2024
What R Mandarin Chinese /ɹ/s? – acoustic and articulatory features of Mandarin Chinese rhotics
Chen S, Whalen D, Mok P. What R Mandarin Chinese /ɹ/s? – acoustic and articulatory features of Mandarin Chinese rhotics. Phonetica 2024, 81: 509-552. PMID: 39279469, PMCID: PMC11449382, DOI: 10.1515/phon-2023-0023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTongue shapeRhotic soundsSyllable positionEffect of syllable positionPhonetic variationPhonetic featuresVowel contextsHigher F2Speech productionArticulatory featuresFricative noiseRhoticsAcoustic differencesMandarinAcoustic featuresPrevocalicLanguageTonguePostvocalicRetroflexVowelsArticulatorySpeakersSoundSpeech
2017
Voice Onset Time (VOT) at 50: Theoretical and practical issues in measuring voicing distinctions
Abramson A, Whalen D. Voice Onset Time (VOT) at 50: Theoretical and practical issues in measuring voicing distinctions. Journal Of Phonetics 2017, 63: 75-86. PMID: 29104329, PMCID: PMC5665574, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2017.05.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Vowel variability in elicited versus spontaneous speech: Evidence from Mixtec
DiCanio C, Nam H, Amith J, García R, Whalen D. Vowel variability in elicited versus spontaneous speech: Evidence from Mixtec. Journal Of Phonetics 2015, 48: 45-59. DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2014.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpontaneous speechElicited speechEndangered languagesVowel dispersionSpeech styleNarrative speechInfluence of speech styleShorter vowel durationsSpontaneous narrative speechVowel variabilityPhonetic differencesVowel systemOral vowelsPhonetic dataVowel durationVowel spaceContextual assimilationVowel acousticsMale speakersDuration differencesFemale speakersStylistic differencesAcoustic differencesVowelsSpeakers
2007
Representation of harmonic frequencies in auditory memory: A mismatch negativity study
Zion‐Golumbic E, Deouell L, Whalen D, Bentin S. Representation of harmonic frequencies in auditory memory: A mismatch negativity study. Psychophysiology 2007, 44: 671-679. PMID: 17608799, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00554.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Phonetic processing areas revealed by sinewave speech and acoustically similar non-speech
Benson R, Richardson M, Whalen D, Lai S. Phonetic processing areas revealed by sinewave speech and acoustically similar non-speech. NeuroImage 2006, 31: 342-353. PMID: 16530428, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.11.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain regionsBilateral superior temporal sulcusSinewave speechPhonetic areaLeft angular gyrusAuditory object recognitionSuperior temporal sulcusObject recognitionDissociation of speechNonspeech processingAngular gyrusSinewave tonesNeural substratesTemporal sulcusWord deafnessObject processingNonspeech stimuliSpeech perceptionPhonetic effectsNon-auditory areasNon-speechAuditory stimuliAcoustic differencesBaseline conditionsCortical level
1987
Qualitative separateness in children's speech
Nittrouer S, Whalen D. Qualitative separateness in children's speech. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1987, 82: s84-s84. DOI: 10.1121/1.2025025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChildren's speechVowel contextsFricative noiseAdult speechChild speakersPhonetic unitsFricative identificationAcoustic differencesF2 frequenciesAdult listenersAcoustic analysisListenersSpeechGross spectrumPerceptual segmentationAcoustic informationSyllablesYoung childrenAdultsChildrenAllophonesVowelsSpeakersContextHypothesis