Search for dissertations about: "vowels"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the word vowels.

  2. 1. Perceptual reorganization of vowels : Separating the linguistic and acoustic parts of the mismatch response

    Author : Ellen Marklund; Francisco Lacerda; Iris-Corinna Schwarz; Riitta Salmelin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; language acquisition; infants; speech perception; MMR; MMN; perceptual reorganization; Linguistics; lingvistik;

    Abstract : During the first year of life, infants go from perceiving speech sounds primarily based on their acoustic characteristics, to perceiving speech sounds as belonging to speech sound categories relevant in their native language(s). The transition is apparent in that very young infants typically discriminate both native and non-native speech sound contrasts, whereas older infants show better discrimination for native contrasts and worse or no discrimi­na­tion for non-native contrasts. READ MORE

  4. 2. The vowels of Delhi English : Three studies in sociophonetics

    Author : Raphaël Domange; Peter Sundkvist; Niclas Abrahamsson; Raymond Hickey; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Indian English; phonology; sociophonetics; language variation and change; language contact; world Englishes; English; engelska;

    Abstract : Addressing the dearth of sociolinguistic variation research in the “new” varieties of English (D. Sharma, 2017b), this dissertation consists of a set of three sociophonetic studies on an urban dialect of Indian English. READ MORE

  5. 3. Labial function in Swedish vowels

    Author : Robert McAllister; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Svenska språket; Labialitet;

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  6. 4. Articulatory-Acoustic Relationships in Swedish Vowel Sounds

    Author : Christine Ericsdotter; Olle Engstrand; Björn Lindblom; Peter Ladefoged; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Swedish vowels; articulatory modelling; MRI; Phonetics; Fonetik;

    Abstract : The goal of this work was to evaluate the performance of a classical method for predicting vocal tract cross-sectional areas from cross-distances, to be implemented in speaker-specific articulatory modelling. The data forming the basis of the evaluation were magnetic resonance images from the vocal tract combined with simultaneous audio and video recordings. READ MORE

  7. 5. A phonetic study of emphasis and vowels in Egyptian Arabic

    Author : Kjell Norlin; Språk- och litteraturcentrum; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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