Search Results - "Language and speech"

Is All Formulaic Language Created Equal? Unpacking the Processing Advantage for Different Types of Formulaic Sequences by Carrol, Gareth, Conklin, Kathy

“…Research into recurrent, highly conventionalized “formulaic” sequences has shown a processing advantage compared to “novel” (non-formulaic) language. Studies…”
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Iconicity in Word Learning and Beyond: A Critical Review by Nielsen, Alan KS, Dingemanse, Mark

“…Interest in iconicity (the resemblance-based mapping between aspects of form and meaning) is in the midst of a resurgence, and a prominent focus in the field…”
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The Prosody of Rhetorical and Information-Seeking Questions in German by Braun, Bettina, Dehé, Nicole, Neitsch, Jana, Wochner, Daniela, Zahner, Katharina

“…This paper reports on the prosody of rhetorical questions (RQs) and information-seeking questions (ISQs) in German for two question types—polar questions and…”
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The Processing of Linguistic Prominence by Kember, Heather, Choi, Jiyoun, Yu, Jenny, Cutler, Anne

“…Prominence, the expression of informational weight within utterances, can be signaled by prosodic highlighting (head-prominence, as in English) or by position…”
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Social Expectation Improves Speech Perception in Noise by McGowan, Kevin B.

“…Listeners’ use of social information during speech perception was investigated by measuring transcription accuracy of Chinese-accented speech in noise while…”
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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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Phrasal Synchronization of Gesture With Prosody and Information Structure by Türk, Olcay, Calhoun, Sasha

“…This study investigates the synchronization of manual gestures with prosody and information structure using Turkish natural speech data. Prosody has long been…”
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Non-native Listeners Benefit Less from Gestures and Visible Speech than Native Listeners During Degraded Speech Comprehension by Drijvers, Linda, Özyürek, Asli

“…Native listeners benefit from both visible speech and iconic gestures to enhance degraded speech comprehension (Drijvers & Ozyürek, 2017). We tested how highly…”
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Phonetic Accommodation on the Segmental and the Suprasegmental Level of Speech in Native–Non-Native Collaborative Tasks by Ulbrich, Christiane

“…This paper presents the investigation and analysis of speech accommodation effects in data obtained from Spanish learners of German with varying proficiency…”
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The Effects of Language Contact on Non-Native Vowel Sequences in Lexical Borrowings: The Case of Media Lengua by Onosson, Sky, Stewart, Jesse

“…Media Lengua (ML), a mixed language derived from Quichua and Spanish, exhibits a phonological system that largely conforms to that of Quichua acoustically…”
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Using Network Science and Psycholinguistic Megastudies to Examine the Dimensions of Phonological Similarity by Castro, Nichol, Vitevitch, Michael S.

“…Network science was used to examine different dimensions of phonological similarity in English. Data from a phonological associate task and an identification…”
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Kinect-ing the Dots: Using Motion-Capture Technology to Distinguish Sign Language Linguistic From Gestural Expressions by Stamp, Rose, Cohn, David, Hel-Or, Hagit, Sandler, Wendy

“…Just as vocalization proceeds in a continuous stream in speech, so too do movements of the hands, face, and body in sign languages. Here, we use motion-capture…”
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Social Priming: Exploring the Effects of Speaker Race and Ethnicity on Perception of Second Language Accents by McLaughlin, Drew J., Van Engen, Kristin J.

“…Listeners use more than just acoustic information when processing speech. Social information, such as a speaker’s perceived race or ethnicity, can also affect…”
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The Effect of Habitual Speech Rate on Speaker-Specific Processing in English Stop Voicing Perception by Ting, Connie, Kang, Yoonjung

“…This study investigates listeners’ ability to track individual speakers’ habitual speech rate in a dialogue and adjust their perception of durational…”
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How Complex Verbs Acquire Their Idiosyncratic Meanings by Monakhov, Sergei

“…Complex verbs with the same preverb/prefix/particle that is both linguistically productive and analyzable can be compositional as well as non-compositional in…”
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Aptitude, Anxiety, and Success in L2 Speech Development: A Longitudinal Study of Chinese EFL College-Level Learners by Zhou, Yang

“…This study examined the second language (L2) speech development of a group of Chinese English as a Foreign Language (EFL) college-level learners ( = 83) and…”
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Cross-Linguistic Phonetic Variation in Bilingual Speech: Cantonese /n/ > [l] Merger in Early Cantonese-English Bilinguals by Soo, Rachel, Babel, Molly, Johnson, Khia A

“…/n/ is merging with /l/ in Cantonese, as well as in several other Chinese languages. The Cantonese merger appears categorical, with /n/ becoming /l/…”
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Fast-Speech-Induced Hypoarticulation Does Not Considerably Affect the Diachronic Reversal of Complementary Length in Central Bavarian by Jochim, Markus, Kleber, Felicitas

“…This study investigated a sound change in progress by which the Central Bavarian dialect feature of complementary length between consonant and the preceding…”
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Echoes of Past Contact: Venetian Influence on Cretan Greek Intonation by Baltazani, Mary, Coleman, John, Passoni, Elisa, Przedlacka, Joanna

“…Prosodic aspects of cross-linguistic contact are under-researched, especially past contact that has subsequently ceased. In this paper, we investigate…”
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Intonational and Syntactic Innovations in a Language Contact Situation: An Explorative Study of Yes/No Questions in Paraguayan Guarani–Spanish Bilinguals by Pešková, Andrea

“…Whereas the intonation of Spanish varieties has received considerable attention in the past few decades, the research has so far not included the variety of…”
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