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Kruger, Stella; Noiray, Aude – Journal of Child Language, 2021
Anticipatory coarticulation is an indispensable feature of speech dynamics contributing to spoken language fluency. Research has shown that children speak with greater degrees of vowel anticipatory coarticulation than adults -- that is, greater vocalic influence on previous segments. The present study examined how developmental differences in…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Articulation (Speech), Vowels, Transfer of Training
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Brunner, Jana; Ghosh, Satrajit; Hoole, Philip; Matthies, Melanie; Tiede, Mark; Perkell, Joseph – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2011
Purpose: The aim of this study was to relate speakers' auditory acuity for the sibilant contrast, their use of motor equivalent trading relationships in producing the sibilant /[esh]/, and their produced acoustic distance between the sibilants /s/ and /[esh]/. Specifically, the study tested the hypotheses that during adaptation to a perturbation…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Acoustics, Phonemes, German
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Cornell, Sonia A.; Lahiri, Aditi; Eulitz, Carsten – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 2013
The precise structure of speech sound representations is still a matter of debate. In the present neurobiological study, we compared predictions about differential sensitivity to speech contrasts between models that assume full specification of all phonological information in the mental lexicon with those assuming sparse representations (only…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Models, Speech Communication, Articulation (Speech)
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Brunner, Jana; Hoole, Phil – Language and Speech, 2012
The German sibilant /esh/ is produced with a constriction in the postalveolar region and often with protruded lips. By covarying horizontal lip and tongue position speakers can keep a similar acoustic output even if the articulation varies. This study investigates whether during two weeks of adaptation to an artificial palate speakers covary these…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Feedback (Response), German, Morphemes
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Macedonia, Manuela – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
This study investigates the role of perception and sensory motor learning on speech production in L2. Compared to natural language learning, acoustic input in formal adult instruction is deprived of multiple sensory motor cues and lacks the imitation component. Consequently, it is possible that inaccurate pronunciation results from training.…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, German, Sensory Integration, Perceptual Development
Tepeli, Dilara – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The German /r/ sound is one of the most difficult sounds for American English (AE) speakers who are learning German as a foreign language to produce. The standard German /r/ variant [/R/] and dialectal variant [R] are achieved by varying the tongue constriction degree, while keeping the place of articulation constant [Schiller and Mooshammer…
Descriptors: North American English, Native Speakers, Articulation (Speech), Correlation
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Weiss, Rudolf – Linguistics, 1974
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception, Distinctive Features (Language)
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Grundler, Hartmut – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1972
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Articulation (Speech), Auditory Perception, Comparative Analysis