Post-focus compression (PFC), the lowering of fundamental frequency and intensity after focus, is previously found in English but not in Cantonese. This study examines the possible transfer of PFC between these two languages through bilingualism. It is found that out of ten bilingual EnglishCantonese speakers, eight have PFC in their English, but none has PFC in their Cantonese. This finding su...

For a nonsymm etri c threshold network equippe d with an asynchronous dynamics, we show that if the product of weights in any cycle of units is nonnegative, then each tr ajectory converges to a stable state with probability one. We also show that such networks have a natural feed-forward layer struc ture and stabilit y is achieved in a hierarchical order due to this struct ure. It follows then ...

This paper presents a project that aims at building lexical resources for terminology. By lexical resources, we mean dictionaries that provide detailed lexico-semantic information on terms, i.e. lexical units the sense of which can be related to a special subject field. In terminology, there is a lack of such resources. The specific dictionaries we are currently developing describe basic French...

The dependency relation is the most essential ingredient in a dependency-based theory of syntax. This paper presents some statistical findings on the dependency relation extracted from a Chinese dependency treebank. A sentence in the proposed treebank can easily be converted into a SSyntS graph in Meaning-Text Theory. The statistics on the dependency relation show that modifiers make up 55% of ...

In this study, we examined factors that influenced doula use among adolescent mothers in a community-based childbirth education and doula program. We used a qualitative case study approach to gather perspectives from adolescent mothers and doulas through semistructured interviews, field observations, and a focus group. These women collectively revealed multiple themes related to doula use among...

RÉSUMÉ. Le traitement automatique de la parole peut concrètement contribuer à éclairer de nombreuses questions concernant la variabilité phonémique à l’oral. L’exploitation de grandes masses de données permet ainsi de dégager de grandes tendances, dont une interprétation plus fine repose ensuite à la fois sur un éclairage linguistique et sur un certain nombre de précautions méthodologiques. Nou...