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linguistics
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a phonetic investigation of tamil liquids
Standard Tamil is said to have five /ɾ/, /r/, /l/, /ɭ/ and the elusive /ɻ/. Using phonetic data elicited from native speakers of Tamil, Fourier analysis was used to determine an auditory basis for this five-way distinction.
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a phonological framework for japanese vowel devoicing using OT
In Japanese, vowels can get devoiced, such as in words like つき /tsuki/ → [tsɯ̥ki]. While the triggers for vowel devoicing are easily explained, interactions between environments, pitch accents, and knockout conditions make the full extent of the phenomenon hard to explain without Optimality Theory.
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feature lookup
A small script that facilitates the lookup and comparison of features used in phonological analysis. Originally made for UCSC's LING 101.
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game of tones
A small interactive project for WLMA, which works on the description and revitilisation of Mesoamerican languages.