African American English (AAE) is a variety of English spoken primarily, though not exclusively, by Black Americans of historical African descent.
Social Sciences
May 10, 2023
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Phonetic convergence, or phonetic imitation, is a form of speech production in which a talker's speech becomes similar to that of the person with whom they are speaking. In a recent article published in the journal Speech ...
Social Sciences
Oct 3, 2022
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A novel analysis of 3 years of conversations at a software engineering organization suggests a strong relationship between communication and productivity. Arindam Dutta of Arizona State University, U.S., and colleagues present ...
Economics & Business
Jul 14, 2021
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Macaques and baboons – two distantly related primates – are able to produce a similar range of voice-like sounds to humans.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2017
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The genes activated for human speech are similar to the ones used by singing songbirds, new experiments suggest.
Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2013
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Smartphone applications have left many office tools and devices collecting dust. Add language translators to that growing list.
Software
May 4, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just like us, songbirds need tutoring to learn to vocalize and sing.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2010
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A new way to classify sounds in some human languages may solve a problem that has plagued linguists for nearly 100 years--how to accurately describe click sounds distinct to certain African languages.
Other
Jul 15, 2009
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