On Rimbaud’s "Vowels," Again: Vowels or Colors?

On neutral vowels in

Neutral vowels are vowels that may intervene between the trigger and target of a harmony pattern even when they bear the opposite value for the harmonizing feature. Despite the significant body of work on and the crucial role of vowel harmony in phonological theory, surprisingly little attention has been devoted to the low-level phonetic properties of neutral vowels. We examine a prototypical e...

شرحی کوتاه درباره واکه های فارسی (Vowels)

Mimicking of synthetic vowels

Categorical perception of vowels

The present research aimed at investigating the difference in perception between normal, underspecified, and overarticulated, isolated vowels. Unexpectedly, we found observed discrimination to be worse than predicted by the labelling data. There was no difference in the degree of categorical perception between the two vowel conditions.

Information Conveyed by Vowels

observations of the performance on speech, ranging from rehearsals in the empty auditorium to addresses before a capacity audience, indicate that hearing is entirely satisfactory anywhere in the house and with an audience of any size. The room seems to be entirely free from the excessive low-frequency reverberation and boom so often associated with large enclosures. The consultants have recomme...