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Vocal tract physiology and its MRI evaluation

open access: yesRevista de Investigación e Innovación en Ciencias de la Salud, 2021
Introduction. The rapid technological evolution in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has recently offered a great opportunity for the analysis of voice production. Objectives.
Bruno Murmura   +6 more
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Vowel harmony

open access: yes, 2019
Vowel harmony refers to the phonological phenomenon that requires vowels in certain morphological or prosodic domains to agree in specific phonological features. This chapter presents a thorough revision of vowel harmony in southeastern peninsular Spanish, where the loss of some final consonants is compensated by opening the preceding vowel and the lax
Jiménez, Jesús, Lloret, Maria-Rosa
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Enlightenment of Spirit

open access: yesCentral Europe, 2020
This article covers the political effects of the Pietist movement in the Prussian territories. It details basic Pietist thought and how these doctrines were secularized, particularly in the eighteenth century and the nineteenth century, as Germany became
Grace Vowels
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Central, epenthetic, unmarked vowels and schwas : a brief outline of some essential differences [PDF]

open access: yesLinguística, 2010
In this study, we examine the nature and content of some phonetic/phonological designations to refer to central vowels. Bearing in mind that epenthetic vowels and unmarked vowels are not always central vowels, we will argue in favour of a thorough ...
João Veloso
doaj  

Evaluating the efficacy of Amanda: A voice-based large language model chatbot for relationship challenges

open access: yesComputers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans
Digital health interventions are increasingly necessary to bridge gaps in mental health care, providing scalable and accessible solutions to address unmet needs.
Laura M. Vowels   +2 more
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A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1989
In this study the author provides some linguistic evidence to support his argument that I~!is an autonomous vowel phoneme in the Enuani dialect. First, he uses some minimal pairs to show instances where it contrasts with both lei and la/. In addition, he
Ambrose Adikarnkwu Monye
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Are chatbots the new relationship experts? Insights from three studies

open access: yesComputers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans
Relationship distress is among the most important predictors of individual distress. Over one in three couples report distress in relationships but despite the distress, couples only rarely seek help from couple therapists and instead prefer to seek ...
Laura M. Vowels
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Speech tempo consonant deletion

open access: yesStudies in African Linguistics, 1989
Speech tempo, vowel contraction/elision, and consonant deletion are common phonetic features of the Edo language spoken in Oredo, Orhionmwo, and Ovia Local Government Areas of Bendel State, Nigeria.
Victor Edosa Omozuwa
doaj   +1 more source

Epenthetic vowels in Japanese: A perceptual illusion?

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1999
In four cross-linguistic experiments comparing French and Japanese hearers, we found that the phonotactic properties of Japanese (very reduced set of syllable types) induce Japanese listeners to perceive ``illusory'' vowels inside consonant clusters in ...
Emmanuel Dupoux   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Assessing the perceptual contributions of vowels and consonants to Mandarin sentence intelligibility.

open access: yesJournal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2013
This study investigated the perceptual contributions of vowels and consonants to Mandarin sentence intelligibility. Mandarin sentences were edited using a noise-replacement paradigm to preserve various amounts of segmental information and presented to ...
Fei Chen, L. Wong, Eva Y. W. Wong
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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