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Witteman, M. J., Weber, A., & McQueen, J. M. (2011). On the relationship between perceived accentedness, acoustic similarity, and processing difficulty in foreign-accented speech. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2011), Florence, Italy (pp. 2229-2232).
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Foreign-accented speech is often perceived as more difficult to understand than native speech. What causes this potential difficulty, however, remains unknown. In the present study, we compared acoustic similarity and accent ratings of American-accented Dutch with a cross-modal priming task designed to measure online speech processing. We focused on two Dutch diphthongs: ui and ij. Though both diphthongs deviated from standard Dutch to varying degrees and perceptually varied in accent strength, native Dutch listeners recognized words containing the diphthongs easily. Thus, not all foreign-accented speech hinders comprehension, and acoustic similarity and perceived accentedness are not always predictive of processing difficulties. -
Zeshan, U., & Panda, S. (2011). Reciprocals constructions in Indo-Pakistani sign language. In N. Evans, & A. Gaby (
Eds. ), Reciprocals and semantic typology (pp. 91-113). Amsterdam: Benjamins.Abstract
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the sign language used by deaf communities in a large region across India and Pakistan. This visual-gestural language has a dedicated construction for specifically expressing reciprocal relationships, which can be applied to agreement verbs and to auxiliaries. The reciprocal construction relies on a change in the movement pattern of the signs it applies to. In addition, IPSL has a number of other strategies which can have a reciprocal interpretation, and the IPSL lexicon includes a good number of inherently reciprocal signs. All reciprocal expressions can be modified in complex ways that rely on the grammatical use of the sign space. Considering grammaticalisation and lexicalisation processes linking some of these constructions is also important for a better understanding of reciprocity in IPSL. -
Zwitserlood, I. (2011). Gebruiksgemak van het eerste Nederlandse Gebarentaal woordenboek kan beter [Book review]. Levende Talen Magazine, 4, 46-47.
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Review: User friendliness of the first dictionary of Sign Language of the Netherlands can be improved -
Zwitserlood, I. (2011). Gevraagd: medewerkers verzorgingshuis met een goede oog-handcoördinatie. Het meten van NGT-vaardigheid. Levende Talen Magazine, 1, 44-46.
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(Needed: staff for residential care home with good eye-hand coordination. Measuring NGT-skills.) -
Zwitserlood, I. (2011). Het Corpus NGT en de dagelijkse lespraktijk. Levende Talen Magazine, 6, 46.
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(The Corpus NGT and the daily practice of language teaching) -
Zwitserlood, I. (2011). Het Corpus NGT en de opleiding leraar/tolk NGT. Levende Talen Magazine, 1, 40-41.
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(The Corpus NGT and teacher NGT/interpreter NGT training)
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