Essays about: "English vowel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words English vowel.

  1. 1. Contact-induced change and variation in Middle English morphology : A case study on get

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Johanna Åberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Language contact; Language change; Middle English; Old Norse; Cognitive linguistics; Old English.;

    Abstract : The present study explores the role of interlingual identification in contact between speakers of Old Norse and Old English. The study focuses on the word get as it occurred throughout a selection of texts in the Middle English period. READ MORE

  3. 2. Grapheme-to-phoneme transcription of English words in Icelandic text

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Bjarki Ármannsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Foreign word grapheme-to-phoneme transcription; TTS; text-to-speech; Icelandic; Icelandic phonology; g2p; foreign word g2p;

    Abstract : Foreign words, such as names, locations or sometimes entire phrases, are a problem for any system that is meant to convert graphemes to phonemes (g2p; i.e.converting written text into phonetic transcription). READ MORE

  4. 3. Production Accuracy in L2 English Checked Vowels: Cross-sectional Study of Czech Secondary and Post-Secondary School Students

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Petra Havlíková; [2020]
    Keywords : vowel; checked; acquisition; Czech; English; SSBE; phoneme; L1; L2;

    Abstract : In Czechia, teaching L2 English pronunciation is underestimated, which might lead to potential production slips and affect the intelligibility of the learners. This study investigates accuracy in L2 English pronunciation of checked vowels (/ʌ, ɛ, ɪ, ɒ, ʊ, æ/) as produced by Czech students. READ MORE

  5. 4. Automatic phonological transcription using forced alignment : FAVE toolkit performance on four non-standard varieties of English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Sella; [2018]
    Keywords : Forced alignment; FAVE; phonological transcriptions; English varieties; sociophonetics; speech recognition; phonological annotation; speech data;

    Abstract : Forced alignment, a speech recognition software performing semi-automatic phonological transcription, constitutes a methodological revolution in the recent history of linguistic research. Its use is progressively becoming the norm in research fields such as sociophonetics, but its general performance and range of applications have been relatively understudied. READ MORE

  6. 5. Loanword compound truncation in Japanese: A study on Japanese learners’ understanding of loanword abbreviations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

    Author : Axel Bergman Engman; [2018]
    Keywords : Truncation; long vowel; light syllabic truncation; geminate; moraic nasal; English diphthong; light syllable; heavy syllable; contiguity; prosodic word; mora; gairaigo; loanword; constraint; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this study, the comprehension of English loanword truncations in Japanese will be investigated. Both Japanese native speakers and learners of Japanese will display their ability to truncate different kinds of gairaigo compound loanwords. READ MORE