Consonants and vowels differentially contribute to lexical acquisition. From 8 months on, infants' preferential reliance on consonants has been shown to predict their lexical outcome. Here, the ...predictive value of German‐learning infants' (n = 58, 29 girls, 29 boys) trajectories of consonant and vowel perception, indicated by the electrophysiological mismatch response, across 2, 6, and 10 months for later lexical acquisition was studied. The consonant‐perception trajectory from 2 to 6 months (β = −2.95) and 6 to 10 months (β = −.91), but not the vowel‐perception trajectory, significantly predicted receptive vocabulary at 12 months. These results reveal an earlier predictive value of consonant perception for word learning than previously found, and a particular role of the longitudinal maturation of this skill in lexical acquisition.
•Intrusive vowels in Sgi Bara are significantly shorter than phonemic vowels.•They are also more peripheral in the vowel space.•They don’t differ in intensity.•The differences between intrusive and ...phonemic vowels help us solve certain phonological problems.
We provide a phonetic examination of intrusive vowels in Sgi Bara jil. These vowels are inserted in predictable places, and their quality (either i, ɨ, or u) is also predictable, so they are not considered phonemic. We demonstrate that they differ from phonemic vowels in their duration, being shorter; and in their articulation, being more peripheral; but not in their intensity. We then demonstrate how this phonetic understanding of the difference between intrusive and phonemic vowels can be used to answer phonological questions about Sgi Bara. We offer two case studies: phonologically ambiguous sequences of high vowels, and frequent two-word combinations that may be univerbating. The results confirm the existence of a distinction between intrusive and phonemic vowels.
Native speakers of English naturally differentiate tense-lax vowels (e.g. /i:/ in FEAST vs. /ɪ/ in FIST) in their speech. Can the speakers of Bangla, Hindi and Japanese as a first language (L1) ...learning and using English as a second language (L2) maintain such contrastive vowel qualities? Hence, this study investigates L1 Bangla speakers' pronunciation of English tense-lax vowels. Data collected from recordings of a reading passage and a set of sentences by 19 speakers are analysed using Pratt, focusing on the contrast between traditionally paired English monophthongs /i:/ vs. /ɪ/, /u:/ vs. /ʊ/, /ͻ:/ vs. /ɒ/ and /ɑ:/ vs. /ʌ/ in terms of their length and high-low/front-back articulatory qualities. The findings suggest that the participants seem not to distinguish between these paired monophthongs in terms of their high-low/front-back qualities; although they mostly demonstrate maintaining their long-short features. Besides, these paired vowels appear to contrast to some extent on gender variation.
•We study taste and speech sounds associations.•Our research provides evidence of the linkages between vowel length and taste attributes.•Long (vs. short) vowel sounds are more associated with a ...sweet food product.•Long vowel sounds are expected as sweeter than short vowel sounds.
A growing body of research has demonstrated the existence of cross modal correspondences that involve tastes and sounds. For example, front vowels (e.g., /i/) and voiceless consonants (e.g., /f/) are more matched with sweetness than back vowels (e.g., /u/) and voiced consonants (e.g., /b/). However, research on taste-sound correspondences so far has focused mainly on the vowel position (e.g., front vs. back) and/or consonant types (i.e., voiced vs. voiceless). The literature on onomatopoeia and phonaesthetics suggests that vowel length (e.g. /e/ in sweeet vs. swee t) can be used to convey pleasure or euphony (e.g. sweetness) and displeasure (e.g., bitterness). This paper explores the linkages between vowel length and taste attributes. Specifically, this paper investigated the link between long (vs. short) vowel sounds and sweetness. In three studies, we demonstrate that people expect words containing long vowels (e.g., Monef Məʊni:f) to connote sweeter tastes than words containing short vowels (e.g., Monef Mɒnef). Our findings reveal the importance of vowel length in taste-sound associations, and show its linkage with the taste continuum.
The English language has undergone many sound changes in its long history. Some of these changes had a profound effect on the pronunciation of the language. A number of these significant instances of ...language evolution are generally grouped together and termed the 'Great Vowel Shift'. These changes are generally considered to be unrelated to other, similar long-vowel changes taking place a little earlier. This book assesses an extensive range of irregular Middle English spellings for all these changes, with a view to identifying the real course of events: the dates, the chronology, and the dialects that stand out as being innovative. Using empirical evidence to offer a fresh perspective and drawing new, convincing conclusions, Stenbrenden offers an interpretation of the history of the English language which may change our view of sound change completely.
The Principle of Uyghur Vowel Harmony Kaili, Binu; Mei, Reyi; Yang, Deming ...
Journal of physics. Conference series,
08/2019, Volume:
1288, Issue:
1
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
This paper aims at Uyghur vowel mutation tendency by means of Economic law of articulation. The economy principle can be easy to trace thorough evaluating Uyghur mutation. And the economy principle ...might have been a main factor producing the vowel harmony.
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With reference to the acoustic data of seven first-level vowels in Mandarin Chinese, this paper examines the vowel characteristics of the 16 dialects in Cangzhou, Hebei, and summarizes the ...local and overall characteristics of the Monophthongs in the Cangzhou dialect based on a large amount of acoustic data. Through comparative analysis of the distribution of Monophthongs of various dialects in Cangzhou and their differences and similarities with Mandarin, we hope to enrich the dialect phonetic database and provide a reference basis for data support for the promotion of Mandarin Chinese.
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