While AI now allows us to erase accents, is this really a good idea? Besides, who doesn’t have an accent?
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Increased acceptance of the use of alternative and augmentative communication technologies in general society can enhance the quality of life for people with speech impairment.
Language, geography, age and other factors can all affect how fast a person talks. But sometimes, these perceived differences are only in the listener’s head.
Long treated as a sign of anxiety or a delaying tactic, ‘filled pauses’ are a linguistic trick to signal that what you are about to say might be complicated.
Called your ‘inner voice,’ it develops along with your reading skills.
Dobble is a card game that originated in France in 2009. It involves observation, articulation and speed.
There have only been around 200 reported cases of foreign accent syndrome since it was first reported in 1907.
There’s a lot to the pronunciation of the word ‘no’ in an Australian accent.
Many people fear the disappearance of the unique way some communities speak. But accent loss is a complicated notion and embracing both language variation and change can be an important social goal.
A language scientist explains that talking was never invented but has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years.
New research explores how face masks affect our understanding of speech.
Babies who remain in silence hours after birth have different brains to those who listen to sounds.
We often imitate styles of speech we hear – what’s known as ‘linguistic convergence.’ But a researcher wanted to see if we alter our speech based on the mere expectation of how someone will sound.
Though it was exceedingly grating, the late comedian was able to perfect a sound that worked in tandem with his brand of humor.
The ‘Die Hard’ actor is suffering from a communications disorder that affects 2 million Americans.
Bruce Willis’ family today revealed he has been diagnosed with aphasia. So what actually is aphasia and why haven’t we heard of it before?
Nkrumah’s rhetorical vision used the politics of the crowd to build a postcolonial community outside of the conscripts of colonialism.
There’s plenty to critique about sorority culture. But going after Southern accents is punching down.
Vocal imitation is a key part of how humans learn to speak. New research shows that bats babble to learn and use baby talk to teach, just like people do.
Recent research on Danish shows that not only is it hard for Danish children to learn their mother tongue, but adult Danes use their native language differently than speakers of other languages.
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