Search Results - "Fletcher, Janet"

Phrase-level and edge marking in Drehu by Torres, Catalina, Fletcher, Janet

“…This study investigates prosodic correlates of phrasing in Drehu, an Oceanic language from New Caledonia. The analysis is concerned with the demarcation of…”
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Closure duration as an acoustic correlate of the word-initial singleton/geminate consonant contrast in Kelantan Malay by Hamzah, Mohd Hilmi, Fletcher, Janet, Hajek, John

“…Closure duration has been established cross-linguistically as the universally most reliable and consistent acoustic feature of consonant gemination. In this…”
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Specific Language Impairment, Theory of Mind, and Visual Perspective Taking: Evidence for Simulation Theory and the Developmental Role of Language by Farrant, Brad M., Fletcher, Janet, Maybery, Murray T.

“…Recent research has found that the acquisition of theory of mind (ToM) is delayed in children with specific language impairment (SLI). The present study used a…”
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A spotlight on preschool: the influence of family factors on children's early literacy skills by Heath, Steve M, Bishop, Dorothy V M, Bloor, Kimberley E, Boyle, Gemma L, Fletcher, Janet, Hogben, John H, Wigley, Charles A, Yeong, Stephanie H M

“…Phonological awareness, letter knowledge, oral language (including sentence recall) and rapid automatised naming are acknowledged within-child predictors of…”
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What Makes an Effective Psychoeducational Report? Perceptions of Teachers and Psychologists by Fletcher, Janet, Hawkins, Tara, Thornton, Jenna

“…The psychoeducational report has many purposes and many readers. Given this, it is imperative that psychoeducational reports are well written, as well as…”
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No differential attentional blink in dyslexia after controlling for baseline sensitivity by Badcock, Nicholas A., Hogben, John H., Fletcher, Janet F.

“…Previous research has associated a prolonged attentional blink (AB) with adult dyslexia [Hari, R., Valta, M., & Uutela, K. (1999). Prolonged attentional dwell…”
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Dyslexia and practice in the attentional blink: Evidence of slower task learning in dyslexia by Badcock, Nicholas A., Hogben, John H., Fletcher, Janet F.

“…In this paper we provide an extension to our previous investigation into dyslexia and the attentional blink (AB) ( Badcock et al., 2008). The AB is a…”
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Educational outcomes are predictive of mental health diagnoses in adolescence by Wong, Janice, Fletcher, Janet, Glauert, Rebecca, O'Donnell, Melissa, Bayliss, Donna

“…ABSTRACT Objectives Associations between poor reading outcomes and attention/behavioural difficulties have been documented in the literature (e.g., Spira &…”
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Patterns of participation in year 9 academic testing and factors predicting absence on the day of test by Wong, Janice W. Y., O’Donnell, Melissa, Bayliss, Donna, Fletcher, Janet, Glauert, Rebecca

“…Policies aiming to improve educational outcomes are typically based on academic testing data. However, such data only reflect the performance of students who…”
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The alignment of F0 tonal targets under changes in speech rate in Drehu by Torres, Catalina, Fletcher, Janet

“…This study investigates fundamental frequency alignment to segmental landmarks in Drehu, an Oceanic language. The authors present a production experiment that…”
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The alignment of F 0 tonal targets under changes in speech rate in Drehu by Torres, Catalina, Fletcher, Janet

“…This study investigates fundamental frequency alignment to segmental landmarks in Drehu, an Oceanic language. The authors present a production experiment that…”
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Visual and auditory processing and component reading skills in developmental dyslexia by Gibson, Lisa Y., Hogben, John H., Fletcher, Janet

“…Previous research suggests that children with developmental dyslexia have low-level visual and auditory deficits. The present study further examines these…”
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Acoustic correlates of oral and glottal stops in Tahitian by Fletcher, Janet, Gregory, Adele, Volchok, Ben

“…The Eastern Polynesian language Tahitian spoken in French Polynesia, is described as having a simple phonological inventory with a single stop series: /p, t,…”
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Near-merger of /s: ʃ/ in Veneto Italian: A preliminary cross-generational acoustic investigation by Dian, Angelo, Hajek, John, Fletcher, Janet

“…Italian contrasts /s:/ and /ʃ/. Although in standard Italian (SI) the two phonemes have distinct places of articulation (laminal denti-alveolar and laminal…”
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Prominence marking in an edge-prominent language - the case of Drehu by Torres, Catalina, Fletcher, Janet

“…This study investigates prosodic correlates of phrasing in Drehu, an Oceanic language from New Caledonia. The analysis is concerned with the demarcation of…”
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Fundamental Frequency and Regional Variation in Lifou French by Torres, Catalina, Fletcher, Janet, Wigglesworth, Gillian

“…This study presents two experiments aimed at investigating tune-to-text alignment and pitch scaling in Lifou French, a variety spoken by bilingual speakers of…”
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Sociophonetic Variation in Vowel Categorization of Australian English by Loakes, Debbie, Clothier, Josh, Hajek, John, Fletcher, Janet

“…This study involves a perceptual categorization task for Australian English, designed to investigate regional and social variation in category boundaries…”
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Acoustic evidence for right-edge prominence in Nafsan by Billington, Rosey, Fletcher, Janet, Thieberger, Nick, Volchok, Ben

“…Oceanic languages are often described as preferring primary stress on penultimate syllables, but detailed surveys show that many different types of prominence…”
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Acoustic evidence for right-edge prominence in Nafsana by Billington, Rosey, Fletcher, Janet, Thieberger, Nick, Volchok, Ben

“…Oceanic languages are often described as preferring primary stress on penultimate syllables, but detailed surveys show that many different types of prominence…”
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The articulatory kinematics of final lengthening by EDWARDS, J, BECKMAN, M. E, FLETCHER, J

“…In order to understand better the phonetic control of final lengthening, the articulation of phrase-final syllables was compared with that of two other…”
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