Essays about: "phonetic stress"

Found 5 essays containing the words phonetic stress.

  1. 1. A phonetic and multimodal exploration of the BA construction of the Chinese imperative

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Guohua Hu; [2021]
    Keywords : Chinese imperative; 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction; syntax; prosody; gesture; multimodality; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Previous studies of the Chinese imperative have treated syntax and prosody separately, have not considered gestures, and have looked at sentences in isolation and not in discourse. This study therefore investigated how the relationship between grammatical components, intonation (perceived stress), and gesture are co-organized and interact in the 把 bǎ ‘Ba’ construction (i. 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. “I’m come to have lessons, I am” - Pygmalion, Power and Pronunciation University

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Anna Hammarstrand; [2012-05-09]
    Keywords : Pygmalion; pronunciation; teaching; communicative approach; linguistic prejudice;

    Abstract : The Swedish steering documents for English in upper secondary school put emphasis on the communicative approach, which focuses on function instead of form. Goals and criteria do not formulate a systematic awareness of language but knowledge of language as a tool for communication. READ MORE

  5. 4. The role of catalexis in Spanish rhythm structure : a phonological and phonetic study of catalexis in Spanish syllable-time poetry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Maria-Bonita Flores; [2004]
    Keywords : Spanska språket; Accenter; Metrik; Satsrytm; Catalexis; Poesi; Spanish; Spanska; Phonetics; phonology; Fonetik; fonologi; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : In the present study a fragmentary foot structure, associated with word stress, is assumed to be available in Spanish. In addition catalexis is introduced in the metrical analysis of Spanish stress. Acoustic evidence for catalexis is presented. The material consists of Spanish syllabic verse. READ MORE

  6. 5. M.A. Thesis: Theoretical implications of schwa deletion in French

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Merle Horne; [1976]
    Keywords : e-muet; Latin; historical phonology; French; schwa; vowel reduction; sound change; variable rules; phonotactics; syncope; diachronic change; stress; natural rule; Old French; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The phonological status and behaviour of schwa ('e-caduc') constitues one of the most widely investigated topics in the synchronic study of French phonology. A considerable amount of research is directed towards the attempt to account for the phonetic level alternatin of schwa with zero in certain environments. READ MORE