Welcome to the Vowels In America ... perception in American dialects. When we listen to someone speaking, what we hear is, in part, determined by how the listener speaks — his dialect or her accent.

Are we ruining English? Probably not ... more Americans are sounding like Californians by fronting vowels, so that do sounds like dew, and by raising their voices at the end of sentences to ...

Research on sound change often focuses on vowels, yet consonantal sound change also offers fascinating insights into language development and variation. This pioneering book provides a detailed ...

In unstressed syllables (particularly in American English, where the stress on some ... Superscripts for vowel sounds: There are four uses. (1) To indicate the sounds and relative strengths ...

I digress. So English, with its constantly odd spelling rules, has a lot of these double letters, or digraphs, that are often put together to make one sound. Some of these sounds, or phones – yes, ...

Its main feature is stretching of the vowel sounds; in fact this an ... Are they speaking Australian or English? Do they speak other languages? American English has had some effect through the ...

These traits exist alongside long vowels and little quirks ... The locals in these places may sound much more like they are Irish or English than Southern American, pointing to the European ...

American English speakers will typically say “kuh-TAR,” with the stress on the second syllable, which sounds like the word ... Where are the vowels? “There are no long vowels in the ...

English is a quirky ... state of being calm or peaceful, just sounds peaceful saying it, with its gentle consonant sounds and mix of long and short vowels. Say what?! This loanword from Louisiana ...

The basic notes, rests and harmonies of Western music arose as humans heard how sounds traveled through the first large ...

Vowel space area changes in children with dysarthria ... Acoustic and perceptual findings. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Carl, M., Levy, E. S., & Icht, M. (accepted for publication).

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