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Syllable weight, vowel length and focus in Lebanese Arabic
Glossa, 2021 Research on a variety of languages has shown that vowel duration is influenced by phonological vowel length as well as syllable structure (e.g., Maddieson 1997).
Niamh Kelly
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Effekte von Aussprachetraining im Klassenverband bei frankophonen Deutschlernenden [PDF]
Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, 2020 The efficiency of pronunciation training in the classroom in French learners of German was studied. To this end the German vowel length contrast and word initial [h] productions were examined.
Jane Wottawa
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Some inventory-related asymetries in the patterning of tongue root harmony systems
Studies in African Linguistics, 2016 Earlier studies (e.g., Casali 2003, 2008) have presented evidence of significant differences in assimilatory tendencies in vowel systems that have an [ATR] contrast in high vowels (“/2IU/ systems”) and those that have an [ATR] contrast only in non-high ...
Roderic F. Casali
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Rise and fall of vowel length in Slavic
Rasprave Instituta za Hrvatski Jezik i Jezikoslovlje, 2018 My observation that Mate Kapović’s ideas about Slavic accentuation lack a chronological perspective has evoked a furious reaction (Kortlandt 2016b: 478f., Kapović 2017).
Frederik Kortlandt
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Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.Objective Dysarthria is one of the most common and disabling side effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN‐DBS) in Parkinson's disease (PD). Stimulation often exacerbates speech dysfunction beyond the effects of PD progression, likely because of current spread to structures surrounding the STN.
Petr Krýže +17 more
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Effects of Vowel Length on Gaze Durations in Silent and Oral Reading
Journal of Eye Movement Research, 2010 Vowel length is known to affect reaction times in single word reading. Eye movement studies involving silent sentence reading showed that phonological information of a word can be acquired even before it is fixated.
Lynn Huestegge
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Autism Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Auditory mismatch responses—mismatch negativity (MMN) and mismatch fields (MMF)—are well established electrophysiological markers of automatic auditory discrimination supported by short‐term sensory memory. These responses, typically elicited using passive oddball paradigms, are increasingly used to investigate sensory and language processing ...
Sara Cacciato‐Salcedo +4 more
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Validation of the TruBlue Light Laser for Laryngeal Somatosensory and Perturbation Testing
The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.This study validates a blue light laser method for assessing laryngeal somatosensory function by measuring perceptual thresholds, reflexive responses, discrimination acuity, and vocal perturbations in healthy adults. Results demonstrate that the method provides precise, reliable stimulation and yields quantifiable sensory and acoustic responses ...
Adrianna C. Shembel +6 more
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Vowel duration in stressed and unstressed syllables in spontaneous English
Acta Universitatis Carolinae PhilologicaMany phonetic “truths” are based on descriptions of controlled speech material, and verifying their validity in spontaneous productions is essential. The present study investigates vowel duration as an acoustic correlate of stress in spontaneous English,
Nela Bradíková, Radek Skarnitzl
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Vowel Quality and Vowel Length in English as a Lingua Franca in Spain
Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies, 2018 In today’s globalised world, the use of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is a reality. Given the fact that pronunciation deviations from the native-speaker norm are one of the main causes of communication breakdown (Jenkins 2000), it feels necessary to ...
María Ángeles Jurado-Bravo
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