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Phonological mediation effects in imitation of the Mandarin flat-falling tonal continua 普通话降调连续体模仿中的语音中介效应

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Journal of Phonetics Pub Date : 2023-10-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101277

Wei Zhang , Meghan Clayards , Francisco Torreira

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Advancements of phonetics in the 21st century: Theoretical and empirical issues of spoken word recognition in phonetic research 21世纪的语音学进展:语音研究中口语识别的理论与实证问题

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Journal of Phonetics Pub Date : 2023-10-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101275

Natasha Warner

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Stop voicing perception in the societal and heritage language of Spanish-English bilingual preschoolers: The role of age, input quantity and input diversity 停止用西英双语学龄前儿童的社会和传统语言表达感知:年龄、输入量和输入多样性的作用

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Journal of Phonetics Pub Date : 2023-10-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101276

Simona Montanari , Jeremy Steffman , Robert Mayr

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Compensatory effects of foot structure in segmental durations of Soikkola Ingrian disyllables and trisyllables 足部结构对印格语双音节和三音节片段持续时间的补偿作用

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Journal of Phonetics Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101246

N. Kuznetsova, Irina Brodskaya, E. Markus

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Compensatory effects of foot structure in segmental durations of Soikkola Ingrian disyllables and trisyllables 足部结构对印格语双音节和三音节片段持续时间的补偿作用

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Journal of Phonetics Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101246

Natalia Kuznetsova , Irina Brodskaya , Elena Markus

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Looking within events: Examining internal temporal structure with local relative rate 从事件内部看:用局部相对率检查内部时间结构

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Journal of Phonetics Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101264

Sam Tilsen , Mark Tiede

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L1 vowel perceptual boundary shift as a result of L2 vowel learning 第二语言元音学习导致第一语言元音感知边界转移

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Journal of Phonetics Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2023.101265

Chikako Takahashi

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Do children better understand adults or themselves? An acoustic and perceptual study of the complex sibilant system of Polish 孩子更了解大人还是自己?波兰语复杂发声系统的声学与感性研究