Brain's code for pronouncing vowels uncovered: Discovery may hold key to restoring speech after paralysis Date: August 21, 2012 Source: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences ...

In fact, one sign of encroaching standardization in Texas speech is that the vowels in cot/caught, Don/dawn are pronounced alike. Younger Texans can no longer tell them apart, just like their ...

Renwick said one of the "oldest characteristic pronunciation[s]" of southern speech came from changes to the diphthong, or the sound spoken when two vowels are in the same syllable and the speaker ...

This results in a longer vowel pronunciation in each word. Many people believe that there is a single standard way of speaking in each country, and that this perceived standard is inherently the ...

She continued working on her English grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and articulation. Group therapy and videotaped interactions were done with another international student experiencing the same ...

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Older people abandon Received Pronunciation in favour of flatter vowels, according to Archers study. Researchers from the University of Aberdeen, monitored episodes of the long-running BBC Radio 4 ...