripheral vowels in Belgian Standard Dutch in order to examine whether a vowel gradient exists with respect to Intrinsic Vowel Pitch (IF0). The results show that IF0 exists in Belgian Standard Dutch and amounts to 3.26 semi-tones. It is found that the assumed gradience in the degree of
Turner, P. G., Verhoeven, J.
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Human and AI judgements of restorative responses to sexual abuse: The role of perceived severity
Legal and Criminological Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Purpose Restorative justice (RJ) offers an alternative or complement to criminal justice in sexual abuse cases, yet the public remains ambivalent. Given that survivors increasingly turn to large language models (LLMs) for information and support when coping with sensitive justice‐related decisions, the present study examined whether the ...
Inbal Peleg‐Koriat, Kfir Asraf
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The Modern Language Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In cognitive psychology, longer intersession intervals are thought to enhance long‐term retention (i.e., lag effects). Recently, scholars have begun to test the generalizability of the lag effect to L2 vocabulary and grammar acquisition. Following their step, the present study not only replicated the lag effect but also provided a more fine ...
Xiang Li, Kazuya Saito‐van Poeteren
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Speaking to Power: How Linguistic Minority Accents Shape Voter Perceptions of Party Leaders
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In multilingual countries, does the way minority group members speak the majority language hinder their chances of attaining the highest political office? Can their accent undermine their claim to represent all citizens? Is it associated with certain stereotypes?
Florence Laflamme, Philippe Chassé
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Vowel harmony in Mongolic languages
The main section of this chapter describes vowel harmony (VH) in Khalkha Mongolian, which has both tongue-root harmony and rounding harmony. The vowels are divided into two classes, retracted tongue root (RTR), a, ?, ?, and advanced tongue root (ATR), e,
Lund University., Svantesson, Jan Olof,
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Blankness in post‐post‐postmodern poetry
Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract Jameson's “myth” identifies reification as the leading cause of cultural change. The myth also adumbrates the semiotic form of post‐postmodernism and post‐post‐postmodernism, which Jameson himself did not explore. One of the most extreme varieties of post‐post‐postmodern verse is the would‐be blank poem, pursued by Russian Futurists, Lettrists,
Shawn Normandin
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