Essays about: "fricatives"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word fricatives.

  1. 1. HVAÐ ER LETI? A PHONETIC ANALYSIS OF LENITION IN MODERN, COLLOQUIAL ICELANDIC

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Caroline Brekkan; [2022]
    Keywords : Lenition; Icelandic; colloquial speech; Optimality Theory OT ; voiced fricatives;

    Abstract : The phonological phenomenon of lenition has typically been associated with laziness in pronunciation. The aim of this study was to look deeper into this ‘laziness’ to examine and analyze instances of lenition in colloquial Icelandic on modern speech. READ MORE

  3. 2. Anticipatory vowel-to-consonant coarticulation of Swedish voiceless fricatives [s], [ɕ] and [ɧ]

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för fonetik

    Author : Lisa Thörn; [2022]
    Keywords : anticipatory coarticulation; fricatives; spectral moments; center of gravity; Swedish; vowel-to-consonant coarticulation; anticipatorisk koartikulation; frikativor; spektrala moment; svenska; vokal-till-konsonant ko- artikulation;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 3. Phonological features of Yazghulami : A field study

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Matilda Narin; [2016]
    Keywords : Pamir languages; Tajikistan; Segmental phonology; South-East Iranian; Yazghulami; Pamirspråk; Tadzjikistan; Segmentell fonologi; Sydöst-iranska; Yazghulami;

    Abstract : Yazghulami is a South-East Iranian language spoken in the Pamir area of Tajikistan by about 9000 people. This study gives an account of the phonology of the language by describing contrastive segments and their distribution and realizations, as well as describing suprasegmental features such as syllable structure and stress patterns. READ MORE

  5. 4. Realization of Fricatives in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease Treated with Deep Brain Stimulation in the Subthalamic Nucleus or the Caudal Zona Incerta

    University essay from Logopedi

    Author : Elisabeth Eklund; Lena Sandström; [2013]
    Keywords : Parkinson’s disease; deep brain stimulation; subthalamic nucleus; caudal zona incerta; dysarthria; articulation; fricatives;

    Abstract : Background In advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) the motor symptoms can be treated with deep brain stimulation (DBS). Subthalamic nucleus (STN) has been the most common target and caudal zona incerta (cZi) is a more recent target for stimulation. READ MORE

  6. 5. From ‘tota’ to ‘sofa’: An intervention study of six children with phonological disorder

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi

    Author : Agneta Berntsson; Nanna Palle; [2012-01-24]
    Keywords : fonologisk språkstörning; individuellt anpassad intervention; intervention; single-subject design; developmental phonological disorder; individually adjusted therapy;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to investigate a commonly applied intervention model for treating phonological processes in Swedish pre-school children. Six children between 4;1 and 5;7 years old with similar developmental phonological disorder (PD) received an individually adjusted intervention including, to a varying extent, articulatory, phonological and meta-phonological approaches. READ MORE