Essays about: "phonetic category"

Found 3 essays containing the words phonetic category.

  1. 1. Non-modal voice quality in Chichimeco - "Hablamos más con la garganta"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Anneliese Kelterer; [2017]
    Keywords : Chichimeco; non-modal phonation; non-modal voice quality; glottals; Oto-Manguean languages; laryngeal complexity; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the phonetics and the phonology of non-modal voice quality and other glottal features in Chichimeco (Oto-Manguean, Mexico) are described. For this investigation, I analysed recordings I made in Mexico in spring 2017 as well as recordings enclosed in Lastra (2009b, 2016). READ MORE

  3. 2. Turkish-Swedish Bilingual Third Language English High-Front Vowel Category Formation

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Martin Ekelund; [2017]
    Keywords : Second language acquisition; third language acquisition; bilingualism; multilingualism; phonology; phonetics; English; Swedish; Turkish; acoustic measurements;

    Abstract : This study explores the possibilities of phonetic category formation in early bilingual Turkish-Swedish learners of English. Specifically, the high-front unrounded vowels across the three languages Turkish, Swedish and English are investigated. READ MORE

  4. 3. Aspiration in Japanese Speakers' English : A study of the acquisition of new phonetic categories in a second language

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Martin Ekelund; [2011]
    Keywords : Japanese; English; second language acquisition; aspiration; voice onset time; phonetic category; long-term exposure effects; voiceless plosives;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore if it is possible to form separate categories of aspirated voiceless stops in a second language, distinct from the equivalent categories in the native language, for native speakers of a language with an intermediate degree of aspiration, and if such category formation is eased by long-term exposure to another language in which aspirated voiceless stops exist. Two groups of adult native Japanese speakers who had lived in Sweden for a long and short time respectively were recorded when reading a list of sentences containing word-initial, utterance-medial /p t k/ in Japanese and English. READ MORE