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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Acoustic variations"”.
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The Production and Identification of Mandarin Tones in Context
The purpose of the thesis is to study the acoustic variation of Mandarin tones produced in context by native Mandarin speakers (Study I) and how these acoustic variations of Mandarin tones influence L2 learners’ identification of Mandarin tones (Study II). Study I revealed that both F0 contour and …
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From prosodic structure to acoustic saliency: an fMRI investigation of speech rate, clarity, and emphasis
Acoustic variability in fluent speech can arise at many stages in speech production planning and execution. For example, at the phonological encoding stage, the grouping of phonemes into syllables determines which segments are coarticulated and, by consequence, segment-level acoustic variation. …
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An Acoustic Pulse Electro-Kinetic Sensor
… to which they are attracted is modulated by the acoustic variations in pressure. The Parallel Vibration Potential is generated when the same ions are caused to slip over the surface, in an oscillatory fashion. Apparatus has been designed and constructed for characterizing these effects. One …
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The Effects Of Parental Behaviors And Prosody On The Language And Cognitive Development Of Infants
The prosody (i.e., acoustic variations in pitch, intonation, stress patterns, and rate of speech) of infant-directed speech is a salient communicative feature (e.g., Fernald, 1989) that aids in the cognitive and language development of infants (e.g., Kaplan, Bachorowski, Smoski, & Hudenko, 2002; …