This is a narrative about the consultant's life story so far. It was recorded for the purpose of a phonetic study of connected-speech processes, in particular the hypo-articulation of function words. At the outset of the document, the consultant explains that, for wants...

The consultant was shown the target items in writing, as part of a randomized list on paper. The imagined context was that people are watching a TV programme about calligraphy. The target words were recorded under two reading conditions: the context for the first readin...

The consultant was shown the target items in writing, as part of a randomized list on paper. The imagined context was that people are watching the consultant writing calligraphy. The target words were recorded under two reading conditions: the context for the first read...

low as CAREFUL, is that a child asks which character is being written, and the consultant provides the answer. Under the second condition, referred to as IMPATIENT, the child is naughty, asking for the umpteenth time without paying attention to answers; the consultant s...

From 2009 to 2011, Xu Jirong, then a research student at Yunnan University, and Alexis Michaud had sustained exchanges about the phonological analysis of Ciending Naxi, Xu Jirong's native language. This resulted in a joint publication in 2012: Michaud, Alexis and Xu Jir...

This is a song improvised in the GuQi style. There exists a full transcription+annotation+translation. A similar song in the "GuQi" style was recorded earlier on the same day. The recording session was arranged at the instigation of Pr. He Xueguang. Mr. He Xuemin (M17) ...

This is a song improvised in the GuQi style. There exists a full transcription+annotation+translation. A similar song in the "Alili" style was recorded later on the same day. The recording session was arranged at the instigation of Pr. He Xueguang. Mr. He Xuemin (M17) w...

This is an explanation about the song "The Parrot And The Myna Birds". The explanation was provided after the song was improvised in the "Gu-Qi" and "A-li-li" styles. There exists a full transcription+annotation+translation of this document. (Both songs are also availab...