Language and Speech articles from December 2003

Language and Speech archives from December 2003

Errata.(Correction Notice)
December 1, 2003... Language and Speech, 46(2 & 3), 115-154: Pierrehumbert, J. B. (2003). Phonetic Diversity, Statistical Learning, and Acquisition of Phonology. Footnote: p. 115: Should have included the following: Acknowledgments: Financial support from...

Effects of stress typicality during speeded grammatical classification *.
December 1, 2003... Abstract The experiments reported here were designed to investigate the influence of stress typicality during speeded grammatical classification of disyllabic English words by native and non-native speakers. Trochaic nouns and iambic verbs...

Perception of English intonation by English, Spanish, and Chinese Listeners *.
December 1, 2003... Abstract Native language affects the perception of segmental phonetic structure, of stress, and of semantic and pragmatic effects of intonation. Similarly, native language might influence the perception of similarities and differences...

Factors affecting stress placement for English nonwords include syllabic structure, lexical class, and stress patterns of phonologically similar words *.
December 1, 2003... Abstract Seventeen native English speakers participated in an investigation of language users' knowledge of English main stress patterns. First, they produced 40 two-syllable nonwords of varying syllabic structure as nouns and verbs....