conversational speech
21Accent reduction — Accent reduction, also known as accent modification, is a systematic approach used to learn or adopt a new accent. It is the process of learning the sound system (or phonology) of a language or dialect. The methodology involves several steps,… …
22ear, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction organ of hearing and equilibrium that detects and analyzes noises by transduction (or the conversion of sound waves into electrochemical impulses) and maintains the sense of balance (equilibrium). The human ear, like …
23Dialog act — A dialog act is a specialized speech act. For example, Question is a speech act, but Question on hotel is a dialog act. Dialog acts are different in different dialog systems. The number of speech acts are commonly recognized, and is stable around …
24Wizard of Oz experiment — In the field of human computer interaction, a Wizard of Oz experiment is a research experiment in which subjects interact with a computer system that subjects believe to be autonomous, but which is actually being operated or partially operated by …
25Laura Michaelis — Laura A. Michaelis (born in Fort Eustis, Virginia) is an associate professor in the department of Linguistics and a faculty fellow in the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.Her research centers on the… …
26Frost, Robert — ▪ American poet Introduction in full Robert Lee Frost born March 26, 1874, San Francisco, California, U.S. died January 29, 1963, Boston, Massachusetts American poet who was much admired for his depictions of the rural life of New England, his …
27colloquial — /kəˈloʊkwiəl / (say kuh lohkweeuhl) adjective 1. appropriate to or characteristic of conversational speech or writing in which the speaker or writer is under no particular constraint to choose standard, formal, conservative, deferential, polite,… …
28Nader Naderpour — (6 June 1929 – 18 February 2000) was an Iranian born poet. Among many Iranian poets who shaped up the New Persian Poetry or New Poetry (in Persian: Sher e Know), Ali Esfandiari, aka Nima Yooshij, Parviz Natel Khanlari, Nader Naderpor, Forough… …
29Standard Macedonian — or Literary Macedonian [Victor Freidman. Macedonian , (2001) p. 6] ( mk. Книжевен македонски јазик) [Transliterated, Kniževen makedonski jazik . Also, Литературен македонски јазик ( Literaturen makedonski jazik ).] is the standard variety of the… …
30Video modeling — is a form of observational learning in which desired behaviors are learned by watching a video demonstration and then imitating of the behavior of the model. In video self modeling (VSM), individuals observe themselves performing a behavior… …
