We address methodological issues in calculating the size of the working vowel space area. Although corner vowels are most commonly used in determining its size, we show that this approach may severely underestimate the actual working space. The vowel spaces determined using the large vowels set provided insight into subtle differences between dialects and among age groups. Three approaches were...

The Tarascan or phurépecha language contrasts aspirated stops from non-aspirated word initially, but this contrast was hardly heard in Hiwatzio, a lake dialect (Friedrich 1971:177). We measured the length of the aspirated feature following stops and vowels /i a u/'s formants F1 and F2 so as to identify differences among subjects. The results show that adult men speakers from a mountain dialect ...

1 The Sunflower Movement erupted in March and April this year because of the hasty passing of the Cross-Straits Service Trade Agreement by the Legislative Yuan.This movement has certainly made many people in Taiwan aware of the anxiety and distrust the younger generation has towards China. Regardless of the possibility of party politics and power strugglehaving played a role in triggering the p...

Despite recent media reports regarding the negative consequences of disclosing information on social network sites (SNSs), young adults are generally thought to be unconcerned about the potential costs of this. Given the widespread use and potential dangers associated with online communication, an understanding of SNSs features and how people are using these sites is critical to educating users...

AIMS The first research objective was to replicate the finding of Leiter et al. [(2008)Journal of Nursing Management, 16, 100-109.] of Generation X nurses (n=338) reporting higher levels of distress than Baby Boomer nurses (n=139). The second objective was to test whether Generation X nurses reported more negative social environments at work than did Baby Boomer nurses. BACKGROUND Negative so...

The aim of this article is to empirically identify and analyse the differences between generations X, Y Z in terms values patterns thinking workplace. For purposes achieving set objective, quantitative studies were performed. Data obtained with use MindSonar psychometric test. results subjected a statistical analysis, 435 economically active respondents took part study. study shows that there a...