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 mechanismsPronunciationUtterancesLearnersL2FrenchSoundAccentArticulatoryEnglishSpeakersLanguageVOTThe effect of gap duration on the perception of fluent versus disfluent speech
Warner H, Whalen D, Harel D, Jackson E. The effect of gap duration on the perception of fluent versus disfluent speech. Journal Of Fluency Disorders 2022, 71: 105896. PMID: 35032922, PMCID: PMC8925352, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfludis.2022.105896.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Sentence-Level Speech Kinematics
Jackson E, Tiede M, Riley M, Whalen D. Recurrence Quantification Analysis of Sentence-Level Speech Kinematics. Journal Of Speech Language And Hearing Research 2016, 59: 1315-1326. PMID: 27824987, PMCID: PMC5399759, DOI: 10.1044/2016_jslhr-s-16-0008.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Lexical effects on the perception of /l/ allophones in English
Whalen D, Beller-Marino Y, Kakadelis S, Dawson K, Best C, Irwin J. Lexical effects on the perception of /l/ allophones in English. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2012, 132: 2053-2053. DOI: 10.1121/1.4755557.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEnglish wordsLexical effectsMonosyllabic English wordsSyllable codaEnglish utterancesPhonotactic rulesSyllable positionLexical statusAllophonesWordsNonwordsFrequency of occurrenceItemsPronunciationPhoneticiansEnglishUtterancesPerceptionPseudowordsListenersCodaPrevious workLikert scaleVersionRepresentation
2007
VOT in the babbling of French- and English-learning infants
Whalen D, Levitt A, Goldstein L. VOT in the babbling of French- and English-learning infants. Journal Of Phonetics 2007, 35: 341-352. PMID: 19641636, PMCID: PMC2717044, DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2006.10.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVoice onset timeEnglish-learning infantsLong-lag Voice Onset TimePositive voice onset timeFrench-learning infantsNative language environmentDuration of prevoicingAmbient languageBabbled utterancesFrench learningVelar stopsLanguage environmentDifferent languagesVoice categoryPrevoicingLanguageUtterancesOnset timeEnglishAlveolarBabblingFrenchArticulationAged 9Voice
1995
Intrinsic F0 of vowels in the babbling of 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old French- and English-learning infants.
Whalen D, Levitt A, Hsiao P, Smorodinsky I. Intrinsic F0 of vowels in the babbling of 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old French- and English-learning infants. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1995, 97: 2533-9. PMID: 7714271, DOI: 10.1121/1.411973.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1994
Exploring the relationship of breath intake to utterance duration
Whalen D, Kinsella-Shaw J. Exploring the relationship of breath intake to utterance duration. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 1994, 96: 3327-3327. DOI: 10.1121/1.411345.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1991
Intonational differences between the reduplicative babbling of French- and English-learning infants*
Whalen D, Levitt A, Wang Q. Intonational differences between the reduplicative babbling of French- and English-learning infants*. Journal Of Child Language 1991, 18: 501-516. PMID: 1761611, DOI: 10.1017/s0305000900011223.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntonational differencesEnglish-learning infantsEnglish learningFrench learningPrelinguistic babblingTarget languageFalling intonationLanguage environmentReduplicated babblingF0 patternsLanguage groupsEnglish childrenFrench childrenLanguageUtterancesExpert listenersBabblingPerceptual assessmentFundamental frequencyIntonationSyllablesListenersFall categoriesFrenchCategories
1990
Coarticulation is largely planned
Whalen D. Coarticulation is largely planned. Journal Of Phonetics 1990, 18: 3-35. DOI: 10.1016/s0095-4470(19)30356-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research