From the sharp vowels of the Northern Cities to the drawl of the Deep South, the nasal twang of the Upper Midwest, the ...

Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

What does it mean to sound Australian in a music industry dominated by US and UK acts? As some Aussie artists drop their accent to appeal globally, others find success embracing it. Troye Sivan, Kylie ...

ABSTRACT: This paper, based on the second language acquisition theories Perception Assimilation Model on L2 (PAM-L2) and Speech Language Model (SLM), as well as theories of Language Transfer and ...

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You know how vowels make up every word we speak? Well, not all vowels are created equal. There are actually two main types of vowel sounds: monophthongs and diphthongs. Monophthongs are pure vowel ...

Boynton Beach resident Kim Weisenberg had grand visions going into her once-in-a-lifetime shot on the television game show "Wheel of Fortune." Spinning the wheel and landing on that coveted ...

Abstract: Phoneme is a single unit of sound essential for any language to function. American official language English was originated from British colonization, but its pronunciation is different.

ABSTRACT: Speech learning model aims to explain the variables contributing to the differences in L2 phonetic productions. Most previous studies comparing L2 vowel production with L1 vowel production ...