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Vowel-vowel transitions, analysis, and modeling [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1990
Male and female vowel-vowel formant transitions are analyzed using cepstral techniques. The first three formants are detected and represented as trajectories in the F1−F2, F1−F3, and F2−F3 planes. Distinctive formant trajectories are clearly revealed, exhibiting specific trajectory angles at the onset during the initial vowel and at the offset during ...
Mohammed Mrayati, René Carré
openaire   +2 more sources

The interaction of syllabification and voicing perception in american english [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The current paper explores these two sorts of phonetic explanations of the relationship between syllabic position and the voicing contrast in American English.
Jong, Kenneth de   +2 more
core  

Speech characteristics of monozygotic twins and a same-sex sibling: an acoustic case study of coarticulation patterns in read speech [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
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.
core   +1 more source

Speech Differences between Multiple System Atrophy and Parkinson's Disease

open access: yesMovement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Delineation of Parkinson's disease (PD) from multiple system atrophy (MSA) can be challenging in early disease stages. Speech characteristics have been studied as digital biomarkers in PD and ataxias. Currently, data on speech in MSA is limited.
Tom Hähnel   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

A SURVEY ON SEVERAL POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC AREAS OF PRONUNCIATION FOR IRANIAN EFL LEARNERS

open access: yesIndonesian EFL Journal, 2015
Almost all English language teachers get students to study grammar, vocabulary, etc., but some of these same teachers make little attempt to teach pronunciation in any overt way and only give attention to it in passing.
Amir Toghyani Khorasgani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vowel harmony and vowel alternation in Mayak

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1999
Like several other Western Nilotic languages, the Mayak variety of Northern Burun has two sets of vowels distinguished by the feature [ATR], the [-ATR] vowels [I, E, a, i, u] and the [+ATR] vowels [i, e, A, 0, u]. However, the mid [+ATR] vowels [e] and [o] are variants of the mid [-ATR] vowels /e/ and /i/ conditioned by a following high I+ATR] vowel ...
openaire   +4 more sources

Changes in the McGurk Effect across Phonetic Contexts. I. Fusions [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The McGurk effect has generally been studied within a limited range of phonetic contexts. With the goal of characterizing the McGurk effect through a wider range of contexts, a parametric investigation across three different vowel contexts, /i/, /α/, and
Cohen, Michael   +2 more
core   +1 more source

The Contribution of Phonemic Awareness and Executive Functions to Reading Skills of Italian Pupils

open access: yesPsychology in the Schools, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Phonemic awareness (PA) refers to the ability to reflect on and manipulate phonemes. The development of the ability to become aware of and conduct mental operations on phonemes might involve higher‐order cognitive processes, such as executive functions (EFs), which help modulate attention to goal‐relevant information and support behavioral ...
Anna Cardis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some Features of Vowel and Consonant Systems in Mid-Mongolian Language: towards a Problem of Inherited and Acquired (based on the Dictionary «Mukaddimat Al Adab»)

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article deals with some of the phonetic features of medieval Mongolian language in the context of language contacts and linguageographical analysis. The author focuses on the issues related to the development problems of historical phonetics of vowel
Nikolay Badgaev
doaj  

Fundamental study on the sounds of standard Baltic languages: phonetic and phonological differences

open access: yesLietuvių Kalba, 2020
The article discusses the most important differences in the sound structure of contemporary Lithuanian and Latvian standard languages, scientific and practical benefits of a fundamental comparative instrumental sound research, reviews possible further ...
Jurgita Jaroslavienė   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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