Recent studies also have revealed that a multimodal system can perform in a more stable way than a unimodal one across varied real-world users (accented versus native speakers) and usage contexts (mobile versus stationary use).
Given that the present study aimed at assessing English skills in advanced speakers, the usage of the norms enabled us to select words with an already established high level of translation difficulty (for native speakers of Dutch, but probably also for speakers of other L1s).
You will likely find, if you are a native English speaker, that this usage does not sound incorrect or unnatural, and is much less awkward (and more inclusive) than "he or she".
She selects that week's timekeeper and "grammarian" (who will critique speakers' language and usage) from the business-casually attired people sitting three-per-table, before introducing the person who will deliver the evening's only prepared speech.
Whorf is widely known as an advocate for the idea that because of linguistic differences in grammar and usage, speakers of different languages conceptualize and experience the world differently.
This weakens their possible usage for speaker recognition.
In American English, however, so-called is falling into disuse; it has the flavor of usage by speakers whose English is a second language.
Most studies agreed that older speakers demonstrate a predominant usage of [z]/[dz], in addition to marginal realizations of and [l] (Ang 洪惟仁 1997; Chen 陳淑娟 1995; Lin 林珠彩 1995).
