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1. Ingrian Finnish : dialect preservation and change
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2. That voice sounds familiar : factors in speaker recognition
Abstract : Humans have the ability to recognize other humans by voice alone. This is important both socially and for the robustness of speech perception. This Thesis contains a set of eight studies that investigates how different factors impact on speaker recognition and how these factors can help explain how listeners perceive and evaluate speaker identity. READ MORE
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3. Voice Imitation : A Phonetic Study of Perceptual Illusions and Acoustic Success
Abstract : This thesis is about voice imitations, more specifically impersonation. Questions are raised about the uniqueness of a person’s voice and speech behaviour and if it is possible to get close to another speaker’s voice and speech. Four main research questions are investigated in different studies. READ MORE
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4. A study of European, Persian and Arabic loans in standard Sorani
Abstract : This dissertation examines processes of lexical borrowing in the Sorani standard of the Kurdish language, spoken in Iraq, Iran, and the Kurdish diaspora. Borrowing, a form of language contact, occurs on all levels of language structure. READ MORE
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5. Standardization and Orthography in the Balochi Language
Abstract : This work deals with the process of standardization in written Balochi in Pakistan from 1950 onwards.... READ MORE