We propose a method of simulating the human process of foreign accentuation using
Generative Spoken Language Model (GSLM) only with native speech corpora. When one …

Speech intelligibility (SI) plays an important role in second language learning. It can be
influenced by many factors and various approaches have been explored to measure it. In …

Our goal is to help educators who work with French native speakers in the United States to
examine the influence of the language on learning English. According to the US Census …

This study presents an instrumental phonetic account of the intelligibility of Saudi Spoken
English (SSE) consonants. Few studies have investigated the spoken consonants of highly …

This study draws on research in areas of intraspeaker variation, specifically Labov's work on
speech style, and second language acquisition, to examine whether second language (L2) …

Do speakers produce the same word differently if its grammatical function changes? The
word is used to provide some answers. This word is optimal because it is one of a few …

Worldwide, most multinational companies have outsourced their call centers in India, the
premiere outsourcing destination of services. However, some US companies have brought …

This study investigates several acoustic correlates of the phonetic realizations of [θ]
produced by Serbian speakers of English. The impressionistic phonetic transcriptions and …

The voiced interdental non-sibilant fricative [ð] produced by 10 native speakers of General
American English (GAE) and 67 non-native speakers of English is analyzed quantitatively …