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  1. 1. Hydro-climatic Risk Assessment and Communication for Smallholder Farmers in Maharashtra

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Elin Ekström; Jonna Halonen; [2021]
    Keywords : Risk assessment; risk communication; smallholder farmers; hydro-climatic risks; Indian Summer Monsoon; dry spells; decision support tool; Riskbedömning; riskkommunikation; småskaliga jordbrukare; hydroklimatiska risker; indiska sommarmonsunen; torrperioder; beslutsstödsverktyg;

    Abstract : Smallholder farmers often have great entrepreneurial qualities that build on generations of experience. However, many farm management practices are poorly adapted to current climate change conditions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pre-aspiration and Plosives in Icelandic English

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pétur Már Sigurjónsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Pre-aspiration; Voice Onset Time VOT ; Acoustic Phonetics; English as a Foreign Language EFL ; Second Language Acquisition SLA ;

    Abstract : For this study, two groups of native Icelandic speakers were compared in terms of the acoustic properties of their English pronunciation of two phonetic phenomena, plosives and pre-aspiration. In English, plosives with the same manner and place of articulation are distinguished by means of a voicing contrast, whereas in Icelandic, plosives are distinguished by means of an aspiration contrast. READ MORE

  4. 3. Voice Onset Time among Children with Phonological Impairment.

    University essay from Logopedi; Hälsouniversitetet

    Author : Marie Andersson; Elin Nordin; [2012]
    Keywords : Voice Onset Time; Swedish-speaking children; phonological impairment.; Voice Onset Time; svensktalande barn; fonologisk språkstörning.;

    Abstract : Speech production requires cooperation between cognitive, linguistic and motor processes. It also requires spatial and temporal control of muscles, as well as simultaneous and coordinated activity of respiration, phonation and articulation (Cheng, Murdoch, Goozée & Scott, 2007; Yorkston, Beukelman, Strand & Bell, 1999; Raphael, Borden & Harris, 2011). READ MORE

  5. 4. 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