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Vowel Classification and Vowel Space in Persian
Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2015 This article aims to develop an acoustic vowel space in Persian speech. There are several aspects in this survey which make it different from what has been done before. The first is related to the issue of speech material. The need for more natural choice in voice qualities in recent years exhort us not relying on citation form or artificial sound ...
Nasim Esfandiari +2 more
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Voice Fundamental Frequency Variation and Statin Therapy
Clinical Otolaryngology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objectives Statins are considered a first‐line treatment for dyslipidaemia, being the most frequently prescribed medicine worldwide. However, statin therapy has been associated with several adverse effects, including statin‐associated myopathy, which may manifest with symptoms such as myalgia, muscle stiffness, and cramps.
Luca Francesco Parata +5 more
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What Vowels Can Tell Us about the Evolution of Music
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Whether music and language evolved independently of each other or whether both evolved from a common precursor remains a hotly debated topic. We here emphasize the role of vowels in the language-music relationship, arguing for a shared heritage of music ...
Gertraud Fenk-Oczlon
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Pharyngeal related non-lexical vowels in Sephardic Modern Hebrew
, 2010 This paper examines non-lexical vowels in Sephardic Modern Hebrew. It is argued that two kinds of vowel, which are triggered by the pharyngeal consonants, should be identified: (a) true epenthetic vowels that emerge on the surface to repair illicit ...
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Acoustic properties of vowels in Upper Necaxa Totonac [PDF]
, 2019 Upper Necaxa Totonac is a Totonacan language spoken in the Necaxa River valley in the Sierra Norte of Puebla State, Mexico. While the Totonacan languages historically have three phonemic vowel qualities, the Upper Necaxa system consists of five vowels ...
Tucker, Benjamin V. +1 more
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Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.This systematic overview highlights communication impairment as a defining feature of Rett syndrome, with expressive language consistently affected more severely than receptive language and social ability. Across the literature, most studies rely on caregiver‐reported measures, with relatively few employing direct or objective measurements of speech ...
Lucas N. Raniolo +6 more
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Word Associations in a Minoritised Language: The Case of Cymraeg (Welsh)
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As with many research strands in linguistics, word association (WA) literature is dominated by English language data. This paper (i) explores the extent to which methodologies developed to date are applicable to other languages—specifically, Welsh (Cymraeg)—and (ii) investigates what WA analysis can reveal about lexical organisation and ...
Tess Fitzpatrick +2 more
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To the question of the early period Old Russian phonological system description
Studia Humanitatis, 2020 The article attempts to present the early period Old Russian phonological system. The main attention is paid to the characteristics of the vocalism subsystem in the 6th – 9th centuries.
Kurulyenok Andrey Aleksandrovich
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Measuring Interactional Competence in a Japanese University EFL Speaking Context
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ability to interact is an integral aspect of speaking proficiency. Therefore, methods of assessing interaction need to be incorporated into second language (L2) speaking tests. The main purpose of this exploratory study is to attempt to quantify interactional competence (IC) in a Japanese university EFL (English as a foreign language ...
Paul Garside
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Comparative Analysis of Arabic Vowels using Formants and an Automatic Speech Recognition System [PDF]
, 2010 Arabic, the world's second most spoken language in terms of number of speakers, has not received much attention from the traditional speech processing research community. This study is specifically concerned with the analysis of vowels in modern standard
Hussain, Amir, Alotaibi, Yousef Ajami
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