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Ghazi Algethami; Sam Hellmuth – Second Language Research, 2024
Rhythm metrics can detect second language development of target-like speech rhythm but interpretation of the results from metrics in learners' speech is problematic because the mapping of metrics to underpinning phonological features is indirect. We investigate speech rhythm in first language (L1) Arabic / second language (L2) English, which…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Arabic
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Taghva, Nafiseh; Zadeh, Vahideh Abolhasani – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Interval-based method is a method of studying the rhythmic quantitative features of languages. This method use Pairwise Variability Index (PVI) to consider the variability of vocalic duration and inter-vocalic duration of sentences which leads to classification of languages rhythm into stress-timed languages and syllable-timed ones. This study…
Descriptors: Language Rhythm, Indo European Languages, English, Contrastive Linguistics