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 ...

Now, for the first time, comparative linguists have observed a pattern of acoustic effects that may serve as a distinct marker across diverse languages: the systematic lengthening of consonants at the ...

They have found that word-initial consonants are, on average, around 13 milliseconds longer than their non-initial counterparts. The diversity of languages for which this effect was found suggests ...

the systematic lengthening of consonants at the beginning of words. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the CNRS Laboratoire Structure et Dynamique des Langues ...

More information: Consonant lengthening marks the beginning of words across a diverse sample of languages, Nature Human Behaviour (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01988-4 Provided by Max Planck Society ...

They have found that word-initial consonants are, on average, around 13 milliseconds longer than their non-initial counterparts. The diversity of languages in which this effect was found suggests ...

Vijayawada: Chaos prevailed across 179 ward secretariats in the flood-affected areas here as large swarms rushed to check whether their names were mentioned in the initial list of beneficiaries ...

"First they need to think about their most important criteria so that they can develop an initial 'long' list of colleges that might be appropriate," Grubb wrote in an email. Exactly how long that ...

5, just days before Pittsburgh was set to take on the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1, though he's dealt with the injury to some ...

When Dependable Furniture Manufacturing launched the Blend workstation, utility and agility were the key features of O+A's design. Originally conceived as a custom job for the online real estate ...

The Commission on Elections has released an initial list of senatorial aspirants whose names may be included in the official ballot for Eleksyon 2025. The Comelec said the list was "without prejudice ...