SpecGram may refer to:
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*specgram: [http://www-ccs.ucsd.edu/matlab/toolbox/signal/specgram.html] a time-dependent frequency analysis (
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Speculative Grammarian — Infobox Journal discipline = Satirical Linguistics abbreviation = SpecGram website = http://specgram.com publisher = Trey Jones [2004 ] country = USA history = 1988 to present ISSN = 1938 0720about|the satirical linguistics journal|information… … Wikipedia
James D. McCawley — (born March 30, 1938 in Glasgow, Scotland; died April 10, 1999 in Chicago, IL) was an American linguist.He worked at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago from 1964 until his sudden and unexpected death. His interests… … Wikipedia
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Airstream mechanism — In phonetics, the airstream mechanism is the method by which airflow is created in the vocal tract. Along with phonation, it is one of two mandatory aspects of sound production; without these, there can be no speech sound. The organ generating… … Wikipedia
