14.501, Qs: Formant Frequencies, Random Wordlist Generator

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Subject: 14.501, Qs: Formant Frequencies, Random Wordlist Generator

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1)
Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:30:56 +0000
From:  Tony Gillham <tony_gillham at blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject:  Formant Frequencies - Role of transfer in Native Russian's English

2)
Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:40:59 +0000
From:  Kevin Roddy <kroddy at hawaii.edu>
Subject:  random wordlist generator using phonemic inventory

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Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 11:30:56 +0000
From:  Tony Gillham <tony_gillham at blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject:  Formant Frequencies - Role of transfer in Native Russian's English

Is there any research/data available on Formant frequencies of Russian
/jo/ and unstressed /o/? This would be useful in developing my thesis
on Russian English learners' strategies for emulating the English
mid-vowels.

Subject-Language: Russian; Code: RUS


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Date:  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:40:59 +0000
From:  Kevin Roddy <kroddy at hawaii.edu>
Subject:  random wordlist generator using phonemic inventory

I am looking for a software program that would take the phonemic
inventory of a language and generate wordlists to use with language
consultants in fieldwork.

For example, Hawaiian has an inventory of consonants h k l m n p ' w
and vowels a e i o u

Is there software that would randomly generate word lists like the
following?

ha he hi ho hu haa hae hai hao hau, etc.

A linguist here in Hawai'i told me about such a program he worked with
years ago, and if available, I'd like to use it for a under-documented
language I'm doing fieldwork on.

Thanks for your help, world-wide linguists!

Kevin Roddy,
Graduate Student
Department of Linguistics
University of Hawai'i

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