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Abstract: The articulation of long and short vowels is not only a change in duration, but also includes changes in the shape of the oral cavity to comprehensively affect the timbre. Since the ...

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Abstract: Long and short vowels are phonologically contrasted in many languages, but their related acoustic features are not always identical. In this study, we aim to explore the encoding and ...

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When my first-grade student stopped at a word he didn’t recognize, I asked, “What type of syllable is it?” Because he recognized the d at the end of the word, he replied “Closed,” scrunched down in ...