• Effects of producing pitch gestures on the production of Chinese tones

  Zeng, Zhao (2023-09-29)

  Previous studies have shown the beneficial role of observing pitch gestures, which refer to hand movements mimicking pitch heights and contours in speech, in improving the perception of L2 tones by non-tonal language ...
• Examining iconicity information in semantic and phonetic word embeddings

  Wright, Jamie (2023-09-29)

  This study explores the concept of iconicity, which refers to a relationship of similarity between sound and meaning in words. The Bouba-kiki effect, where participants consistently associate certain phonemes with round ...
• M3D Gesture Labeling: developing and evaluating a training program for gesture annotation - a mixed-methods study

  Tütüncübasi, Ulya (2023-09-29)

  Various gesture labeling systems aim to establish guidelines on how to systematically assess and annotate gestures. However, there is a lack of resources that provide guidance and training on the proper use of the labeling ...
• Detecting and mapping dialectal variation in a Dutch Twitter corpus: examining the use of Dutch Low Saxon online

  Pieterse, Tommy (2023-09-29)

  Recent decades have seen an increase in the prevalence of the use of computational methods in the study of language, including in sociolinguistics. These methods allow for the study of language variation through the ...
• Analysing narratives in Heritage English learning children with native or foreign speaker parents in Barcelona, Spain

  Murray, Jacqueline (2023-09-29)

  Heritage speakers are those whose home language differs from the language of their inhabited region. This can include native speakers who immigrate, or parents who chose to use their non-native language at home for various ...

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