Nature

Sleeping neonates track transitional probabilities in speech but only retain the first syllable of words

Extracting statistical regularities from the environment is a primary learning mechanism that might support language acquisition. While it has been shown that infants are sensitive to transition ...
The New York Times

Rethinking Thoreau: We’ve Been Mispronouncing His Name for Centuries

George Clooney, Meryl Streep and other voice actors had to be persuaded, but a new PBS documentary (mostly) leads by example in stressing the first syllable. By Sarah Lyall Jeff Goldblum was in the ...
The New York Times

CESPEDES PRONUNCIATION.; Cuban President's Name Accented on the First Syllable.

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