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 mechanismsPronunciationUtterancesLearnersL2FrenchSoundAccentArticulatoryEnglishSpeakersLanguageVOT
2017
Effects of consonant voicing on vocalic segment duration across resonants and prosodic boundaries
Whalen D. Effects of consonant voicing on vocalic segment duration across resonants and prosodic boundaries. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2017, 141: 3702-3702. DOI: 10.1121/1.4988084.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1993
FO gives voicing information even with unambiguous voice onset times.
Whalen D, Abramson A, Lisker L, Mody M. FO gives voicing information even with unambiguous voice onset times. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1993, 93: 2152-9. PMID: 8473630, DOI: 10.1121/1.406678.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1990
Gradient Effects of Fundamental Frequency on Stop Consonant Voicing Judgments
Whalen D, Abramson A, Lisker L, Mody M. Gradient Effects of Fundamental Frequency on Stop Consonant Voicing Judgments. Phonetica 1990, 47: 36-49. PMID: 2277812, DOI: 10.1159/000261851.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVoicing judgmentsF0 contoursContribution of intonationEffects of voiceVoiceless stopsVoiceless judgmentsIntonation contoursAverage F0F0 changesVocalic segmentsHigher F0Higher F0sFundamental frequencySyllablesContrast contourEffect of fundamental frequencyVoiceVowelsLow F0sFlat contourF0F0sJudgmentIntonationVOT