2018
Do 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
2012
A gestural account of the velar fricative in Navajo
Iskarous K, McDonough J, Whalen D. A gestural account of the velar fricative in Navajo. Laboratory Phonology Journal Of The Association For Laboratory Phonology 2012, 3: 195-210. PMID: 24765216, PMCID: PMC3994885, DOI: 10.1515/lp-2012-0011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArticulatory PhonologyVelar fricativeFramework of Articulatory PhonologyAmount of coarticulationTask-dynamic modelAthabaskan languagesPhonological accountAllophonic variationGestural accountLinguistic useFricative phonemesCoarticulationPhonologyFricativesLanguageVowelsMorphological constraintsNavajoVelarsPhoneticsArticulatoryPhonemeAccountsArticulationContext
2007
Vowel space parameters
Whalen D. Vowel space parameters. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2007, 122: 3015-3015. DOI: 10.1121/1.2942773.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1991
Perception of the English /s/-/integral of/ distinction relies on fricative noises and transitions, not on brief spectral slices.
Whalen D. Perception of the English /s/-/integral of/ distinction relies on fricative noises and transitions, not on brief spectral slices. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1991, 90: 1776-85. PMID: 1960273, DOI: 10.1121/1.401658.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1990
Asymmetries in vowel-fricative and fricative-vowel information
Whalen D. Asymmetries in vowel-fricative and fricative-vowel information. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1990, 87: s117-s118. DOI: 10.1121/1.2027867.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1984
Stress centers are not perceived categorically
Cooper A, Fowler C, Whalen D. Stress centers are not perceived categorically. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1984, 76: s89-s90. DOI: 10.1121/1.2022078.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1983
Vocalic formant transitions are integrated with noncontiguous fricative noises
Whalen D. Vocalic formant transitions are integrated with noncontiguous fricative noises. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1983, 74: s90-s90. DOI: 10.1121/1.2021216.Peer-Reviewed Original Research