THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY AND SET TONE-REGISTER BOUNDARIES, AND TO DESCRIBE TONAL CONTOURS OF SINGLE WORDS AND COUPLETS IN TERMS OF WHAT GOOD MANDARIN CHINESE SPEAKERS ACTUALLY DO. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON ISOLATED AND COUPLED WORDS OF HIGH LINGUISTIC FREQUENCY, WHICH WERE RECORDED BY 18 PROFESSORS OF MANDARIN CHINESE ON NARROW-BAND…

THIS 2-PART REPORT DEALT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT FOR GRAPHICALLY RECORDING SPEECH INTONATIONS. THE APPENDIXES GAVE DETAILS OF CIRCUITRY AND INSTRUMENTATION FOR THE PITCH MATCHING DEVICE AND THE INTONATION PLAYBACK. (THIS REPORT IS A SUPPLEMENT TO ED 003 881.) (LP)

A commonly made, but rarely defended, assumption is that phonetic reduction processes apply to hyperarticulated phonetic targets. Results from four experiments reported in this paper support this assumption. (43 references) (Author/LB)

This study presents a phonetic analysis of repetitions occurring in other-initiated repair sequences in American English. Despite their lexical similarities, the repairs are shown to have 2 distinct phonetic patterns. These patterns correspond systematically with a sequential and interactional difference between fitted and disjunct trouble source…

Patients with cochlear implants have the ability to exercise auditory control over their own speech production and over the speech of others, which is important for the development of speech control. In the present investigation three groups of 10 subjects were compared. The groups comprised: (1) cochlear implant users, (2) profoundly deaf using…

This study compared the instructional effectiveness and efficiency of three word-reading interventions on cumulative number of words read accurately and cumulative learning rate. Participants were six first graders who needed intensive intervention services. Alternating treatment designs were used to compare the effects of interspersal drill, a…

This paper examines the Spanish phonetic system, as set forth by Navarro Tomas in his "Manual de Pronunciacion Espanola," and discusses the influences exerted by certain sounds over others. (Text is in Spanish.) (CK)

Describes a method for automatically segmenting words into their stems and affixes using certain statistical properties of a corpus to indicate where words should be divided. (Author/PF)

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO REPEAT, WITH REFINEMENTS, THE RESEARCH DESIGN OF THE HANNA-MOORE STUDY (1953) CONCERNING PHONEME-GRAPHEME RELATIONSHIPS. OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE--(1) TO EXAMINE THE SOUND-TO-LETTER CHARACTERISTICS OF AN EXTENDED LIST OF 10,000 WORDS, (2) TO DISCOVER TO WHAT DEGREE THE SAME 80 PERCENT CRITERION OF PHONEME-TO-GRAPHEME…

Using made-up words to teach sound-symbol relationships eliminates student guessing at familiar words. (Author/SP)

The study investigated adaptation to a standard electropalatographic (EPG) practise palate in a group of eight adults (mean age = 24 years). The participants read the phrase "a CVC" over four sampling conditions: prior to inserting the palate, immediately following insertion of the palate, 45 minutes after palate insertion, and 3 hours after…

THESE GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED AT THE BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO ANSWER THE REQUESTS OF UPPER ELEMENTARY TEACHERS FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ELEMENTS OF THE PHONETIC APPROACH IN THE TEACHING OF READING. THE BOOKLET INCLUDES NOT ONLY THOSE SKILLS TO BE INTRODUCED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE FIFTH- AND SIXTH-GRADE LEVELS, BUT ALSO…

Article traces the history of the research done on the problems of the vowel-r symbol. (ML)