RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research focuses on the links between speech production and speech perception and the implication of these links to the phonological structure of languages. The specific goal of my research program is to understand how the dynamics of tongue and vocal fold movement structure acoustic signals and perceptual processes. To support this program, I have been active in developing hardware and software platforms for measuring and simulating tongue and vocal fold motion.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Iskarous, K. (2005). Patterns of tongue movement. Journal of Phonetics, 33,

363-381.

Iskarous, K. (2005). Detecting the edge of the tongue: A tutorial. Clinical

Linguistics and Phonetics, 19, 555-565.

Whalen, D. H., Iskarous, K., Tiede, M. K., Ostry, D. J., Lehnert-LeHouillier, H.,

Vatikiotis-Bateson, E., and Hailey, D. S. (2005). HOCUS, the Haskins Optically-Corrected Ultrasound System. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48, 543-553.

Stone, M., Epstein, M., & Iskarous, K. (2004). Functional segments in tongue

movement. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 18, 507-521.

Whalen, D. H., Magen, H. S., Pouplier, M., Kang, A. M., & Iskarous, K. (2004).

Vowel production and perception: Hyperarticulation without a hyperspace effect. Language and Speech 47:155-174.

Whalen, D. H., Magen, H. S., Pouplier, M., Kang, A. M., & Iskarous, K. (2004).

Vowel targets without a hyperspace effect. Language, 80, 377-378.

Whalen, D. H., Magen, H. S., Pouplier, M., Kang, A. M., & Iskarous, K. (2004).

Letter to the editor. Language, 80, 648-649.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Miller-Ockhuizen, A., Namaseb, L., Iskarous, K. (to appear). TB constriction

differences in click types. Papers in Laboratory Phonology.

Cole, J., & Iskarous, K. (2001). Effects of vowel context on consonant place

identification: Implications for a theory of phonologization. In E. Hume & K. Johnson (Eds.), The role of speech perception in phonology (pp. 103-122). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Iskarous, K. (2003). Task dynamics of the tongue. In S. Palethorpe & M. Tabain (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Seminar on Speech Production (pp. 107-112). Sydney: Macquarie University.

Stone, M. L., Parthasarathy, V., Iskarous, K., NessAiver, M., & Prince, J. L. (2003). Tissue strains and tongue shapes: Combining tMRI and ultrasound. In D. Recasens, M.-J. Solé & J. Romero (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 273-276). Barcelona: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.

Iskarous, K., Goldstein, L. M., Whalen, D. H., Tiede, M. K., & Rubin, P. E. (2003). CASY: The Haskins Configurable Articulatory speech synthesizer. In D. Recasens, M.-J. Solé & J. Romero (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (pp. 185-188). Barcelona: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.

Iskarous K. (1999). Patterns of tongue movement. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.

Cole J, Hualde JI, and Iskarous K. (1999). Spanish spirantization. Proceedings of the Linguistics and Phonetics Conference. Editor: Osamu Fujimura.

Iskarous K and Morgan J. L. (1998). Syntactic and prosodic information in a speech and gesture recognition system. Proceedings of the Second Federated Laboratory Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Symposium, pp.11-15.

Iskarous K. (1998). Vowel dynamics and vowel phonology. Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 17. CSLI, pp. 35-40.

Iskarous K, Baxter D, Cha JY, Morgan, J. L. (1997). The temporal coordination of gesture and speech. Proceedings of the First Federated Laboratory Advanced Displays and Interactive Displays Symposium, pp. 135-140.