Language and Speech articles from June 2005

Language and Speech archives from June 2005

Life span effects of lexical factors on oral naming.(phonetics affects aging)
June 1, 2005... Abstract This study investigated how lexical access in naming tasks (picture naming, naming to open-ended sentences, and naming to category exemplars) might be influenced by different lexical factors during adolescence and adulthood....

Alignment of "phrase accent" lows in Dutch falling rising questions: theoretical and methodological implications.(phonetic based intonations.)
June 1, 2005... Abstract In the first part of this study, we measured the alignment (relative to segmental landmarks) of the low F0 turning points between the accentual fall and the final boundary rise in short Dutch falling-rising questions of the form...

Japanese listeners' perceptions of phonotactic violations.(pronouncing letters)
June 1, 2005... Abstract The canonical form for Japanese words is (Consonant)Vowel(Consonant) Vowel~. However, a regular process of high vowel devoicing between voiceless consonants and word-finally after voiceless consonants results in consonant clusters...

Sentential context and the interpretation of familiar open-compounds and novel modifier-noun phrases.
June 1, 2005... Abstract Two experiments investigated the influence of sentential context on the relative ease of deriving a particular meaning for novel and familiar compounds. Experiment 1 determined which of two possible meanings was preferred for a...

How do syllables contribute to the perception of spoken English? Insight from the Migration Paradigm.(speech perception)
June 1, 2005... Abstract The involvement of syllables in the perception of spoken English has traditionally been regarded as minimal because of ambiguous syllable boundaries and overriding rhythmic segmentation cues. The present experiments test the...