In the early 1990s, comedian Mike Myers regularly dressed up in a giant wig, gaudy fake nails and gigantic sunglasses to become Linda Richman -- a stereotypical New Yorker who had fits of feeling "verklempt" and thought that ...
Social Sciences
Jan 20, 2010
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In Boston, there are reports of people pronouncing the letter "r." Down in Tennessee, people are noticing a lack of a Southern drawl. And Texans have long worried about losing their distinctive twang.
Other
Dec 13, 2022
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Our language is changing constantly. Researchers of the University of Vienna found that, over centuries, frequently occurring speech sound patterns get even more frequent. The reason for this development is that our brain ...
Social Sciences
May 5, 2022
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The accents of educated city dwellers across the North of England are becoming more similar, according to new research from The University of Manchester.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2020
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Many in Miami first come to realize they speak 'Miami English' when they, well, leave Miami.
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2020
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It's only a 40-minute drive from Queens to the Bronx in New York, but the difference in dialect is obvious to most familiar with the English language.
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2020
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When we speak, our sentences emerge as a flowing stream of sound. Unless we are really annoyed, We. Don't. Speak. One. Word. At. A. Time. But this property of speech is not how language itself is organized. Sentences consist ...
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2019
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Imagine a world in which Siri always understands you, Google Translate works perfectly, and the two of them create something akin to a Doctor Who style translation circuit. Imagine being able to communicate freely wherever ...
Machine learning & AI
Jun 11, 2019
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Researchers recently managed to recreate the voice of 5,300-year-old Ötzi the iceman by recreating his vocal tract. The technology is promising and could be used to digitally produce the voices of other mummified remains. ...
Archaeology
Oct 3, 2016
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Dartmouth scientists have created an automatic speech analysis tool that pushes the technological envelope for what types of sociolinguistic dialect research are possible.
Computer Sciences
Nov 9, 2015
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