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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansLinguisticsLipMaleSpeechSpeech Production Measurement
2013
Hearing tongue loops: Perceptual sensitivity to acoustic signatures of articulatory dynamics
Nam H, Mooshammer C, Iskarous K, Whalen D. Hearing tongue loops: Perceptual sensitivity to acoustic signatures of articulatory dynamics. The Journal Of The Acoustical Society Of America 2013, 134: 3808-3817. PMID: 24180790, PMCID: PMC3829900, DOI: 10.1121/1.4824161.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 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
Biomechanically 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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaDatabases, FactualFeedbackHumansInfantLanguage DevelopmentLipPhoneticsSpeechSpeech PerceptionConceptsConsonant-vowel combinationsAdult languageCV preferencesAmbient spoken languageCombinations of consonantsSpoken corpusCentral vowelsLabial consonantsDictionary dataCV combinationsConsonant-vowelConsonant/vowelBabbling measuresSpeaking frequencyBabblingVowelsEnglishDictionaryLanguageMandarinConsonantsCorpusFrenchIndividual CTokens