[HTML][HTML] Language experience predicts music processing in a half-million speakers of fifty-four languages
Tonal languages differ from other languages in their use of pitch (tones) to distinguish
words. Lifelong experience speaking and hearing tonal languages has been argued to …
words. Lifelong experience speaking and hearing tonal languages has been argued to …
The sounds of the Bantu languages
I Maddieson, B Sands - The Bantu Languages, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Chapter 3 is about the sounds of Bantu languages. Many Bantu languages have relatively
simple segmental inventories. However, internal developments and external influences …
simple segmental inventories. However, internal developments and external influences …
New perspectives on speech motor planning and programming in the context of the four-level model and its implications for understanding the pathophysiology …
A Van Der Merwe - Aphasiology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The complexity of speech motor control, and the incomplete conceptualisation
of phases in the transformation of the speech code from linguistic symbols to a code …
of phases in the transformation of the speech code from linguistic symbols to a code …
Phonological development of first language isiXhosa-speaking children aged 3; 0–6; 0 years: A descriptive cross-sectional study
Standardized assessments of children's isiXhosa phonology have not yet been developed
and there is limited information about developmental norms in this language. This article …
and there is limited information about developmental norms in this language. This article …
A comparison between verbal working memory and vocabulary in bilingual and monolingual South African school beginners: Implications for bilingual language …
K Cockcroft - International Journal of Bilingual Education and …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study compared bilingual and monolingual school beginners on measures of simple
and complex verbal working memory and receptive and expressive vocabulary. The aim …
and complex verbal working memory and receptive and expressive vocabulary. The aim …
A variação ea mudança lexical da língua portuguesa em Moçambique
AA Timbane - 2013 - repositorio.unesp.br
La langue portugaise dans le monde gagne sa place résultat du développement des
moyens de communication de masse, de la technologie et des politiques linguistiques. Le …
moyens de communication de masse, de la technologie et des politiques linguistiques. Le …
Automatic conversion between pronunciations of different English accents
L Loots, T Niesler - Speech Communication, 2011 - Elsevier
We describe the application of decision trees to the automatic conversion of pronunciations
between American, British and South African English accents. The resulting phoneme-to …
between American, British and South African English accents. The resulting phoneme-to …
[PDF][PDF] Language identification and multilingual speech recognition using discriminatively trained acoustic models
We perform language identification experiments for four prominent South-African languages
using a multilingual speech recognition system. Specifically, we show how successfully …
using a multilingual speech recognition system. Specifically, we show how successfully …
Language-dependent state clustering for multilingual acoustic modelling
T Niesler - Speech Communication, 2007 - Elsevier
The need to compile annotated speech databases remains an impediment to the
development of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems in under-resourced …
development of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems in under-resourced …
Not Iwe Irohin but Umshumayeli: A revisit of the historiography of the early African language press
A Salawu - African Identities, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Iwe Irohin Yoruba Fun Awon Ara Egba ati Yoruba, founded in 1859, is generally known in
Nigerian media studies as not just the first newspaper (in any language) in Nigeria but also …
Nigerian media studies as not just the first newspaper (in any language) in Nigeria but also …