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Bilingualism and multilingualism are highly prevalent. Non-invasive brain imaging has been used to study the neural correlates of native and non-native speech and language production, mainly on the lexical and syntactic level.
Miriam Treutler +2 more
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Speech characteristics of monozygotic twins and a same-sex sibling: an acoustic case study of coarticulation patterns in read speech [PDF]
This case study reports on an acoustic investigation of the motor speech characteristics of a set of young adult male monozygotic (MZ) twins and compares them to those of an age- and sex-matched sibling who participated in the study 2 years later to ...
Rixon, E., Whiteside, S.P.
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On Rimbaud’s "Vowels," Again: Vowels or Colors?
Arthur Rimbaud’s sonnet Vowels presents a poetic vision based ostensibly on a quasi-psychedelic or synesthetic experience. It has inspired writers, critics, painters, and singers for over a century mainly because of its often obscure form and content. From the first verse of the text, for instance, the author juxtaposes each of the normal five French ...
Ginsburgh, Victor, Metzidakis, Stamos
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Non-native contrasts in Tongan loans [PDF]
We present three case studies of marginal contrasts in Tongan loans from English, working with data from three speakers. Although Tongan lacks contrasts in stress or in CC vs.
Alderete +48 more
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Vowel Vibrations and Vowel Production [PDF]
PROF. E. W. SCRIPTURE, in a letter published in NATURE of October 1, suggests that the profiles of the various vowel sounds—of which he gives examples—indicate that these sounds “cannot have been produced by resonance”.
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Background and Objective: One of the most important physical properties of vowels is their formant structure. One of the most obvious speech errors in hearing-impaired children is vowel errors. The present study aimed to determine and compare the formant
Bahareh Rezaei +2 more
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Lithuanian and French Sounds: Comparative Analysis of Articulatory Features
The aim of this article is to analyze the differences between Lithuanian and French sounds and to provide a general outlook of the Lithuanian articulatory phonetics mainly intended for French speakers.
Boizou Loïc, Kazlauskienė Asta
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The Sound Pattern of Heritage Spanish: An Exploratory Study on the Effects of a Classroom Experience
While heritage Spanish phonetics and phonology and classroom experiences have received increased attention in recent years, these areas have yet to converge.
Rajiv Rao +3 more
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Speech perception patterns are strongly influenced by one's native phonology. It is generally accepted that native English listeners rely primarily on spectral cues when perceiving vowels, making limited use of duration cues because English lacks ...
Kakeru Yazawa +2 more
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Preaspiration in Sienese Italian & Its Interaction with Stress in /VC:/ Sequences [PDF]
This paper reports some initial results from our investigation into effects of stress in /VC:/ sequences in Sienese Italian. Our spontaneous speech data show preaspiration in /VC:/ sequences, not previously reported for any variety of Italian.
Bel, Bernard +3 more
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