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Bourdages, Johanne; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1987
Describes an innovative program that systematically exposes second-language learners to the phonetic elements of French, including prosodic features of the language. The first half of the 12 one-hour lessons introduces active listening exercises, delaying oral production until lesson seven. The program's goals and instructional units are included.…
Descriptors: Adults, Course Content, French, Intonation
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Colombo, John; Horowitz, Frances Degen – Child Development, 1986
Reports on three experiments that assessed the attentional responses of 4-month-old infants to frequency-modulated sweeps corresponding to the frequency range of adult-to-infant and adult-to-adult intonational patterns. (HOD)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Attention, Attention Control, Auditory Stimuli
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Fernald, Anne; Simon, Thomas – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines the prosodic characteristics of "motherese" in the speech of 24 German mothers. Each subject was recorded while addressing (1) her three- to five-day-old baby, (2) the absent infant, as if present, and (3) the adult interviewer. Several hypotheses regarding short and long term effects of "motherese" are discussed.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intonation, Language Acquisition, Mothers
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Erdmann, Peter H. – International Review of Applied Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, German
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Rivara, Rene – Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Intonation, Linguistic Performance, Phonetics
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Ehnert, Rolf – Zielsprache Deutsch, 1973
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics, Finnish
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Rileigh, Kathryn K. – Psychological Reports, 1973
Grade-school children's selective listening preferences for natural and altered narratives were investigated. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Intonation, Language Acquisition
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Lehiste, Ilse – Glossa, 1973
Revised version of a paper presented at the December 27, 1972 meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in Atlanta, Georgia; research supported by the National Science Foundation. (DD)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Ambiguity, Experiments, Intonation
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Vedenina, L. G. – Langue Francaise, 1973
Descriptors: Charts, Communication (Thought Transfer), Diagrams, Intonation
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Hudson, R. A. – Journal of Linguistics, 1973
Descriptors: Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Intonation, Language Classification
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Cook, Eung-Do – International Journal of American Linguistics, 1972
Revised version of a paper presented to the Annual Meeting of the Western Conference on Linguistics, Vancouver, October 22, 1971. (VM)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), Intonation
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Vanderslice, Ralph; Ladefoged, Peter – Language, 1972
Abbreviated version of this paper was read under the title Nuclear Accent and Intonation Rules of English'' at the 1970 summer meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, in Columbus, Ohio, and an interim version appeared in UCLA Working Papers in Phonetics'' (1971). (VM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Distinctive Features (Language), English, Intonation
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Edmonson, Frank A., III – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1972
Vocal pitch acuity on ascending intervals is highly superior to acuity on the same descending intervals. (Author)
Descriptors: Applied Music, Comparative Analysis, Intervals, Intonation
Blasdell, Richard; Jensen, Paul – J Speech Hearing Res, 1970
Descriptors: Child Language, Exceptional Child Research, Imitation, Intonation
Debrock, Marc; Jouret, Jacques – Revue de Phonetique Appliquee, 1971
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consonants, Contrastive Linguistics, French
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