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Asu, Eva Liina; Nolan, Francis – Language and Speech, 2007
In Estonian, as in a number of other languages, the nuclear pitch accent is often low and level. This paper presents two studies of this phenomenon. The first, a phonetic analysis of carefully structured read sentences shows that low accentuation can also spread to the prenuclear accents in an intonational phrase. The resulting sentence contours…
Descriptors: Sentences, Phonology, Phonetic Analysis, Finno Ugric Languages

Rakerd, Brad; And Others – Language and Speech, 1982
Two experiments are reported in which the presence or absence of silence was found to be a relevant cue for the distinction between affricate and fricative when it occurred in sentence-medial position, but not when it occurred at a sentence boundary. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Language Research, Language Rhythm

Warner, Rebecca M. – Language and Speech, 1979
Vocal activity in spontaneous speech appears to alternate between regular periods of high and low activity. These cycles may be properties of social systems, internal cognitive rhythms, or physiological rhythms that affect readiness to initiate activity. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Communication Research, Interaction

Clemmer, Edward J.; And Others – Language and Speech, 1979
When church lectors and beginning and advanced drama students read the same passage, the drama students used faster articulation, faster speech rates, and fewer pauses than church lectors. Expert and nonprofessional evaluators preferred the advanced drama students, followed by the beginning drama students and then the church lectors. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Clergy, College Students, Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis

Kuijpers, Cecile; van Donselaar, Wilma – Language and Speech, 1998
Schwa epenthesis and schwa deletion are two types of phonological variation that occur frequently in Dutch. In this study, a series of picture-naming experiments investigated whether schwa epenthesis and schwa deletion are arbitrary processes or whether they are contextually driven and take place in speech-planning process. Findings are discussed…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Dutch, Language Rhythm, Language Variation

Bailey, Todd M.; Plunkett, Kim; Scarpa, Ester – Language and Speech, 1999
Compares the ability of English speakers and Portuguese speakers to learn two complex rhythm patterns observed in languages with primary word stress. Subjects were familiarized with one of two rhythms during a discrimination task, followed by a recognition task that tested whether knowledge of the rhythm generalized to novel stimuli.(Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, English