2019
Lingual articulatory configurations of Japanese devoiced vowels
Iwasaki R, Whalen D, Roon K, Shaw J. Lingual articulatory configurations of Japanese devoiced vowels. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2019, 146: 3083-3084. DOI: 10.1121/1.5137710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTongue configurationWhispered vowelsTokyo JapaneseDevoiced vowelsNative speakers of Tokyo JapaneseWord-initial positionConsonant clustersJapanese phonologyVoiceless obstruentsVowel deletionHigh vowelsNative speakersVoice realizationVoiced counterpartsVoiced vowelsVowelsTongue contoursWord pairsWhispered speechTongueJapaneseDevoicingObstruentsPhonotacticsPhonology
2018
Voice onset time and beyond: Exploring laryngeal contrast in 19 languages
Cho T, Whalen D, Docherty G. Voice onset time and beyond: Exploring laryngeal contrast in 19 languages. Journal Of Phonetics 2018, 72: 52-65. PMID: 31571702, PMCID: PMC6768074, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2018.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVoice onset timeLaryngeal contrastVoicing contrastEffects of language contactCross-linguistic dataIndo-Aryan languagesDistribution of VOTGestural phonologyLanguage contactPhonetic dimensionsWorld's languagesLinguistic levelsSupralaryngeal articulationArticulatory measuresOnset timeFeature systemLanguageVOTVoiceArticulationPhonologySpeakersWorldDiscussionQuestions
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
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
2013
Computational simulation of CV combination preferences in babbling
Nam H, Goldstein L, Giulivi S, Levitt A, Whalen D. Computational simulation of CV combination preferences in babbling. Journal Of Phonetics 2013, 41: 63-77. PMID: 24496111, PMCID: PMC3564651, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2012.11.002.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2011
An Articulatory Phonology Account of Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations
Giulivi S, Whalen D, Goldstein L, Nam H, Levitt A. An Articulatory Phonology Account of Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations. Language Learning And Development 2011, 7: 202-225. PMID: 23505343, PMCID: PMC3596049, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2011.564569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArticulatory PhonologyAdult languageArticulatory controlCV preferencesArticulatory synthesisDevelopmental trendsPerception testsArticulatoryPhonologyEnglishLanguageMandarinAttribute preferencesFrenchOlder ageArticulationPreferencesBiasLesser extentChildrenBiomechanical explanationPerceptionControlled increaseResponse to MacNeilage and Davis and to Oller
Whalen D, Giulivi S, Goldstein L, Nam H, Levitt A. Response to MacNeilage and Davis and to Oller. Language Learning And Development 2011, 7: 243-249. PMID: 23825933, PMCID: PMC3697154, DOI: 10.1080/15475441.2011.578547.Peer-Reviewed Original Research