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
2012
Comparing language experience and task demands in Mandarin tone processing: Neurophysiological evidence
Yu Y, Shafer V, Sussman E, Whalen D. Comparing language experience and task demands in Mandarin tone processing: Neurophysiological evidence. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2012, 131: 3233-3233. DOI: 10.1121/1.4708060.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMismatch negativityISI conditionLanguage experienceMandarin listenersMemory tracesMonolingual English speakersEnglish-speaking groupShort-term memory traceEvent-related potentialsLong ISI conditionPassive oddball paradigmLong-term memoryShort ISI conditionEnglish listenersNative MandarinEnglish speakersTone contrastTone perceptionTone processingNonword contextPhonemic informationTask demandsSpeech processingMandarinShort ISIBiomechanically 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
2006
Consonant‐vowel place linkages in the babbling of 6‐, 9‐ and 12‐month‐old learners of French, English, and Mandarin
Giulivi S, Whalen D, Goldstein L, Levitt A. Consonant‐vowel place linkages in the babbling of 6‐, 9‐ and 12‐month‐old learners of French, English, and Mandarin. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2006, 119: 3421-3421. DOI: 10.1121/1.4786842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBack vowelsLearners of FrenchMandarin-learning infantsArticulation of consonantsLanguage acquisitionMid vowelsEnglish learningFrench learningLabial consonantsLanguage masteryCV syllablesVowelsLanguageBabblingConsonantsModerate supportVelarsSyllablesEnglishResults cast doubtMandarinLearnersAccountsFrenchMonths of age
1992
Information for Mandarin Tones in the Amplitude Contour and in Brief Segments
Whalen D, Xu Y. Information for Mandarin Tones in the Amplitude Contour and in Brief Segments. Phonetica 1992, 49: 25-47. PMID: 1603839, DOI: 10.1159/000261901.Peer-Reviewed Original Research