Search Results - "Clayards, Meghan"

The effects of high versus low talker variability and individual aptitude on phonetic training of Mandarin lexical tones by Dong, Hanyu, Clayards, Meghan, Brown, Helen, Wonnacott, Elizabeth

“…High variability (HV) training has been found to be more effective than low variability (LV) training when learning various non-native phonetic contrasts…”
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High or low? Comparing high and low-variability phonetic training in adult and child second language learners by Giannakopoulou, Anastasia, Brown, Helen, Clayards, Meghan, Wonnacott, Elizabeth

“…High talker variability (i.e., multiple voices in the input) has been found effective in training nonnative phonetic contrasts in adults. A small number of…”
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The emergence, progress, and impact of sound change in progress in Seoul Korean: Implications for mechanisms of tonogenesis by Bang, Hye-Young, Sonderegger, Morgan, Kang, Yoonjung, Clayards, Meghan, Yoon, Tae-Jin

“…•A sound change underway in Seoul Korean stops is investigated in a speech corpus.•f0 is replacing VOT as the primary cue to the contrast between two stop…”
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Perception of speech reflects optimal use of probabilistic speech cues by Clayards, Meghan, Tanenhaus, Michael K., Aslin, Richard N., Jacobs, Robert A.

“…Listeners are exquisitely sensitive to fine-grained acoustic detail within phonetic categories for sounds and words. Here we show that this sensitivity is…”
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No clear benefit of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for non-native speech sound learning by Honda, Claire T., Bhutani, Neha, Clayards, Meghan, Baum, Shari

“…Introduction Learning to understand and speak a new language can be challenging and discouraging for adults. One potential tool for improving learning is…”
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Predictability modulates pronunciation variants through speech planning effects: A case study on coronal stop realizations by Kilbourn-Ceron, Oriana, Clayards, Meghan, Wagner, Michael

“…Predictability has been shown to be associated with many dimensions of variation in speech, including durational variation and variable omission of segments…”
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Individual and dialect differences in perceiving multiple cues: A tonal register contrast in two Chinese Wu dialects by Jiang, Bing’er, Clayards, Meghan, Sonderegger, Morgan

“…This study investigates how multiple cues contribute to multi-dimensional phonological contrasts at both the group level and the individual level, and how…”
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Tracking the time course of phonetic cue integration during spoken word recognition by McMurray, Bob, Clayards, Meghan A., Tanenhaus, Michael K., Aslin, Richard N.

“…Speech perception requires listeners to integrate multiple cues that each contribute to judgments about a phonetic category. Classic studies of trading…”
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Cue integration in categorical tasks: insights from audio-visual speech perception by Bejjanki, Vikranth Rao, Clayards, Meghan, Knill, David C, Aslin, Richard N

“…Previous cue integration studies have examined continuous perceptual dimensions (e.g., size) and have shown that human cue integration is well described by a…”
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North American /l/ both darkens and lightens depending on morphological constituency and segmental context by Mackenzie, Sara, Olson, Erin, Clayards, Meghan, Wagner, Michael

“…It is uncontroversial that, in many varieties of English, the realization of /l/ varies depending on whether /l/ occurs word-initially or word-finally. The…”
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Differences in cue weights for speech perception are correlated for individuals within and across contrasts by Clayards, Meghan

“…Speech perception requires multiple acoustic cues. Cue weighting may differ across individuals but be systematic within individuals. The current study compared…”
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Do individual differences correlate across speech perception tasks? by Zhai, Weiyi, Clayards, Meghan

“…Speech perception requires listeners to take into account acoustic cues as well as lexical context and phonetic (coarticulatory) context. Individuals have been…”
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Contribution of acoustic cues to prominence ratings for four Mandarin vowels by Zhang, Wei, Clayards, Meghan

“…The acoustic cues for prosodic prominence have been explored extensively, but one open question is to what extent they differ by context. This study…”
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Differences in cue weights for speech perception are correlated for individuals within and across contrastsa by Clayards, Meghan

“…Speech perception requires multiple acoustic cues. Cue weighting may differ across individuals but be systematic within individuals. The current study compared…”
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Individual differences in cue weights are correlated across contrasts by Clayards, Meghan

“…When listeners make judgments about phonological contrasts, they integrate different acoustic dimensions putting more weight on some than others. Individuals…”
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Individual differences in the link between perception and production and the mechanisms of phonetic imitation by Kim, Donghyun, Clayards, Meghan

“…This study investigates the relationship between speech perception and production using explicit phonetic imitation. We used manipulated natural vowel…”
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Duration imitation is not mediated by phonological contrast: Evidence from a checked-unchecked tonal contrast in Taiwanese Southern Min by Zhang, Wei, Clayards, Meghan, Lu, Yu-An

“…Phonetic imitation is mediated by phonological contrast, as evident in features such as formant, VOT and F0. However, a recent study observed that duration…”
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Perceptual compensation for vowel intrinsic f0 effects in native English speakers by Ting, Connie, Clayards, Meghan

“…High vowels have higher f0 than low vowels, creating a context effect on the interpretation of f0. Since onset F0 is a cue to stop voicing, the vowel context…”
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Acoustic prominence of verbal instructions in Parkinson's disease by Knowles, Thea, Clayards, Meghan, Cline, Nathan

“…Talkers signal important information to listeners in part by manipulating prosodic prominence. In English, this is typically achieved by producing more…”
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Individual Talker and Token Covariation in the Production of Multiple Cues to Stop Voicing by Clayards, Meghan

“…Previous research found that individual talkers have consistent differences in the production of segments impacting the perception of their speech by others…”
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