Cross-linguistic rhythmic patterns in Persian-English bilingual speakers: Implications for speaker recognition by Homa Asadi, Maral Asiaee

“…Using various rhythmic measures, including consonantal and vocalic duration, we explored cross-linguistic differences, individual consistency, and speaker identification potential. …”
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Evaluating biotic and abiotic drivers of avian community mobbing responses along urban gradients in Southern California by Benjamin Ewing, Eric M. Wood, Ari Martínez

“…We conducted predator simulations by using playback of the vocalizations of the Western Screech‐owl, Megascops kennicottii, which is a predatory species that elicits a mobbing response from other birds. …”
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The syllabification of /sw/ in Italian and the phonological status of /w/ by Piero Cossu

“…Previous studies have reported a dual status of /w/ in Italian, consonantal in loanwords versus vocalic in native lexemes, apparently dependent on the graphemic form of /w/, i.e. …”
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R post-vocalique et histoire de l’anglais by Jacques Durand

“…In this paper, I explore the way in which a different norm emerged in England and in the United States concerning the pronunciation of post-vocalic r’s: the R. P. norm (or ‘BBC English’ in the terms of Roach and Hartman’s 1997 edition of Daniel Jones’ English Pronouncing Dictionary) is non-rhotic, whereas the US norm (or ‘Network English’ for the same authors) is rhotic. …”
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Palatal assibilation before [w]? The case of Armenian, Saka, and Luwian by Hans Henrich Hock

“… Three branches of Indo-European ­—Luwian, Armenian, and East Iranian (Khotanese) Saka— seem have undergone asssibilation of PIE palatal-prevelar stops before [w], a development contrasting with the general outcome of these stops in Armenian and Saka, and with their apparent outcome before [- front] vocalic segments in Luwian. So far, no principled phonetic or phonological explanations for this behavior have been proposed. …”
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Le texte syriaque de la ṭablītō éthiopienne : une réponse aux remarques du Pr. Dr. Michael Waltisberg by Alain Desreumaux

“…Dr Waltisberg for his correction of vocalization and for his grammatical contribution. He confirms the unusual form of the verb in the formula and the meaning of bad as a shortcut of which he lists many examples. …”
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Thrush nightingales adjust the peak frequency and structure of their songs in response to different types of experimental noise by Michał Budka

“…Abstract Animals employ various strategies to minimize the overlap of their vocalizations with other sounds, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of their communication. …”
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Dairy cows' responses to 2 separation methods after 3 months of cow-calf contact by Anina Vogt, Susanne Waiblinger, Rupert Palme, Uta König von Borstel, Kerstin Barth

“…However, a significant increase in vocalizations and searching behavior compared with baseline was present with both methods. …”
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Bouches béantes et voix blanches dans le théâtre de Howard Barker by Vanasay Khamphommala

“…This paper explores the ambiguous treatment of vocality in the work of Howard Barker, whose theatre appears as an attempt to conjure up the voice of the dead. …”
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Effects of spectral manipulations of music mixes on musical scene analysis abilities of hearing-impaired listeners. by Aravindan Joseph Benjamin, Kai Siedenburg

“…Both groups demonstrated the best performance in detecting Lead vocals, with yNH performing flawlessly at 100% median accuracy and oHI at 92.5% (IQR = 86.3-96.3%). …”
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Analyse de la production de voyelles anglaises par des apprenants francophones, l’acquisition du contraste /ɪ/–/iː/ à la lumière des k-NN by Adrien Méli, Nicolas Ballier

“…From a longitudinal corpus of 12 speakers recorded at the university of Paris Diderot over two years, it is shown that in spite of gaps in the numbers of occurrences of tokens for each category, and in spite of the impossibility to use cross-validation, the k-NN method is a reliable means to account for the quality of learners’ vocalic realizations.…”
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“History Lives in the Body”: The Body/Land/History Triad in Linda Hogan’s The Woman Who Watches Over the World by Joanna ZIARKOWSKA

