Haskins Publications

Number	1141
Year	1999
Drawer	21
Entry Date	12/03/1999
Authors	Whalen, D.H.
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Publication	Proceedings of the XIVth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, (pp.1257-1260.). San Francisco, CA
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1141.pdf
Abstract	How perception is guided by production has led to three main theories: no necessary production-perception relationship (e.g. automatic speech recognition); speaker adaptations to auditory requirements for speech; or listeners’ perceiving linguistically significant actions (“gestures”). Listeners handle acoustic complexity, but is a link with production typical? One link, individual differences (where perception matches production), is compatible with theories predicting separate processes. Second, perceptual parsing, shows listeners perceptually undo overlapping articulation (vowel-to-vowel coarticulation; FO in vowel, consonant and intonational distinctions; and duration in vowels and consonants). Third, vocal imitation, appears early in infants, but adult listeners can imitate a changed vowel as quickly as a simple (non-choice) response; a tight link seems to persist beyond the learning stage. These lines of research indicated a close link between production and perception. We have yet to explore all the implications, but it has become clear the links exist.
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