Have you ever noticed that a natural conversation flows like a dance—pauses, emphases, and turns arriving just in time? A new study has discovered that this isn't just intuition; there is a biological ...

Within the autosegmental-metrical approach to French intonation, the existence of an intermediate phrase or ip is controversial. Our study provides strong evidence for its existence, by uncovering ...

Prosodic and phonological structures form the bedrock of spoken language, orchestrating the rhythm, stress, and intonation that accompany linguistic utterances. These structures are not merely ...

When we are first born, we can perceive all of the sounds of every language in the world. As we listen to our caregivers speak, even before we can communicate on our own, our ability to perceive all ...

Legon Journal of the Humanities, Vol. 23 (2012), pp. 1-32 (32 pages) Although there are major differences in the various conceptual models of Fₒ scaling, we suggest that the corresponding mathematical ...

Meghan Dabkowski is an Assistant Professor of Spanish for the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She specializes in Spanish and Portuguese linguistics, with a focus on phonetics, ...