Recurrence marking in Akan

Embedded clauses and recursive prosodic phrasing in Akan

This study investigates the interaction of lexical tone and intonation in embedded clauses in the two-tone Kwa language Akan. The claim is that embedded clauses show recursive prosodic phrasing at the level of intonation phrases (ι-phrase). The prosodic boundary of an embedded clause is expressed by means of a pitch register reset. At the boundary, lexical tonal distinctions are maintained in t...

Information Processing in Akan Question-word Fronting and Focus Constructions

An MRI - based Study of Pharyngeal Volume Contrasts in Akan

Characteristic differences in pharyngeal volume between Akan +I-Advanced Tongue Root (ATR) vowel pairs have been investigated using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques, and compared to the similar TenselLax vowel distinction in English. Two subjects were scanned during steady-state phonation of three pairs of contrasting vowels. Analysis of the resulting images shows that it is the over...

Evaluation of marking of peer marking in oral presentation

BACKGROUND Peer marking is an important skill for students, helping them to understand the process of learning and assessment. This method is increasingly used in medical education, particularly in formative assessment. However, the use of peer marking in summative assessment is not widely adopted because many teachers are concerned about biased marking by students of their peers. OBJECTIVE T...

Considerations in Automated Marking

With large classes and high demands on the time of teaching academics, (as well as the need to keep marking budgets under control) evaluating the functional correctness of programming assignments can be challenging. Entirely automating the evaluation process may seem desirable but that would deny students formative feedback from more experienced programmers. This in turn reduces their opportuni...