In a TV conversation with Peter Robinson on the programme Uncommon Knowledge, Thomas Sowell rejected the idea that certain speech patterns in the African American community (like saying “aks” for “ask ...
The language of the upper classes is known by language experts as URP, upper received pronunciation. According to Lord Onslow, the clipped phrases and lengthened vowels are perfectly natural, but he ...
lead to greater acoustic variability. On top of that, kids are still learning how to speak, making their pronunciations and speech patterns unpredictable. Because of these and other factors ...
Supported by a $500,000 research grant from the National Institutes of Health, Assistant Professor of Computer Science Emily Prud'hommeaux will examine speech patterns of high-functioning adults with ...