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 featuresPrevocalicLanguageTonguePostvocalicRetroflexVowelsArticulatorySpeakersSoundSpeechThe 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(s
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
2021
Perception of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Grover V, Shafer V, Campanelli L, Whalen D, Levy E. Perception of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. Journal Of Second Language Pronunciation 2021, 7: 370-407. DOI: 10.1075/jslp.20033.gro.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHindi listenersAmerican EnglishHindi speakersLate L2 learnersAmerican English consonantsHindi-English bilingualsL2 learnersConsonant contrastsL2 environmentEnglish consonantsNonsense wordsHindiListenersAE controlExposure to AeEnglish abstractEnglishModulate perceptionBilingualsConsonantsSpeakersPerceptionLanguageLearnersL2
2020
Phonetic documentation in three collections: Topics and evolution
Whalen D, DiCanio C, Dockum R. Phonetic documentation in three collections: Topics and evolution. Journal Of The International Phonetic Association 2020, 52: 95-121. PMID: 35400757, PMCID: PMC8992502, DOI: 10.1017/s0025100320000079.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPhonetic documentationPhonetic aspectsProperties of languageJournal of PhoneticsBook-length studyPhonetic propertiesWorld's languagesPhonetic structureLanguage familiesIndo-EuropeanLanguageFuller coverageDocumentation projectDocumentation effortsSOWLJournalsAcoustic propertiesPerceptual measuresSuprasegmentalsPhoneticsConsonantsVowelsArticleCategoriesDocuments
2019
Phonetic structure in Yoloxóchitl Mixtec consonants
DiCanio C, Zhang C, Whalen D, García R. Phonetic structure in Yoloxóchitl Mixtec consonants. Journal Of The International Phonetic Association 2019, 50: 333-365. DOI: 10.1017/s0025100318000294.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMixtec languageStop seriesFormant transitionsVoiceless unaspirated stopsPolysyllabic shorteningConsonant systemProsodic templatesConsonant typesUnaspirated stopsConsonant inventoryOral vowelsPrenasalized stopsPhonetic descriptionPhonetic structureNasal consonantsClosure durationTonal systemLanguageNasal closureMixtecWordsConsonantsWord sizeAcoustic propertiesSpectral moments
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 systemLanguageVOTVoiceArticulationPhonologySpeakersWorldDiscussionQuestionsPhonetic documentation in the literature: Coverage rates for topics and languages
Whalen D, DiCanio C, Dockum R. Phonetic documentation in the literature: Coverage rates for topics and languages. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 144: 1936-1936. DOI: 10.1121/1.5068471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLanguage familiesUnder-documented languageIndo-European languagesInternational Phonetic AssociationJournal of PhoneticsAspects of speechPhonetic substancePhonetic detailPhonetic documentationPhonetic literatureTarget languagePhonetic AssociationArticulatory aspectsLanguageSound systemTypological assessmentPhoneticsSpeechRough guideCoverageTopicsWorld projectsJournalsArticleLiteratureThe effect of native language on the second language vowel variability
Kang J, Whalen D, Nam H. The effect of native language on the second language vowel variability. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 144: 1868-1868. DOI: 10.1121/1.5068217.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVowel pairsEnglish vowelsVowel categoriesMale speakersKorean learners of EnglishEffect of native languageKorean L2 learnersLearners of EnglishNative English speakersRepetition of wordsL2 learnersL2 vowelsF1/F2 spaceKorean vowelsEnglish speakersNative languageFemale speakersNative categoriesVowelsEnglishSpeakersAcoustic resultsLanguageLearnersCategoriesPlace of articulation effects on voice onset time and phonation bleed persist in languages with no voicing distinction
Kakadelis S, Whalen D. Place of articulation effects on voice onset time and phonation bleed persist in languages with no voicing distinction. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2018, 143: 1968-1968. DOI: 10.1121/1.5036479.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 ResearchPerception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English
