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8. Acknowledgments: This work was supported by NSF Grants #BCS-0643134, #BCS 0643054 and #BCS 0643019. 7. References (1) Arvaniti, A.D., Ladd, D. R. & I. Mennen. (1998). Stability of tonal alignment: the case of Greek prenuclear accents. Journal of Phonetics 26: 3-25. (2) Barnes, J., Veilleux, N., Brugos, A. & S. Shattuck-Hufnagel. (Forthcoming). Turning points, tonal targets, and the English L...

Dedicated to the memory of my mother Acknowledgments I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my adviser, Prof. Jonathan W. Pillow for his support and friendship throughout my Ph.D.. His enthusiasm deeply motivated me to push myself hard to become a competent research scientist. I would also like to thank my co-adviser, Prof. Alan C. I would also like to thank my family and my best fr...

“A child’s hands” was chosen as the cover image for a monograph by photographer Aenne Biermann (1898–1933), published in Weimar Germany (1930) part of small series paperback publications edited Franz Roh and Jan Tschichold. Volume 1 same series, also 1930, dedicated to photography László Moholy-Nagy, who different context had advocated photographic literacy. Even though amongst forerunners New ...

DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my father and mother and to the best advisor in the galaxy. Words cannot express my gratitude for the encouragement, humor, and inspiration you provided. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I am eternally grateful to my advisor Carola Wenk for countless meetings and proofreading sessions. Our meetings always left me excited about research, and I would do well to emulate...