Logatome Discrimination in Cochlear Implant Users: Subjective Tests Compared to the Mismatch Negativity by Torsten Rahne, Michael Ziese, Dorothea Rostalski, Roland Mühler

“…., nonsense syllables) with balanced representations of alternating “vowel-replacement” and “consonant-replacement” paradigms in order to assess phoneme confusions. …”
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Measurement of Voice Onset Time in Maxillectomy Patients by Mariko Hattori, Yuka I. Sumita, Hisashi Taniguchi

“…For digital evaluation of consonants, measurement of voice onset time is one option. …”
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Phonological, morphosyntactic and semantic properties of reduplicated onomatopoeias in Karakalpak by Kdirbaeva Bakhitgul Keunimjaevna

“…Karakalpak onomatopoeia has some phonological features, including vowel and consonant frequencies and a preference for closed syllables. …”
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Changes in Vowel Articulation with Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Dysarthric Speakers with Parkinson’s Disease by Vincent Martel Sauvageau, Joël Macoir, Mélanie Langlois, Michel Prud’Homme, Léo Cantin, Johanna-Pascale Roy

“…Analyses also indicate that vowel articulation was modulated by the consonant context but this relationship did not change with STN DBS. …”
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Le concept de « marqueur sub-lexical » : bilan d’un ballon d’essai by Dennis Philps

“…In a 1997 paper, I posited the existence, in the English lexicon, of a word-initial consonant segment which I call a ‘sub-lexical marker’, defined as a submorphemic unit displaying both phonological and notional invariance within the class of words of which it is a formative. …”
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Urhobo-English Loanwords Coda Adaptation: A Constraint-Based Account by Philip Oghenesuowho Ekiugbo, Cecilia Amaoge Eme

“…Syllabification conditions in languages that forbid filled coda will require that all the consonant sounds in a phonological word that are to be found in the phonetic string are parsed as onsets. …”
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The phonesthetics of blends: A lexicographic study of cognitive blends in the OED by Smith Chris

“…Sound symbolism plays an overriding role in over 50% of older blends, leading to a study of initial phonesthemes (i.e. consonant clusters). Several case studies of diachronic semantic shift attested in the OED point to the existence of multidirectional motivation ties. …”
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Rising and falling diphthongs in Romance languages: A study of the phonological string by Leonardo M. Savoia, Benedetta Baldi

“… This article discusses the phonological status of diphthongs and their role in the melodic and rhythmic organization of vowel and consonant sequences. We examine the nature of rising diphthongs and their distribution in relation to syllabic structure. …”
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Long-Term Perseveration in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Case Report by Edith V. Sullivan

“…From Test 9 onwards, she responded from the first distractor-filled trial with one consonant trigram, appearing in none of the seven test forms given her. …”
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A Preliminary Sociophonetic Study on Schwa Epenthesis in Dublin English by Christophe Coupé

“…Schwa epenthesis is a well-known feature of Irish English found in the Irish substratum where the phonotactic structure avoids consonant clusters. Schwa is therefore added in order to break up the cluster. …”
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PHONOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN INDONESIAN SYLLABIFICATION: INSIGHT FROM KOREAN LEARNERS by Nur Utami Sari'at Kurniati, Young Hun Koh, Dong Hoon Kim

“…The simplification of the syllable was shown in the pronunciation of the consonant cluster, which was pronounced as two separate syllables. …”
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FORMANT PARAMETERS FOR TONGUE POSITION IN /R/ TRILL DYSARTHRIA THERAPY by Dewa Ayu Dyah Pertiwi Putri, I Ketut Subagia, Ni Rai Ayu Putri Aryaningsih, Ni Kadek Dwi Permata Devi

“…Observation method was used in collecting data in the form of consonant and vowel sounds from 4 dysarthria samples and 4 non-dysarthria samples. …”
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Polish as L1, English as L2: the linguistic transfer impact on Second Language Acquisition stemming from the interlingual differences: implications for young learners education by Marta Łockiewicz, Martyna Jaskulska

“…English and Polish differ in terms of pronunciation (e.g. vowel-based vs. consonant-based), spelling (e.g. opaque vs. semi-transparent), grammar (e.g. fixed vs. flexible word order), syntax (e.g. analytic vs. synthetic), and vocabulary. …”
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Structure and usage do not explain each other: an analysis of German word-initial clusters by Wiese Richard, Orzechowska Paula

“…The present study focuses on German word-initial consonant clusters and asks whether feature-based phonotactic preferences correlate with patterns of type and token frequencies in present-day usage. …”
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Quantifying and Characterizing Phonetic Reduction in Italian Natural Speech by Loredana Schettino, Francesco Cutugno

“…The proposed method provides insight into the phonetic variation processes that can systematically occur in natural speech with relation to specific linguistic structures; in particular, unstressed syllables are most likely to undergo variation phenomena, and systematic differences concern the syllabic position of the segmental change, in that the presence of lexical stress prevents vowel deletion or centralization, but allows for onset changes (such as consonant cluster simplification or lenition).…”
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AN OT ACCOUNT OF PHONOTACTIC AND CODA NEUTRALIZATION OF ENGLISH LOANS IN PILIBHIT HINDI-URDU by Mohd Hamid Raza

“…In the another framework, this paper revealed the phenomena of devoicing features of coda consonants and the grades of the additional segments in Pilibhit Hindi-Urdu loanwords within the principles of Optimality Theory (Prince & Smolensky, 1993). …”
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Ist es notwendig polnische Nasalvokale zu untersuchen? by Molenda Aleksandra, Artur Tworek

“…A concrete communicative consonant situation in which the nasal vowels discussed in the article are realised should also be taken into account.…”
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Mathematics as Information Compression via the Matching and Unification of Patterns by J. Gerard Wolff

“…This new perspective on the foundations of mathematics reflects the facts that mathematics is almost exclusively the product of human brains, and has been developed, as an aid to human thinking, mathematics is likely to be consonant with much evidence for the importance of IC in human learning, perception, and cognition. …”
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Relationship of Asymmetrical Dimethylarginine, Nitric Oxide, and Sustained Attention during Attack in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder by Serpil Canpolat, İsmet Kırpınar, Erdem Deveci, Hülya Aksoy, Zafer Bayraktutan, İbrahim Eren, Recep Demir, Salih Selek, Nazan Aydın

“…Rey verbal learning and memory test, auditory consonant trigram test, digit span test, Wisconsin card sorting test, continuous performance task (TOVA), and Stroop test scores were found to be impaired in patients with major depressive disorder when compared to healthy controls. …”
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Visible Portion of Anterior Teeth at Rest and Analysis of Different Smile Characteristics in the Saudi Population of the Jeddah Region by Mohamed Abdelmageed Awad, Doaa Saleh Alghamdi, Aljawharah Talal Alghamdi

“…Average smile line and consonant smile arc were the most common characteristics. …”
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