Every time an aircraft checks in with air traffic control, pilots identify themselves using a unique call sign, something like “Delta November Three Seven Two,” not “DN372.

Tonal languages are different from non-tonal languages because tonal languages are dependent on the emphasis and pronunciation, because how a word is said will affect its meaning. It is quite ...

Standing in front of the cashier in the take-out line, you tell them your name so you can pick up that pizza you called in 20 minutes ago. The confused cashier tells you, “Hmm, I don’t have an order ...

We learn about 6 vowel letters and the numerous sounds we make when using them. In English, we have 5 (well, sometimes 6) vowel letters, but way more vowel sounds. That’s where the IPA can help us! We ...

The phonetician Raymond Stetson wrote: ‘Speech is rather a set of movements made audible than a set of sounds produced by movements.’ There are various instruments to help us look at the vocal ...

Nawat Itsaragrisil and Fatima Bosch. If the names don’t ring a bell, let me make it clearer: Executive Director of the Miss Universe Organization and Miss Mexico 2025. It probably makes more sense now ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Since 1935 American Antiquity has published original papers on the archaeology of the New World and on archaeological method, ...