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Showing 1 to 20 of 138 for “"phonetics"”.
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Phonetics Information Base and Lexicon
In this dissertation, I investigate the linguistic and technological challenges involved in creating a cross-linguistic data set to undertake phonological typology. I then address the question of whether more sophisticated, knowledge-based approaches to data modeling, coupled with a broad …
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The phonetics and phonology of tonal systems
Pitch variations are used in different languages in a variety of communicative ways, from cueing lexical item identity to conveying meaning through phrasing and accentuation. Previously, linguistic theories of intonation and tone which have sought a unifying account for tonal phenomena have not …
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The phonology and phonetics of English intonation
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1980.
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The Phonology and Phonetics of Word-Initial Geminates
The phonology and phonetics of word-initial geminate consonants are investigated in this dissertation. The phonology portion concentrates on the patterning and distribution of these sounds in Leti, Chuukese, Cypriot Greek, and Luganda. The observed patterning of initial geminates indicates the need …
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Weighing Preaspiration: Phonetics, Phonology, Typology of a Laryngeal Phenomenon
Preaspiration is typically discussed as a rare phenomenon, with the reasons for its relative rarity compared to postaspiration being important to investigate. This approach parallels research on typologically rare segments like postaspirated fricatives (Jacques, 2011) or glottalized sonorants …
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An Evaluation of Phonetics in Selected Initial Reading Programs
Introduction: Phonics has played a dramatic role in American education since the time of its advent in the nation's schools. It has been in good and ill repute, in and out of the schools. There is probably no area of instruction in the elementary schools today about which there are so many …
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The phonetics and phonology of coronal markedness and unmarkedness
This thesis investigates place feature restrictions in oral and nasal stop consonants with a special focus on the asymmetrical behavior of coronal and noncoronal stops. Two conflicting patterns of place restriction in outputs are attested: coronal unmarkedness and coronal markedness. This thesis …
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The phonetics and phonology of tone and intonation in Japanese
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1985.
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The phonetics of metrical prominence and its consequences on segmental phonology
Only very few phonological processes are reported to be conditioned by stress. There are two major patterns of stress-sensitive processes: segments are lengthened under stress, and vowels become louder. Two other phonological patterns are reported in the presence of stress, although they don't seem …
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Modelling fundamental frequency, and its relationship to syntax, semantics, and phonetics.
Thesis. 1976. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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The phonetics and phonology of tone mapping in a constraint-based approach
… reported here have implications for both phonetics and phonoloy.
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The morphology of central Shona : with prefatory chapters on the phonetics and phonology
… prefatory chapters which deal with Central Shona phonetics and phonology. Of the Central Shona dialect-groups I have taken Zezuru as my standpoint. It is true that the main differences between the dialect-groups lie in phonetics and vocabulary and not in morphology; nevertheless the work has a …
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A Comparison of Spanish Produced by Chinese L2 Learners and Native Speakers---an Acoustic Phonetics Approach
Chapter 6 summarizes the conclusions of the current study and points to some possible future studies.
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Dubbing as an Audiovisual Translation Mode: English and Lithuanian Phonemic Inventories in the Context of Visual Phonetics /
The focus and the research order of this dissertation have been determined by the apprehension of the direct influence of audiovisual synthesis on speech perception. Concurrent of live communication because of inborn human ability of lip reading, audiovisual synthesis has been transformed into the …
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A comparative study of the Morphosyntaz and Phonetics of Town Bemba and Standard Bemba of the Copperbelt Zambia
… Model (MLF) for the morphosyntax data; socio-phonetics using Praat and Normalisation of vowels for phonetic data; and a linguistic characterisation of language varieties were used to characterise TB and establish its status. The results show that TB is quite similar to the base language SB and …
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Spanish-Speaking Students Perceptions of EFL as Demonstrated in Writing for an Undergraduate English Phonetics and Phonology Course in Bogotá Colombia
… students for the undergraduate course of English Phonetics and Phonology taught at a university in Bogota, Colombia in four cohorts. Using qualitative content analysis (QCA), this study analyzes students' meanings and interpretations of the foreign language in their written ideas that emerged in …
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Second Language Instruction with Phonological Knowledge: Teaching Arabic to Speakers of English
… study examined whether explicit instruction in phonetics and the phonologies of English and Arabic improved the sound production and recognition skills of adult native speakers of English learning Arabic as a foreign language. The study utilized an intervention strategy that introduced the …
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Second Language Instruction with Phonological Knowledge: Teaching Arabic to Speakers of English
… study examined whether explicit instruction in phonetics and the phonologies of English and Arabic improved the sound production and recognition skills of adult native speakers of English learning Arabic as a foreign language. The study utilized an intervention strategy that introduced the …
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