The distribution of tonal fundamental frequency is dctcrmined on syllabics differing with respect to semivowels in their segmental structure for three of the contrasting tones from the Chinese Wu dialect of Zhenhai. Comparison with mean 170 and duration measurements from CV syllables dcmonstratcs differential distribution of tonally relevant FO with respect to the scmivowcl, conditioned by the ...

There is now a growing body of evidence in various languages supporting the claim that syllables are functional units of visual word processing. In the perspective of modeling the processing of polysyllabic words and the activation of syllables, current studies investigate syllabic effects with subtle manipulations. We present here a syllabary of the French language aiming at answering new cons...

In this paper we have investigated the syllabic structures found in Aromanian a Romance language spoken in the Balkans across multiple countries with important communities which spread from Greece to Romania. We have created a dictionary of syllabified words and analyzed a few general quantitative and phonological aspects of the dictionary. Furthermore, we have approached the syllabic complexit...

The paper deals with multifunctional use of the English neutral vowel - schwa. Here three main points will be discussed. Initially, we speak about phonological status vowel. Secondly, introduce our point view rejecting idea existence syllabic sonorants in English.  Thirdly, concentrate on role plays creating rhythm. We believe, new findings made by us enrich theory syllable and considering...

1 Preliminaries Theories of phonology include an inventory of basic elements, such as segments, tones, stress, features, and gestures, and a model that accounts for their distribution and realization. The phonological context is taken to be organized into higher-order prosodic constituents, which structure and constrain the realization of phonological elements. Moving from elements to their dis...

This article is a single-case investigation of phonological naming therapy. The individual involved had fluent jargon speech, with neologisms, verbal paraphasias, and paragrammatisms. The jargon was underpinned by a severe anomia. Content words were rarely accessed either in spontaneous speech or naming. Single word investigations highlighted some preserved skills. Auditory comprehension, at le...

The Chinese language provides an optimal window for investigating both segmental and suprasegmental units. The aim of this cross-linguistic fMRI study is to elucidate neural mechanisms involved in extraction of Chinese consonants, rhymes, and tones from syllable pairs that are distinguished by only one phonetic feature (minimal) vs. those that are distinguished by two or more phonetic features ...

This paper concerns the perception of syllable structure and the way this process allows us to form structural representations of syllables in memory. It is argued that bottom-up processes are required for the formation of phonological representations of nonwords in short-term memory, and of words in early childhood, where top-down knowledge concerning syllable structure cannot be assumed. A ne...