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    • Frequency effects and structural change: the Afrikaans preterite 

      Kirsten, Johanita (Stellenbosch University, 2016)
      According to emergent grammar and exemplar theory in cognitive linguistics, the frequency of an item affects its behaviour in terms of structural change. In this article, I illustrate how high frequency items, such as ...
    • Generating fundamental frequency contours for speech synthesis in Yorùbá 

      Van Niekerk, Daniel R.; Barnard, Etienne (International Speech Communication Association ( ISCA ), 2013)
      We present methods for modelling and synthesising fundamental frequency (F0) contours suitable for application in text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis of Yorùbá (an African tone language). These methods are discussed and compared ...
    • Veranderinge in adverbiale tydsverwysing in Afrikaans van 1911 tot 2010 

      Kirsten, Johanita (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2016)
      The Afrikaans tense system simplified somewhat in its development from Dutch, retaining only the present tense (which is unmarked), and a past tense (marked by the auxiliary verb "het" and, usually, the verbal prefix "ge-") ...