Grover V, Shafer V, Whalen D, Levy E. Perception and production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2017, 141: 3516-3516. DOI: 10.1121/1.4987387.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeakers of EnglishHindi speakersHindi listenersAmerican EnglishLength of residenceNative Hindi speakersAmerican English consonantsEnglish listenersEnglish consonantsWord formsProduction taskEnglishSpeakersHindiSpeech perceptionListenersPerceptual learningConsonantsFindings shed lightPerceptionLanguageSpeechTraining programTaskTokens
2016
Healing through language: Positive physical health effects of indigenous language use
Whalen D, Moss M, Baldwin D. Healing through language: Positive physical health effects of indigenous language use. F1000Research 2016, 5: 852. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.8656.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRevitalization effortsIndigenous populationLoss of ancestral languageLanguage maintenanceIndigenous language useContact with EuropeansLowered health statusPhysical health effectsLanguage revitalization effortsHealth improvement outcomesIndigenous communitiesNative AmericansIncreased supportLanguage revitalizationRevitalizationAncestral languageHealth-related benefitsImprove healthHealth statusLanguage useLanguage programsCommunityLanguageHardshipCommunal health
2015
Taking the Laboratory into the Field
Whalen D, McDonough J. Taking the Laboratory into the Field. Annual Review Of Linguistics 2015, 1: 1-21. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-linguist-030514-124915.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Using automatic alignment to analyze endangered language data: Testing the viability of untrained alignment
DiCanio C, Nam H, Whalen D, Bunnell H, Amith J, García R. Using automatic alignment to analyze endangered language data: Testing the viability of untrained alignment. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2013, 134: 2235-2246. PMID: 23967953, PMCID: PMC5392066, DOI: 10.1121/1.4816491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhonetic analysisLanguage dataForced alignmentPhone setDocument endangered languagesSpeech processing toolsEndangered languagesCorpus dataTarget languageTraining languageSmall corpusLanguageCorpusDocument corpusAutomatic alignmentProcess of segmentationSegmentation taskAlignment systemAllophonesEnglishSpeechMixtecData setsProcessing toolsContextualThe coarticulation/invariance scale: Mutual information as a measure of coarticulation resistance, motor synergy, and articulatory invariance
Iskarous K, Mooshammer C, Hoole P, Recasens D, Shadle C, Saltzman E, Whalen D. The coarticulation/invariance scale: Mutual information as a measure of coarticulation resistance, motor synergy, and articulatory invariance. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2013, 134: 1271-1282. PMID: 23927125, PMCID: PMC3745479, DOI: 10.1121/1.4812855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeech productionTheory of speech productionTheories of coarticulationPhysical information flowCoarticulation resistancePhonological unitsSpeech researchArticulatory signalsAmount of physical informationCoarticulationSpeech perceptionSpeechCentral conceptsQuantitative scaleMutual informationEnglishConcept of mutual informationLanguageCatalanMutual information measurePerceptionScaleTheorizingInformation sharing
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 constraintsNavajoVelarsPhoneticsArticulatoryPhonemeAccountsArticulationContextBiomechanically Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations Fail to Appear in Adult Spoken Corpora
Whalen D, Giulivi S, Nam H, Levitt A, Hallé P, Goldstein L. Biomechanically Preferred Consonant-Vowel Combinations Fail to Appear in Adult Spoken Corpora. Language And Speech 2012, 55: 503-515. PMID: 23420980, PMCID: PMC3580796, DOI: 10.1177/0023830911434123.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConsonant-vowel combinationsAdult languageCV preferencesAmbient spoken languageCombinations of consonantsSpoken corpusCentral vowelsLabial consonantsDictionary dataCV combinationsConsonant-vowelConsonant/vowelBabbling measuresSpeaking frequencyBabblingVowelsEnglishDictionaryLanguageMandarinConsonantsCorpusFrenchIndividual CTokens
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 increase