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Patterns of jaw coarticulatory direction and linguomandibular coordination in VCV sequences
No full textData on lingual movement, dorsopalatal contact and F2 frequency presented in previous papers of ours (Recasens, 2002; Recasens and Pallarès, 2001; Recasens, Pallarès and Fontdevila, 1997) suggest that the degree of articulatory constraint (DAC) model accounts to a large extent for the extent and direction of tongue dorsum coarticulation in VCV and CC sequences. A goal of this investigation is to verify the predictions of this model with respect to jaw V-to-V effects in VCV sequences using articulatory movement data collected with electromagnetic articulometry (EMA)
Report on Meteorological Research March 1, 1935 (m-1)
No full textThe object of the report was to elucidate in detail the various features of the research program in meteorology being carried on at the Daniel Guggenheim Airship Institute in Akron, Ohio. Mr. L. J. Fangman, of the U.S. Weather Bureau, was collaborating with the author in carrying out work such as a study of autographic records of the various meteorological elements during frontal passages with a view to the possible prediction of the intensity of the accompanying disturbance as it may affect the operation of aircraft and a study of atmospheric gustiness with a view to finding the dependence between frequency end amplitude of velocity fluctuations and the vertical temperature and velocity gradients
The production of consonant clusters: implications for phonology and sound change/ Daniel Recasens.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.Intro; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Production constraints and articulatory adaptation mechanisms; 3. Homorganic clusters; 4. Heterorganic articulators; 5. Manner assimilation and weakening; 6. Recapitulation and discussion; References; Index of languages and dialects.1 online resource
Aspetti prosodici della dittongazione spontanea in alcuni dialetti italo-romanzi
No full textIn questo contributo si prendono in esame gli esiti della dittongazione spontanea nei dialetti italo-romanzi e, in particolare, l’alternanza sincronica monottongo/dittongo che caratterizza alcune varietà dell’Italia centro-meridionale. L’analisi si concentra sui condizionamenti strutturali di tale alternanza, mettendo in luce i ruoli diversi della posizione prosodica e delle variazioni di durata. La ricerca si avvale di materiale parlato spontaneo raccolto sul campo, relativo a 24 parlanti maschi adulti provenienti da quattro località del Sud Italia. Per descrivere la distribuzione e le caratteristiche degli esiti dittongali in questi dialetti, è stata analizzata la durata e la dinamica formantica di alcune variabili vocaliche in rapporto a diverse posizioni nella struttura prosodica. I risultati mettono in luce due principali patterns di variazione: l’alternanza monottongo/dittongo regolata dalla posizione prosodica; le variazioni della dinamica dittongale condizionate da durate particolarmente brevi, a parità di posizione prosodica. Come verrà argomentato, i due meccanismi di variazione hanno diversa natura e operano sul livelli gerarchici diversi
On the subordinate status of the choice between formal and substantive explanation for sound change
No full textThis volume brings together thirteen papers on sound change dealing mostly with Romance in general, several Romance languages in particular (French, Italian, Rhaetoromance, Romanian, Spanish) and a few non-Romance languages as well (Basque, K’ichee’). Most papers are about the articulatory and acoustic causes of sound change and how spatiotemporal variation in production affects the perceptual identification of phonetic segments. Other relevant research topics are the relationship between phonetics and phonology and the influence of the speakers’ age and provenance and of word frequency on the speed at which sound changes take place. The contributions of this volume report acoustic and/or articulatory data in support of particular explanatory interpretations which may inspire future work on diachronic phonology
(Fourth) Report on Meteorological Activities at the DGAI (8-1-36)(Weather Bureau Copy)
No full textThis report is on the investigations of frontal phenomena at the Daniel Guggenheim Airship Institute in Akron, Ohio from January 1, 1935 through August 1, 1936. The investigation was carried out with the cooperation of the U.S. Bureau of Aeronautics, the U.S. Weather Bureau, the California Institute of Technology, and the Guggenheim Airship Institute. Mr. R.C. Robinson of the Weather Bureau cooperated with the author in carrying out the investigation. The object of the investigation was to determine the intensity of the atmospheric disturbances (i.e. rapidity of wind shift and gustiness) accompanying the passage of cold fronts, along with a study of the characteristics of the air masses involved and other features which might affect the intensity of the disturbance. The report treated thirty cold fronts which passed the station during 1935 to 1936
Archives and Images as Repositories of Time, Language, and Forms from the Past: A Conversation with Daniel Eisenberg
No full textAspects of consonant cluster mutations: the case of /sr/ sequences in Italian
No full textSequences of lingual fricatives + apical trills involve conflicting configurations of the tongue-tip/dorsum and create the conditions for assimilatory changes leading to the weakening or loss of the lingual fricative before the trill. In Italian, unlike other Romance languages, no assimilation of /s/ to /r/ has been reported. The aim of this paper is to explore the phonetic characteristics of /sr/ clusters in Italian and understand what prevents the assimilation of the lingual fricative to the apical trill. The hypothesis tested is that this may be due to the insertion of an epenthetic consonant or vowel at the release of the fricative impeding the gestural overlap between the fricative and the trill. To this purpose, the target sequences /VzrV/, /Vz(#)rV/, /Vs##rV/, and the control sequences /Vr:V/, /Vr##rV/, /V#zdrV/, /V#strV/ were embedded in real words and read by Northern and Southern Italian speakers. The acoustic characteristics of the segments in the sequences were measured. The results show that the fricative is maintained in Italian /sr/ sequences, and that an epenthetic vowel occurs after the obstruent in the test and control sequences. In addition, in the /sr/ sequences, the realization of the rhotic as a tap followed by a burst or period of frication may provide the cues for an epenthetic voiced stop at the transition between the /s/ and the /r/. The data also provide evidence for the presence of an actual stop occurring between /s/ and /r/, which parallels historical patterns from Latin into Romance
Daniel Akech
No full textabstract: Daniel was a little boy when the war came to his village. He witnessed people being shot and running for shelter. There was no food or water so he drank urine and ate tree leaves.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 24Region: Upper NileThis picture and bio was donated to the "Lost Boys Found" oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
Daniel Emmett postcard
No full textPostcard of Daniel Emmett and his home in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Emmett is considered to be the author of the antebellum song "Dixie," written in 1859, which became the unofficial song of the Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War. He was born in Mount Vernon in 1815 and taught himself the fiddle, and later became associated with minstrel shows and helped to define that genre. Minstrel shows traveled around the United States, presenting skits and musical performances. Emmett also composed many other songs, including "Old Dan Tucker," "Turkey in the Straw," and "The Blue Tail Fly." He died in 1904
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