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Cross-Modal Facilitation in Speech Prosody
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Foxton, Jessica M.; Riviere, Louis-David; Barone, Pascal – Cognition, 2010
Speech prosody has traditionally been considered solely in terms of its auditory features, yet correlated visual features exist, such as head and eyebrow movements. This study investigated the extent to which visual prosodic features are able to affect the perception of the auditory features. Participants were presented with videos of a speaker…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Speech Communication, Suprasegmentals, Human Body
The Effect of Age of Acquisition and Second-Language Experience on Segments and Prosody: A Cross-Sectional Study of Korean Bilinguals' English and Korean Production
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Oh, Grace Eunhae – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The current dissertation investigated segmental and prosodic aspects of first- (L1) and second-language (L2) speech production. Forty Korean-speaking adults and children varying in L2 experience (6 months-inexperienced vs. 6 years-experienced) as well as twenty age-matched native English speaking adults and children participated. Experienced…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interaction, Speech, Vowels
Consonant-Free Words: Evidence from Hebrew Speaking Children with Cochlear Implants
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Adi-Bensaid, Limor; Tubul-Lavy, Gila – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2009
This paper reports on a rare phenomenon in language development--the production of words without consonants, and thus syllables without an onset. Such words, which are referred as Consonant-free words (CFWs), appeared for a short period in the early speech of hearing impaired Hebrew-speaking children, who produced words consisting of one or two…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Speech Communication, Speech, Phonemes
Language and Sexuality.
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Lebrun, Yvan – Language Sciences, 1979
Discusses the relationship between language and sexuality, between speech and love. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Language, Sex (Characteristics), Sexuality
Intonation et enonciation (Intonation and Enunciation)
Martins-Baltar, M. – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1974
This article discusses the relationship between intonation and enunciation. The premise is that intonation performs in dependent sentences what allocution and modality perform in independent sentences. (Text is in French.) (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Intonation, Pronunciation, Sentence Structure
Verstehen und Missverstehen im Englischunterricht (Understanding and Misunderstanding in Teaching English)
Beneke, Juergen – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1975
It is shown that a sentence spoken in a foreign language (here, English), though grammatically and lexically correct, may not evoke the proper reaction, because of incorrect intonation. Teaching texts have neglected this field. Some suggestions are given for avoiding misunderstandings caused by faulty intonation. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Intonation, Language Instruction, Pronunciation Instruction
Speech Rhythm: Its Relation to Performance Universals and Articulatory Timing
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Allen, George D. – Journal of Phonetics, 1975
The relationship between the rhythms of spoken language and the rhythms of other human behavior is examined in terms of: (1) types of rhythmic structures observed, (2) rate of succession of rhythmic units, (3) a perceptual tendency equalization of physically unequal intervals, and (4) the variability of rhythmic motor action. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Articulation (Speech), Behavior Patterns, Language Patterns