Search Results - "Journal of phonetics"

Introducing Parselmouth: A Python interface to Praat by Jadoul, Yannick, Thompson, Bill, de Boer, Bart

“…•Parselmouth makes Praat functionality available in Python.•This allows usage of sophisticated acoustic analyses in this programming language.•We provide…”
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Analyzing dynamic phonetic data using generalized additive mixed modeling: A tutorial focusing on articulatory differences between L1 and L2 speakers of English by Wieling, Martijn

“…•Generalized additive modeling is a powerful technique to analyze dynamic patterns.•This tutorial provides an extensive overview of generalized additive…”
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Strategies for addressing collinearity in multivariate linguistic data by Tomaschek, Fabian, Hendrix, Peter, Baayen, R. Harald

“…•Regression results in suppression and enhancement when fitted to collinear data sets.•Three methods to manage collinearity in data sets are…”
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Bayesian data analysis in the phonetic sciences: A tutorial introduction by Vasishth, Shravan, Nicenboim, Bruno, Beckman, Mary E., Li, Fangfang, Kong, Eun Jong

“…•A hands-on introduction to using the brms package for Bayesian data analysis.•Examples discussing how to decide on priors, and how to carry out sensitivity…”
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Voice Onset Time (VOT) at 50: Theoretical and practical issues in measuring voicing distinctions by Abramson, Arthur S., Whalen, D.H.

“…•We review the 50year history of the concept of Voice Onset Time (VOT).•This widely-used acoustic measure of consonantal voicing distinctions retains its…”
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Evaluating generalised additive mixed modelling strategies for dynamic speech analysis by Sóskuthy, Márton

“…•Type I/II error simulations provide guidance about GAMMs in phonetic research.•Simulations are run using both real and simulated formant contours and real…”
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What makes a word prominent? Predicting untrained German listeners’ perceptual judgments by Baumann, Stefan, Winter, Bodo

“…•Both prosodic and non-prosodic cues determine prominence perception.•All 17 variables tested were shown to affect prominence.•Pitch accent position and type…”
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Pauses, gaps and overlaps in conversations by Heldner, Mattias, Edlund, Jens

“…This paper explores durational aspects of pauses, gaps and overlaps in three different conversational corpora with a view to challenge claims about precision…”
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Classifying conversational entrainment of speech behavior: An expanded framework and review by Wynn, Camille J., Borrie, Stephanie A.

“…•To increase organization and cohesion in speech entrainment research, we provide:•An expanded version of an earlier framework to categorize types of speech…”
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Acoustic-phonetic properties of Siri- and human-directed speech by Cohn, Michelle, Segedin, Bruno Ferenc, Zellou, Georgia

“…•Measured acoustic properties of speech produced to Siri vs. a human.•Siri-DS tends to be louder, has a lower mean f0, and a smaller f0 range.•Targeted vowel…”
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Individual differences in phonetic cue use in production and perception of a non-native sound contrast by Schertz, Jessamyn, Cho, Taehong, Lotto, Andrew, Warner, Natasha

“…The current work examines native Korean speakers' perception and production of stop contrasts in their native language (L1, Korean) and second language (L2,…”
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Voice onset time and beyond: Exploring laryngeal contrast in 19 languages by Cho, Taehong, Whalen, D.H., Docherty, Gerard

“…•This collection marks 50 years of research on VOT and the voicing contrast in the world’s languages.•Nineteen languages are studied in 11 papers based on data…”
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Neural representations for modeling variation in speech by Bartelds, Martijn, de Vries, Wietse, Sanal, Faraz, Richter, Caitlin, Liberman, Mark, Wieling, Martijn

“…•Neural acoustic models can be used to automatically model pronunciation variation.•Pronunciation variation is best captured by intermediate layers of…”
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Evidence for phonetic and social selectivity in spontaneous phonetic imitation by Babel, Molly

“…Spontaneous phonetic imitation is the process by which a talker comes to be more similar-sounding to a model talker as the result of exposure. The current…”
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Structure in talker-specific phonetic realization: Covariation of stop consonant VOT in American English by Chodroff, Eleanor, Wilson, Colin

“…Variation across talkers in the acoustic-phonetic realization of speech sounds is a pervasive property of spoken language. The present study provides evidence…”
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Variability in the implementation of voicing in American English obstruents by Davidson, Lisa

“…Previous research has shown that in languages like English, the implementation of voicing in voiced obstruents is affected by linguistic factors such as…”
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It’s alignment all the way down, but not all the way up: Speakers align on some features but not others within a dialogue by Ostrand, Rachel, Chodroff, Eleanor

“…•Speakers modulate their production to match their interlocutors’, called alignment.•We assess several individual features of syntactic and acoustic-phonetic…”
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A comparison of phonetic convergence in conversational interaction and speech shadowing by Pardo, Jennifer S., Urmanche, Adelya, Wilman, Sherilyn, Wiener, Jaclyn, Mason, Nicholas, Francis, Keagan, Ward, Melanie

“…•Phonetic convergence is subtle and highly variable across talkers and settings.•Previous studies have investigated phonetic convergence separately in speech…”
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Sound, structure and meaning: The bases of prominence ratings in English, French and Spanish by Cole, Jennifer, Hualde, José I., Smith, Caroline L., Eager, Christopher, Mahrt, Timothy, Napoleão de Souza, Ricardo

“…•Native listeners rated prominence speech samples from English, French and Spanish.•Prominence ratings based on acoustic criteria and sentence meaning were…”
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The usefulness of metrics in the quantification of speech rhythm by Arvaniti, Amalia

“…The performance of the rhythm metrics ΔC, %V, PVIs and Varcos, said to quantify rhythm class distinctions, was tested using English, German, Greek, Italian,…”
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