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Are chatbots the new relationship experts? Insights from three studies
Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial HumansRelationship 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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A re-examination of the 9th vowel phoneme in Igbo
Studies 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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Vowel-to-vowel coarticulation in Swahili [PDF]
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 1983 Acoustic data from Swahili (a Bantu language with a five-vowel system) reveal interesting differences in the extent and direction of vowel-to-vowel coarticulation as compared with other languages. Utterances were VpV disyllables, including all combinations of the five vowels with stress on the first vowel, recorded by a native speaker of Swahili.
Rena A. Krakow, Sharon Y. Manuel
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Internal and external motivation in phonetic change: dialect levelling outcomes for an English vowel shift. [PDF]
, 2004 This article is a contribution to the debate about the primacy of internal versus external factors in language change (Farrar and Jones 2002; Thomason and Kaufman 1988).
Torgersen, Eivind +3 more
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Speech tempo consonant deletion
Studies 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
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Финно-угорский мир, 2020 Introduction. The article deals with the dynamic processes in the phonetic system of Bol’shoi Zhuzhges dialect of Udmurt in its present state. Materials and methods.
Natalia V. Kondratieva, Olga L. Sokolova
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Cross-language acoustic and perceptual similarity of vowels: The role of listeners'�� native accents [PDF]
, 2013 Vowel inventories vary across languages in terms of the phonological vowel categories within them and the phonetic properties of individual vowels. The same also holds across different accents of a language.
Williams, Daniel P
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PLoS ONEIt is well-documented that people living with obesity are at greater risk of poorer mental health outcomes. The aim of our study was twofold: First, to examine the longitudinal trajectories of depression and anxiety in people living with obesity over two
Matthew J Vowels +2 more
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The Short Vowels /i/ and /u/ in Iranian Balochi Dialects [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies, 2013 The aim of the present paper is to study the status of the short vowels /i/ and /u/ in five selected Iranian Balochi dialects. These dialects are spoken in Sistan (SI), Saravan (SA), Khash (KH), Iranshahr (IR), and Chabahar (CH) regions located in ...
Farideh Okati +3 more
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The effect of perceptual training on the learning of english vowels by brazilian portuguese speakers [PDF]
, 2007 Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente.Pesquisas recentes mostram que o treinamento perceptual é uma ferramenta eficaz para ...
Oliveira, Denize Nobre
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