2022
Acoustic effects of syllable position of English /s/: Is there a “dark” [s]?
Lombardo D, Whalen D, Chen W, Shadle C. Acoustic effects of syllable position of English /s/: Is there a “dark” [s]? Proceedings Of Meetings On Acoustics 2022, 46: 060005. DOI: 10.1121/2.0001725.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Phonetic structure in Yoloxóchitl Mixtec consonants
DiCanio C, Zhang C, Whalen D, García R. Phonetic structure in Yoloxóchitl Mixtec consonants. Journal Of The International Phonetic Association 2019, 50: 333-365. DOI: 10.1017/s0025100318000294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMixtec languageStop seriesFormant transitionsVoiceless unaspirated stopsPolysyllabic shorteningConsonant systemProsodic templatesConsonant typesUnaspirated stopsConsonant inventoryOral vowelsPrenasalized stopsPhonetic descriptionPhonetic structureNasal consonantsClosure durationTonal systemLanguageNasal closureMixtecWordsConsonantsWord sizeAcoustic propertiesSpectral moments
2018
Tongue shapes for rhotics in school-age children with and without residual speech errors
Preston J, McCabe P, Tiede M, Whalen D. Tongue shapes for rhotics in school-age children with and without residual speech errors. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 2018, 33: 334-348. PMID: 30199271, PMCID: PMC6409154, DOI: 10.1080/02699206.2018.1517190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividual differences and their effect on the nature of speech motor errors in younger and older adults
Dawson K, Tiede M, Whalen D. Individual differences and their effect on the nature of speech motor errors in younger and older adults. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 144: 1905-1905. DOI: 10.1121/1.5068347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeech errorsOlder adultsAge-related effectsMotor speechWord pairsRating taskCognitive abilitiesSpeech paradigmSpeech movementsBehavioral predictorsLip apertureMotor errorSpeechError tendenciesMetronome rateAdultsTaskTongue contoursIndividual characteristicsArticulatory dataError incidenceMetronomeWordsSpeakersParticipantsDo Hindi speakers of English realize the acoustic cues for American English /v/ and /w/ contrast?
Grover V, Shafer V, Whalen D, Levy E, Kakadelis S. Do Hindi speakers of English realize the acoustic cues for American English /v/ and /w/ contrast? The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 143: 1756-1757. DOI: 10.1121/1.5035750.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHindi speakersAmerican EnglishLength of residenceSpeakers of EnglishAE speakersPhonological inventoryWord-initialNonsense wordsOnset frequencyFinding of no significant differenceAE groupAcoustic cuesHindiSpeakersFricativesPerception studiesEnglishWordsTokensNo significant differenceCuesOnsetInventorySignificant differenceGroup
2017
Effects of consonant voicing on vocalic segment duration across resonants and prosodic boundaries
Whalen D. Effects of consonant voicing on vocalic segment duration across resonants and prosodic boundaries. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2017, 141: 3702-3702. DOI: 10.1121/1.4988084.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Secondary gestures for consonants: An electromagnetic articulometer study of troughs
Nam H, Shadle C, Tiede M, Saltzman E, Whalen D. Secondary gestures for consonants: An electromagnetic articulometer study of troughs. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2014, 135: 2196-2196. DOI: 10.1121/1.4877159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTongue bodyVowel contextsIntraoral air pressureConsonant lengthArticulatory PhonologyVowel targetsAnticipatory coarticulationTrained phoneticiansNon-wordsReal wordsArticulation activitiesVowelsHypothesis 2GesturesHypothesis 1TongueContextPhonologyCoarticulationConsonantsPhoneticiansLabialsVCVWordsArticulation
2012
Lexical effects on the perception of /l/ allophones in English
Whalen D, Beller-Marino Y, Kakadelis S, Dawson K, Best C, Irwin J. Lexical effects on the perception of /l/ allophones in English. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2012, 132: 2053-2053. DOI: 10.1121/1.4755557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnglish wordsLexical effectsMonosyllabic English wordsSyllable codaEnglish utterancesPhonotactic rulesSyllable positionLexical statusAllophonesWordsNonwordsFrequency of occurrenceItemsPronunciationPhoneticiansEnglishUtterancesPerceptionPseudowordsListenersCodaPrevious workLikert scaleVersionRepresentation
2003
Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Position in the Production of Speech
Magen H, Kang A, Tiede M, Whalen D. Posterior Pharyngeal Wall Position in the Production of Speech. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2003, 46: 241-251. PMID: 12647902, DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/019).Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClasses of speech soundsProduction of speechAnterior pharyngeal wallVowel qualityMidsagittal widthVocal cavitySpeech soundsIsolated wordsSpeech variabilitySpeechVowelsUpper oropharynxMidsagittal magnetic resonance imagesConsonantsEnglishSentencesWordsJapanesePosterior pharyngeal wallSoundPharyngeal wall
2001
Effects of instructions to produce hyperarticulated vowels on formant values
Pouplier M, Whalen D. Effects of instructions to produce hyperarticulated vowels on formant values. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2001, 109: 2290-2291. DOI: 10.1121/1.4744021.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1995
Perceptual normalization of synthesized vowels following natural speech and breath sounds
Sheffert S, Whalen D. Perceptual normalization of synthesized vowels following natural speech and breath sounds. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1995, 97: 3421-3421. DOI: 10.1121/1.412447.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
Durational characteristics of proper names common words
Whalen D, Wenk H. Durational characteristics of proper names common words. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1994, 95: 2924-2924. DOI: 10.1121/1.409211.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1992
Duration of the acoustic components of infrequent and frequent words
Whalen D. Duration of the acoustic components of infrequent and frequent words. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1992, 92: 2442-2442. DOI: 10.1121/1.404577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFurther results on the duration of infrequent and frequent words.
Whalen D. Further results on the duration of infrequent and frequent words. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1992, 91: 2339-2340. DOI: 10.1121/1.403472.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1991
Infrequent words are longer in duration than frequent words.
Whalen D. Infrequent words are longer in duration than frequent words. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1991, 90: 2311-2311. DOI: 10.1121/1.401072.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubcategorical phonetic mismatches and lexical access
Whalen D. Subcategorical phonetic mismatches and lexical access. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 1991, 50: 351-360. PMID: 1758766, DOI: 10.3758/bf03212227.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1986
P-centers are unaffected by phonetic categorization
Cooper A, Whalen D, Fowler C. P-centers are unaffected by phonetic categorization. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics 1986, 39: 187-196. PMID: 3737344, DOI: 10.3758/bf03212490.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsP-center locationPhonetic identitySyllable initial consonantsSyllable rhymePhonetic characteristicsAcoustic realizationPhonetic structureInitial consonantsPhonetic judgmentsPhonetic categorizationPhonetic perceptionSyllablesAcoustic onsetWordsConsonantsAcoustic characteristicsP-centerAcoustic parametersRelevant dimensionsAmplitude envelopeRhymeJudgmentIdentityCategorizationMarcus
1985
Effects of subcategorical mismatches on shadowing
Whalen D. Effects of subcategorical mismatches on shadowing. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1985, 77: s9-s9. DOI: 10.1121/1.2022638.Peer-Reviewed Original Research