Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsDouglas Whalen
Assistant Professor Adjunct in the Child Study CenterAbout
Research
Publications
2025
Production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Grover V, Shafer V, Campanelli L, Whalen D, Kakadelis S, Levy E. Production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. Journal Of Second Language Pronunciation 2025 DOI: 10.1075/jslp.24031.gro.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHindi speakersAE speakersAmerican EnglishHindi-English bilingualsSpeakers of EnglishAmerican English consonantsAbstract Previous researchAE listenersEnglish consonantsChance accuracySpeakersHindiAcoustic analysisPrevious researchListener ratingsConsonantsEnglishImmersive experienceBilingualsPhonemeListenersUSParticipantsGroupPlanning competing values of a single phonological feature vs. planning values for multiple features
Roon K, Whalen D. Planning competing values of a single phonological feature vs. planning values for multiple features. Journal Of Memory And Language 2025, 143: 104642. PMID: 40385987, PMCID: PMC12083845, DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2025.104642.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEffects of word position on high vowel devoicing rates and related duration patterns in Tokyo Japanese
Iwasaki R, Roon K, Shaw J, Whalen D. Effects of word position on high vowel devoicing rates and related duration patterns in Tokyo Japanese. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2025, 157: a329-a329. DOI: 10.1121/10.0038238.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRate of devoicingWord positionTokyo JapaneseEffects of word positionHigh vowel devoicingHigh vowels /i/Vowel devoicingDevoicing rateNonce wordsVoiceless obstruentsHigh vowelsCross-speakerVowel /i/DevoicingVoiced vowelsDuration patternsMoraWordsVowelsJapaneseObstruentsSpeakersItemsShortening effectTokyoLexical Stress in Mandarin Second-Language Speakers of English: An Electromagnetic Articulography Study.
Kim B, Bishop J, Whalen D. Lexical Stress in Mandarin Second-Language Speakers of English: An Electromagnetic Articulography Study. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2025, 68: 839-852. PMID: 39937688, DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-24-00491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeakers of EnglishProduction of lexical stressLexical stressL2 speakersL1 speakersVowel qualitySuprasegmental cuesLingual articulationSegmentation cuesSecond-language speakers of EnglishEnglish L1 speakersEnglish lexical stressAcoustic-articulatory dataSecond languageStressed vowelsUnstressed syllablesFirst languageArticulatory propertiesL2 groupMinimal pairsSpeaker groupsArticulatory realizationArticulatory domainArticulatory cuesSpeakers
2024
Talker variability versus variability of vowel context in training naïve learners on an unfamiliar class of foreign language contrasts
Shejaeya G, Roon K, Whalen D. Talker variability versus variability of vowel context in training naïve learners on an unfamiliar class of foreign language contrasts. Journal Of Phonetics 2024, 107: 101369. DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101369.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWhat 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 featuresPrevocalicLanguageTonguePostvocalicRetroflexVowelsArticulatorySpeakersSoundSpeechAssessing ultrasound probe stabilization for quantifying speech production contrasts using the Adjustable Laboratory Probe Holder for UltraSound (ALPHUS)
Chen W, Stern M, Whalen D, Derrick D, Carignan C, Best C, Tiede M. Assessing ultrasound probe stabilization for quantifying speech production contrasts using the Adjustable Laboratory Probe Holder for UltraSound (ALPHUS). Journal Of Phonetics 2024, 105: 101339. PMID: 39071095, PMCID: PMC11280337, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2024.101339.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProduction of the English /ɹ/ by Mandarin-English Bilingual Speakers.
Chen S, Whalen D, Mok P. Production of the English /ɹ/ by Mandarin-English Bilingual Speakers. Language And Speech 2024, 238309241230895. PMID: 38462718, DOI: 10.1177/00238309241230895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMandarin-English bilingualsRhotic soundsL2 speech learningEnglish proficiency levelsNative English speakersMechanisms of speech productionL2 learnersMandarin-EnglishPhonetic realizationBilingual speakersNative speakersEnglish speakersLanguage proficiencyProficiency levelsPhonetic similaritySpeech learningF3-F2Fricative noiseSpeech productionBilingualsEnglishHigher F3Native-likeTongue shapeMandarinThe effect of native language and bilingualism on multimodal perception in speech: A study of audio-aerotactile integrationa)
Saito H, Tiede M, Whalen D, Ménard L. The effect of native language and bilingualism on multimodal perception in speech: A study of audio-aerotactile integrationa). The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2024, 155: 2209-2220. PMID: 38526052, PMCID: PMC10965246, DOI: 10.1121/10.0025381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFrench listenersNative languageEffect of native languageVoice onset time continuumStudy of speech perceptionPerception of stop consonantsFrench monolingualsBilingual speakersNative language(sBilingual listenersLinguistic experienceSyllable onsetsPhoneme perceptionSpeech perceptionListenersAir puffEnglishLanguageBilingualsMonolingualsIdentification taskSpeechTime continuumMultisensory integrationLanguage(sDirect neural coding of speech: Reconsideration of Whalen et al. (2006) (L)
Whalen D. Direct neural coding of speech: Reconsideration of Whalen et al. (2006) (L). The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2024, 155: 1704-1706. PMID: 38426833, PMCID: PMC10908555, DOI: 10.1121/10.0025125.Peer-Reviewed Original Research