Speech consists of a continuous stream of acoustic signals, yet humans can segment words from each other with astonishing precision and speed. To find out how this is possible, a team of linguists has ...
The saying goes that the NFL stands for Not For Long, and it is for that reason the word “initial” always belongs in front of the words “53-man roster.” The New Orleans Saints have their 53-man roster ...
An example of word-initial lengthening in Mojeño Trinitario, an Arawakan language spoken in the Amazon region of Bolivia. The word-initial /n/ (100ms) is significantly longer than the /n/ in the ...