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Removing micromelody from fundamental frequency contours [PDF]
, 2010 In this paper we describe a new method to diminish microprosodic components of fundamental frequency contours by applying weight functions linked to microprosodically classified phone combinations.
Reichel, Uwe D., Winkelmann, Raphael
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Quantity distinction in the Hungarian vowel system - just theory or also reality? [PDF]
, 2007 According to most current theories, the Hungarian vowel system involves 14 vowels that correspond to seven vowel pairs, each differentiated by quantity.
Reichel, Uwe D. +3 more
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Establishing the Three-Way Voicing Contrast in Madurese Stops
Humaniora, 2017 Madurese, a Western Malayo-Polynesian language spoken on the Indonesian island of Madura, has been described as having a three-way voicing contrast (i.e. voiced, voiceless unaspirated and voiceless aspirated) in its stops.
Misnadin Misnadin
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Pretonic Vowel Reduction in Brazilian Portuguese: Harmony and Dispersion
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2016 This paper follows up on some of the phonetic assumptions underlying earlier discussions in the phonological literature of the vowel reduction in Brazilian Portuguese such as Crosswhite (2004) and Flemming (2004), among others.
Filomena Sandalo, Michael Kenstowicz
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Perceptual compensation for vowel intrinsic f0 effects in native English speakers [PDF]
JASA Express LettersHigh vowels have higher f0 than low vowels, creating a context effect on the interpretation of f0. Since onset F0 is a cue to stop voicing, the vowel context is expected to influence voicing judgements. Listeners categorized syllables starting with high (
Connie Ting, Meghan Clayards
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Vowel-internal cues to vowel quality and prominence in speech perception [PDF]
, 2023 This study examines how variation in F0 and intensity impacts the perception of American English vowels. Both properties vary intrinsically as a function of vowel features in the speech production literature, raising the question of the perceptual impact
Jeremy Steffman +1 more
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Mid Vowel Alternations in Verbal Stems in Brazilian Portuguese
Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2003 This paper proposes an alternative analysis for mid vowel alternations in verbal stems in BP, treating them as vowel coalescence, where two input vowels unite into a single output vowel that shares features of its ancestor, in the framework of Optimality
Seung-Hwa Lee
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Comparative Analysis of Persian Vowels Features in Congenitally Blind and Sighted Students in Acoustic Phonetics [PDF]
مطالعات زبانها و گویشهای غرب ایران, 2016 Congenital visual impairment deprives children of an important source of information affecting acquired concepts as well as speech production. The primary aim of the research was to evaluate the extent to which blindness may affect vowel features ...
Tahereh Mahmoodi Ahmadabadi +3 more
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A revised reconstruction of the Proto-Tupian vowel system
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas, 2022 This contribution is concerned with the reconstruction of the vowel qualities of Proto-Tupian, the ancestral language of the Tupian language family. The study is grounded in a bottom-up application of the comparative method and seeks to offer a more ...
Andrey Nikulin, Fernando Carvalho
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Cantonese Loanwords: Conflicting Faithfulness in VC Rime Constraints
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2012 This paper focuses on the ways in which English loanwords are brought into line with four phonotactic constraints that restrict the possible combinations of nuclear vowels and coda consonants in Cantonese Chinese.
Michael J. Kenstowicz
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