“…The article attempts to demonstrate how the metaphor of the clay woman’s broken body that opens Linda Hogan’s The Woman Who Watches Over the World establishes the author’s preoccupation with inventing a language invested with the corporeal, appropriate for vocalizing the distinct character of Native American experience and how this metaphor is further developed into a concept of history. …”
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Onomatopeyas del chino moderno by Qiao Yun

“…La segunda, los rasgos fonológicos que presentan las onomatopeyas en sus estructuras silábicas, formas reduplicadas, consonantes, vocales, etc. La tercera estudia cómo las onomatopeyas también participan en la formación de términos, donde quedan incluidas las palabras compuestas, los verbos, los adjetivos descriptivos, los adverbios y también, entre otros casos, cómo las onomatopeyas pueden funcionar como verbos.…”
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Caractérisation éthologique de l’émotivité chez le cercopithèque de Brazza (Cercopithecus neglectus) by Helene Meunier, Philippe Bec, Catherine Blois-Heulin

“…We highlighted three types of behavioural responses: (1) an important neophobia characterized by a lot of threatening vocalizations toward the unknown object and very few approaches; (2) less threats and more approaches of the new object and (3) few or no reaction toward the object. …”
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The Polyphonic Structure of John Lyly’s Plays by Francis Guinle

“…Les pièces de John Lyly sont particulièrement intéressantes du point de vue musical, non seulement parce qu’elles comportent de nombreuses chansons, ce qui se comprend aisément puisqu’elles sont écrites pour une troupe formée des enfants de deux chapelles, mais aussi parce que l’on peut y discerner une polyphonie vocale constituée par les voix des différents groupes de personnages. …”
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Unilateral Subconjunctival and Retrobulbar Hemorrhage Secondary to Brodifacoum Toxicity in a Dog by Sonia E. Kuhn, Diane V. H. Hendrix

“…Retrobulbar hemorrhage was suspected, and pain was implied on opening of the mouth because the patient resisted and vocalized. No other abnormalities were found on ophthalmic or physical examination. …”
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Interconnected pathways link faecal microbiota plasma lipids and brain activity to childhood malnutrition related cognition by T. Portlock, T. Shama, S. H. Kakon, B. Hartjen, C. Pook, B. C. Wilson, A. Bhuttor, D. Ho, I. Shennon, A. M. Engelstad, R. Di Lorenzo, G. Greaves, N. Rahman, C. Kelsey, P. D. Gluckman, J. M. O’Sullivan, R. Haque, T. Forrester, C. A. Nelson

“…These microbiome changes form interconnected pathways that involve reduced plasma odd-chain fatty acid levels, decreased gamma and beta electroencephalogram power in temporal and frontal brain regions, and reduced vocalization. These findings support the hypothesis that prolonged colonization by oral commensal species delay gut microbiome and brain development. …”
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An Undiagnosed Case of Hypothalamic Hamartoma with a Rare Presentation by Shervin Badihian, Saeideh Bahrani, Nasim Tabrizi, Houshang Moein, Mohammad Zare, Majid Barekatain, Reza Basiratnia, Elham Rahimian, Amirali Mehvari Habibabadi, Payam Moein, Jafar Mehvari Habibabadi

“…We report a 25-year-old man with complaint of seizures presented by falling, tonic spasm of limbs, oral automatism, vocalization, and hypermotor activities. His seizures started at the age of one month and presented as eye deviation and upper limbs myoclonic jerk, followed by frequent seizures with variable frequency. …”
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Sounds of the northern Andes: the calls of a diverse and endangered frog community (Amphibia, Anura) from Ecuador by Diego Batallas, Rafael Márquez, Juan M. Guayasamin

“…Given the biological significance of vocalizations, this trait is also useful for identification proposes and is key in recognizing cryptic diversity. …”
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Geschlossen, lang oder gespannt? Die Beschreibung der Artikulation niederländischer Vokale aus einer polykonfrontativen (und didaktischen) Perspektive by Zuzanna Czerwonka-Wajda

“…The starting point are the articulatory features of vowels based on which the course of vocalic articulation is later described separately for every language. …”
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