Element Iteration Respecification Unstressed Word-Final [u] in Portuguese

Perception and production of word-final alveolar stops by brazilian portuguese learners of English

This paper focuses on the perception and production of the English alveolar stops (/t/ and /d/) in syllable coda by Brazilian learners of English. In the production test, the participants read a list of English sentences containing alveolar stops in word-final position. The preceding and following phonological contexts were controlled, so that the effect of context on the production of the alve...

Word stress perception in European Portuguese

Previous research has reported stress "deafness" for languages with predictable stress, like French, contrary to languages with non-predictable stress, like Spanish ([1], [2], [3], [4]). The contrastive nature of stress appears to inhibit stress "deafness", but segmental and/or suprasegmental cues may also enhance stress discrimination ([5], [6]). In this study we carried out two experiments ai...

Microsoft Word - Final Knittle

Objectives: To determine whether the integrity of motivational interviewing (MI) delivery relates to short-term changes in physical activity (PA) and regulatory style within a sample of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and to examine whether therapist proficiency in MI improves over time. Methods: During a randomized controlled trial to promote PA, 27 patients received a motivational intervi...

Microsoft Word - 310610Tall-Final

Microsoft Word - Final paper.docx

 Abstract—This paper proposes a modulation strategy for multilevel multiphase diode-clamped dc-ac converters (also applicable to other functionally-equivalent topologies) able to keep the dc-link capacitor voltages balanced under passive front ends, low frequency modulation indices (i.e., low number of switching transitions per fundamental cycle), any value of the amplitude modulation index, a...