2012
Biomechanically Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations Fail to Appear in Adult Spoken Corpora
Whalen D, Giulivi S, Nam H, Levitt A, Hallé P, Goldstein L. Biomechanically Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations Fail to Appear in Adult Spoken Corpora. Language And Speech 2012, 55: 503-515. PMID: 23420980, PMCID: PMC3580796, DOI: 10.1177/0023830911434123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaDatabases, FactualFeedbackHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentLipPhoneticsSpeechSpeech PerceptionConceptsConsonant-vowel combinationsAdult languageCV preferencesAmbient spoken languageCombinations of consonantsSpoken corpusCentral vowelsLabial consonantsDictionary dataCV combinationsConsonant-vowelConsonant/vowelBabbling measuresSpeaking frequencyBabblingVowelsEnglishDictionaryLanguageMandarinConsonantsCorpusFrenchIndividual CTokens
2002
A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Language Processing and Its Cognitive Correlates in Prematurely Born Children
Peterson BS, Vohr B, Kane MJ, Whalen DH, Schneider KC, Katz KH, Zhang H, Duncan CC, Makuch R, Gore JC, Ment LR. A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Language Processing and Its Cognitive Correlates in Prematurely Born Children. Pediatrics 2002, 110: 1153-1162. PMID: 12456913, DOI: 10.1542/peds.110.6.1153.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLanguage comprehension taskFunctional magnetic resonance imagingBrain activityLanguage comprehensionComprehension taskPreterm childrenIQ scoresFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studyLower verbal IQ scoresProcessing tasksSemantic processing taskAbnormal neural processingVerbal IQ scoresPoor language comprehensionCommunity control childrenMagnetic resonance imaging studyCognitive correlatesResonance imaging studySemantic processingNeural processingScanning taskFMRI scansLanguage processingControl childrenBrain structures
1991
Intonational differences between the reduplicative babbling of French- and English-learning infants*
Whalen D, Levitt A, Wang Q. Intonational differences between the reduplicative babbling of French- and English-learning infants*. Journal Of Child Language 1991, 18: 501-516. PMID: 1761611, DOI: 10.1017/s0305000900011223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsData Interpretation, StatisticalFranceHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentPhoneticsUnited StatesConceptsIntonational differencesEnglish-learning infantsEnglish learningFrench learningPrelinguistic babblingTarget languageFalling intonationLanguage environmentReduplicated babblingF0 patternsLanguage groupsEnglish childrenFrench childrenLanguageUtterancesExpert listenersBabblingPerceptual assessmentFundamental frequencyIntonationSyllablesListenersFall categoriesFrenchCategories