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The Intonation and Signaling of Declarative Questions in Manchego Peninsular Spanish
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Henriksen, Nicholas C. – Language and Speech, 2012
This paper is an experimental investigation on the tonal structure and phonetic signaling of declarative questions by speakers of Manchego Peninsular Spanish, a dialect of Spanish for which little experimental research on intonation is currently available. Analysis 1 examines the scaling and timing properties of final rises produced by 16 speakers…
Descriptors: Evidence, Phonetics, Language Patterns, Intonation
Early Sound Patterns in the Speech of Two Brazilian Portuguese Speakers.
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Teixeira, Elizabeth Reis; Davis, Barbara L. – Language and Speech, 2002
Compares sound patterns in the speech of two Brazilian-Portuguese speaking children with early production patterns in English-learning children as well as English and Brazilian-Portuguese characteristics. Results emphasize the primacy of production system effects in early acquisition, although even the earliest word forms show evidence of…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Language Patterns, Phonology
Prosodic Effects on Word Reduction.
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Carter, Allyson K.; Clopper, Cynthia G. – Language and Speech, 2002
English-speaking children reduce words by omitting syllables in certain predictable patterns. To better understand the nature of phonological reductions in children, this study explored whether adults produce predictable output patterns when reducing words. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, College Students, English
Synthesis by Rule as a Tool for Phonological Research
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Mattingly, Ignatius G. – Language and Speech, 1971
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Language Patterns, Language Standardization, Phonemics