Haskins Publications

Number	681
Year	1989
Drawer	12
Entry Date	11/15/1999
Authors	Whalen, D. H.
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Publication	Perception & Psychophysics, 46(3), 284-292.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0681.pdf
Abstract	Conducted 3 experiments with 26 undergraduates to replicate and extend P. Mermelstein's (see PA, Vol 63:209) studies. While Mermelstein's results were generally replicated, his finding that consonant and vowel judgments are independent was not supported. The 2 judgments, which depend on the same information in the signal, were dependent on each other. Interdependence of 2 phonetic judgments was also found in responses based on the fricative noise and the vocalic formants of a fricative-vowel syllable. Results show that each judgment made on speech signals must take into account other judgments that compete for information in the same signal. An account is proposed that takes segments as the primary units, with syllables imposing constraints on the shape they may take.
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