The Welsh Transplant Incident

Text-to-speech synthesis for welsh and welsh English

English sounds that had no equivalent in Welsh (equivalences derived from [4]). These three segments were: / /, / /, and / /. Tables 1 and 2 show the South Welsh phonemes, with their equivalents in RP and the extra English segments. This work represents the first known attempt to develop a text-to-speech synthesiser for Welsh. A list of pseudo-Welsh nonsense words was generated, allowing for ce...

Welsh I am

With developments in genetics, researchers are increasingly able to address historical issues surrounding human migration and provenance by studying present populations. Nigel Williams reports on one of the latest studies looking at a crucial period of British history.

Welsh and Gender

The Realisation of Stress in Welsh English

Primary lexical stress is realised differently in English and Welsh. English lexical stress involves greater vowel duration in the associated syllable, whereas Welsh involves the shortening of the vowel associated with the stressed syllable and the lengthening of the immediately following consonant. Some accounts have suggested that Welsh English also features this long post-stress consonant. T...

Welsh / GATE CELLS SEE THE LIGHT