Essays about: "Fonetik"
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1. Neural Asymmetry in the Perception of South Swedish Word Accents
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/FonetikAbstract : South Swedish, as a dialect of modern Swedish, has two tonal word accents, accent 1 and accent 2. Regarding these two word accents, there are three groups of hypotheses on which one is more lexically specified. READ MORE
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2. The role of word accents in semantic processing in South Swedish
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/FonetikAbstract : Prosodic cues can aid speech processing by adding semantic information in lexical tones or functional information in intonational tones. Swedish word accents are considered to have stronger grammatical functions than semantic roles, although they are shaped by both lexical and intonational information structure. READ MORE
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3. The effect of body position on the relative contribution of the rib cage to speech breathing and voice quality
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för fonetikAbstract : This study investigates how body position affects the relative contribution of the rib cage to speech breathing and voice quality. The frequently used upright and supine body positions are expanded with the addition of an inverted position as a condition. READ MORE
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4. Lexical competition and predictive certainty in speech recognition: Modulations of pre-activation negativity amplitude by continuations, entropy and inhibition
University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/FonetikAbstract : A growing body of evidence suggests that speech recognition is facilitated by rapid activation of possible lexical candidates and subsequent competition and selection. An event-related potential (ERP) component 136-204 ms after word onset, the pre-activation negativity (PrAN), correlates with lexical competition. READ MORE
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5. Anticipatory vowel-to-consonant coarticulation of Swedish voiceless fricatives [s], [ɕ] and [ɧ]
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för fonetikAbstract : In this thesis, anticipatory vowel-to-consonant coarticulation of Swedish fricatives [s], [ɕ], and [ɧ] was examined in isolated words and connected speech. 10 women and 10 men participated in the study, performing a production test where fricative-initial, real words were read as isolated words and in sentences. READ MORE