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Rd as a control parameter to explore affective correlates of the tense-lax continuum
(2017)This study uses the Rd glottal waveshape parameter to simulate the phonatory tense-lax continuum and to explore its affective correlates in terms of activation and valence. Based on a natural utterance which was inverse ... -
Refugee Agency and Autonomy in English Language Acquisition
(2008)This article looks at an ethnographic study conducted at Integrate Ireland Language and Training1, an organization which provides English language courses for adult refugees. The research project was a qualitative, ... -
A refutation of Song's (2014) explanation of the 'stop coda problem' in Old Chinese
(2016)Song (2014) draws renewed attention to the problem of groups of Chinese words in which the character used to write one of the words has a stop final reading in Middle Chinese but the character used to write another of the ... -
Relatedness and learner autonomy: a case study of an adult refugee learning English
(2007)Ireland has only recently become a country of immigration and asylum. Provision of English language training is a priority both for refugees and for the host community. There has been very little research in Ireland on ... -
Representing and Computing Uncertainty in Phonological Reconstruction
(2023)Despite the inherently fuzzy nature of recon- structions in historical linguistics, most schol- ars do not represent their uncertainty when proposing proto-forms. With the increasing success of recently proposed approaches ... -
Reshaping the transformed LF model: generating the glottal source from the waveshape parameter Rd
(2017)Precise specification of the voice source would facilitate better modelling of expressive nuances in human spoken interaction. This paper focuses on the transformed version of the widely used LF voice source model, and ... -
A Review of Literature and International Practice on National and Voluntary Registers for Sign Language Interpreters
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The role of voice quality in the perception of prominence in synthetic speech
(2019)This paper explores how prominence can be modelled in speech synthesis through voice quality variation. Synthetic utterances varying in voice quality (breathy, modal, tense) were generated using a glottal source model ... -
An Sc?ala?: autonomous learners harnessing speech and language technologies
(ISCA, 2019)This paper presents an autonomous language learning platform which has speech and language technology at its core. An Scealaí ('the Storyteller') is a web-based interactive iCALL system that allows learners to compose ... -
Scholarship on Trans-Himalayan (Tibeto-Burman) languages of South East Asia
(Mouton de Gruyter, 2021)The spread of the Trans-Himalayan family¹ naturally paid no attention to 21st century political boundaries. The family includes languages with a geographic range from Balti Tibetan in Pakistan to Hokkien Chinese in ... -
Shaw, Á., & Yanushevskaya, I. (2021). Students' views and experiences of the training and use of phonetic transcription in speech and language therapy: the Irish perspective
(2021)Phonetic transcription is an essential skill for practising SLTs required during the assessment, diagnosis and management of clients with speech difficulties Student SLTs must receive appropriate training to carry out ... -
The Sights and Sounds of the Multilingual City
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Sign Language Interpreting in Ireland
(Gallaudet University Press, 2024)This chapter documents the development of sign language interpreting (SLI) education and research in Ireland. In 1994, the first cohort of interpreters graduated with a Diploma in Irish Sign Language (ISL)/English Interpreting ... -
Sign Languages
(Council of Europe and European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML), 2019)In 2018, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe passed a resolution on Sign Languages (Resolution 2247). This recognises the thirty plus indigenous sign languages of Europe as natural languages but also ... -
Sign Languages and the CEFR for Languages
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SIGNALL: A European Partnership Approach to Deaf Studies via New Technologies
(2009)This paper presents preliminary outcomes of a European Commission funded project which brings together industry, academics and practitioners in an innovative project to create an international forum of learning. SIGNALL ... -
SIGNALL: A European Partnership Approach to Deaf Studies via New Technologies
(Interesource Group (Ireland) Limited, 2009)This paper presents preliminary outcomes of a European Commission funded project which brings together industry, academics and practitioners in an innovative project to create an international forum of learning. SIGNALL ...