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Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2018 Vowels in Ateso, an Eastern Nilotic language, are subject to Advanced Tongue Root (ATR) harmony. Accordingly, the vowels are divided into two harmony sets which differ in terms of tongue root position.
Barasa, David
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CNN‐Based Accent Similarity Detection Using Masked Spectrogram Reconstruction
Engineering Reports, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.Convolutional Neural Network Masked Spectrogram Reconstruction model to enhance accent recognition and similarity assessment in automatic speech recognition. Addressing challenges in recognizing non‐native English accents, the method utilizes randomly masked spectrogram inputs to extract accent‐specific features.
Amina Salifu +8 more
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Underspecification and low vowel harmony in Okpe
Studies in African Linguistics, 1986 This paper examines the effect of [ATR] vowel harmony on low vowels in Okpe, an Edoid language of Nigeria. The relevant facts can be summarized as follows: Low vowel stems condition [-ATR] forms on affixes.
Douglas Pulleyblank
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Developmental Science, Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2026.ABSTRACT Music and language are both hierarchically structured: syllables combine into words, and meters are groupings of musical beats. Statistical learning (SL) supports speech segmentation through computation of transitional probabilities between syllables, and individual differences in SL ability were found predictive of further language ...
Iris van der Wulp +2 more
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Vowel harmony in Wolof loanwords
Studies in African Linguistics, 2006 No abstract is available for SAL supplements.
Mariame I. Sy
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European Journal of Neuroscience, Volume 63, Issue 5, March 2026.Event‐related potentials (ERPs) to a repeating pseudoword and mismatch responses (MMRs) to five deviances were recorded at 4–5 years and compared with a previously reported follow‐up at 28 months, in subgroups with versus without familial dyslexia risk (n ~ 150).
Sergio Navarrete‐Arroyo +3 more
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Phonological characterization of the vocalic segments in Prata - MG
Acta Scientiarum: Language and Culture, 2015 This article discusses the phonological characterization of vocalic segments through distinctive features, following a specification of features according to a more traditional approach.
Marlúcia Maria Alves
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The Journal of American Culture, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 19-29, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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Vowel Harmony in Turkish: Problems with Generative and Autosegmental Approach
Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1994 This paper discusses the treatment of vowel harmony, particularly in Turkish. Although notable for its typological utility in classifying languages, vowel harmony exhibits less of an agreement among phonologists than meets the eye despite the general ...
Nurcan Hacıoğlu
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Linguistic Discovery, 2002 A problem set that focuses on vowel harmony in Oroqen, a Tungusic language.
Lindsay J. Whaley
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