Converging sources of evidence on spoken and perceived rhythms of speech: Cyclic production of vowels in sequences of monosyllabic stress feet.
| Number | 424 |
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| Year | 1983 |
| Drawer | 7 |
| Entry Date | 11/19/1999 |
| Authors | Fowler, C. A. |
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| Publication | Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 112, 386-412. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0424.pdf |
| Abstract | Reviews the literature from psychology, phonetics, and phonology bearing on production and perception of syllable timing in speech, and develops a hypothesis concerning the perception of syllable timing assuming that vowel production is continuous. It is proposed that perceived syllable timing corresponds to the timed sequencing of the vowels as produced and not to the timing either of vowel onsets as conventionally measured or of syllable-initial (SI) consonants. Three experiments with a total of 107 undergraduate Subjects supported the hypothesis. One showed that information present during the portion of an acoustic signal in which an SI consonant predominates is used by listeners to identify the vowel. Compatibly, this information for the vowel contributes to the vowel's perceived duration. A measure of the perceived timing of a syllable correlated significantly with the time required to identify syllable-medial vowels but not with time to identify the SI consonants. The literature on phonology further supports the model of vowel-consonant production and perception. Language-specific phonological conventions can be identified that may reflect exaggerations and conventionalizations of the articulatory tendency for vowels to be produced continuously in speech. |
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