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, 0 PMID: 39279469, 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
2022
“New” sounds detract attention from “similar” sounds: “New” and “similar” L2 sounds for English speakers learning French
Lombardo D, Whalen D. “New” sounds detract attention from “similar” sounds: “New” and “similar” L2 sounds for English speakers learning French. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2022, 152: a264-a264. DOI: 10.1121/10.0016222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAmerican EnglishVoicing of stopsAE speakersL2 accentVoiceless stopsForeign languageFrench utterancesCorrect pronunciationArticulatory gesturesLearners' attentionAdult learnersSpeech literatureCognitive mechanismsPronunciationUtterancesLearnersL2FrenchSoundAccentArticulatoryEnglishSpeakersLanguageVOTAcoustic 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
2020
Articulatory activity of the tongue, jaw, and lips during the second passaggio acoustic transition of female singers
Lissemore R, Shadle C, Roon K, Whalen D. Articulatory activity of the tongue, jaw, and lips during the second passaggio acoustic transition of female singers. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2020, 148: 2700-2700. DOI: 10.1121/1.5147480.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Articulatory correlates of the acoustic transition during the second passaggio of sopranos
Lissemore R, Roon K, Shadle C, Whalen D. Articulatory correlates of the acoustic transition during the second passaggio of sopranos. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 143: 1907-1907. DOI: 10.1121/1.5036211.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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