Abstract: Starting from “fuzziness” as a character of pronunciation, this paper proposes the possibility of referencing between different phonetic symbols, and explores the general standards and ...

Im Gastblogbeitrag gehen die Sprachwissenschafterinnen Andrea Ender und Irmtraud Kaiser der Frage nach, was die Vorarlberger:innen eigentlich sprachlich so "exotisch" für den Rest Österreichs macht.

You know how vowels make up every word we speak? Well, not all vowels are created equal. There are actually two main types of vowel sounds: monophthongs and diphthongs. Monophthongs are pure vowel ...

This preliminary study investigated the perception and production of Mandarin rimes by Chinese children with cleft palate (CP) and normal middle ear function but a high risk of auditory processing ...

A diphthong consists of a set of any number of vowels that together sound like two vowels, in contrast to a monophthong, which sounds like one vowel, and a triphthong, which sounds like three. The ...

Abstract: Currently, the research on minority college students with the help of computer technology support is a specific embodiment of deep integration between information technology and national ...

This paper presents an acoustical analysis of English Monophthongs produced by Chinese English Learners. The research is conducted wherein Chinese college students and English native speakers to ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn — We've all heard that strong Minnesota accent portrayed in the TV series Fargo, and you may be thinking... "Gosh, we don't really sound like dat, do we?" According to Keely Wolter, ...

In the summer of 2018, my family moved to London, the city of my birth, from New York, my home for three decades. We wanted to be closer to my mother as she neared the age of ninety, and my husband ...