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Nasal place assimilation trades off inferrability of both target and trigger words by Turnbull, Rory, Seyfarth, Scott, Hume, Elizabeth, Jaeger, T. Florian

“…In English, nasal place assimilation occurs across word boundaries, such as ten bucks pronounced as te[m] bucks. Assimilation can be viewed as a reduction or…”
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Listener-oriented phonetic reduction and theory of mind by Turnbull, Rory

“…Predictable words tend to be phonetically reduced relative to unpredictable words. Under "listener-oriented" accounts of this phenomenon, the talker has tacit…”
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The Role of Predictability in Intonational Variability by Turnbull, Rory

“…Predictability is known to affect many properties of speech production. In particular, it has been observed that highly predictable elements (words, syllables)…”
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Constraints of Tones, Vowels and Consonants on Lexical Selection in Mandarin Chinese by Wiener, Seth, Turnbull, Rory

“…Previous studies have shown that when speakers of European languages are asked to turn nonwords into words by altering either a vowel or consonant, they tend…”
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Individual differences in the lexical processing of phonetically reduced speech by Turnbull, Rory

“…There is widespread evidence that phonetically reduced speech is processed slower and more effortfully than unreduced speech. However, individual differences…”
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Unpredictable and unintelligible: Individual differences in predictability-based reduction affect speech intelligibility by Turnbull, Rory

“…Words spoken in high predictability (HP) contexts tend to be phonetically reduced and less intelligible than words spoken in lower predictability (LP)…”
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The phonetics and phonology of lexical prosody in San Jerónimo Acazulco Otomi by Turnbull, Rory

“…San Jerónimo Acazulco Otomi (SJAO) is an underdescribed and endangered Oto-Manguean language spoken in central Mexico. This paper provides an analysis of the…”
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On the relationship between perception and production of L2 sounds: Evidence from Anglophones’ processing of the French /u/–/y/ contrast by Melnik-Leroy, Gerda Ana, Turnbull, Rory, Peperkamp, Sharon

“…Previous studies have yielded contradictory results on the relationship between perception and production in second language (L2) phonological processing. We…”
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Second dialect acquisition and phonetic vowel reduction in the American Midwest by Clopper, Cynthia G., Burdin, Rachel Steindel, Turnbull, Rory

“…•Some transplants show second dialect acquisition and others do not.•Phonetic reduction processes only weakly interact with dialect variation.•Less phonetic…”
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Variation in /u/ fronting in the American Midwest by Clopper, Cynthia G., Burdin, Rachel Steindel, Turnbull, Rory

“…Previous research has suggested that a greater degree of social indexing of gender, race, and regional background is produced in linguistic contexts that…”
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K-SPAN: A lexical database of Korean surface phonetic forms and phonological neighborhood density statistics by Holliday, Jeffrey J., Turnbull, Rory, Eychenne, Julien

“…This article presents K-SPAN (Korean Surface Phonetics and Neighborhoods), a database of surface phonetic forms and several measures of phonological…”
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Effects of semantic predictability and dialect variation on vowel production in clear and plain lab speech by Turnbull, Rory, Clopper, Cynthia G.

“…Speech addressed to a non-native or hearing impaired listener features longer, more peripheral vowels. In addition, more extreme dialect-specific forms are…”
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Prominence perception is dependent on phonology, semantics, and awareness of discourse by Turnbull, Rory, Royer, Adam J., Ito, Kiwako, Speer, Shari R.

“…The perception of prosodic prominence is thought to be influenced by multiple competing factors. Three experiments tested the effects of phonological salience,…”
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Demonstrating Immersive Media Delivery on 5G Broadcast and Multicast Testing Networks by Mi, De, Eyles, Joe, Jokela, Tero, Petersen, Swen, Odarchenko, Roman, Ozturk, Ece, Chau, Duy-Kha, Tran, Tuan, Turnbull, Rory, Kokkinen, Heikki, Altman, Baruch, Bot, Menno, Ratkaj, Darko, Renner, Olaf, Gomez-Barquero, David, Gimenez, Jordi Joan

“…This work presents eight demonstrators and one showcase developed within the 5G-Xcast project. They experimentally demonstrate and validate key technical…”
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Human-Robot Interaction in Passive Assistive Lower Limb Robotic Exoskeletons by Turnbull, Rory Peter

“…Exoskeletons are external structures with joints and links corresponding to the human body. The exoskeleton transfers force to the human body to assist,…”
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Development and Validation of a Flexible Sensing Array for Placement within the Physical Human-Exoskeleton Interface by Turnbull, Rory Peter, Evans, Elaine, Dehghani-Sanij, Abbas Ali

“…Monitoring the human-exoskeleton interface (HEI) is vital for user safety in assistive exoskeletons. Considering interaction forces during design can improve…”
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Variation in the prosody of focus in head- and head/edge-prominence languages by Burdin, Rachel Steindel, Phillips-Bourass, Sara, Turnbull, Rory, Yasavul, Murat, Clopper, Cynthia G., Tonhauser, Judith

“…•Head-prominence English marks focus with pitch accent type, deaccenting, phrasing, and duration.•Head-prominence Paraguayan Guaraní marks focus with…”
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Interactions among lexical and discourse characteristics in vowel production by Burdin, Rachel S., Turnbull, Rory, Clopper, Cynthia G.

“…Various factors are known to affect vowel production, including word frequency, neighborhood density, contextual predictability, mention in the discourse, and…”
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Variability in vowel production: Exploring interactions among frequency, neighborhood density, predictability, and mention by Burdin, Rachel S., Turnbull, Rory, Clopper, Cynthia G.

“…Multiple factors are known to affect vowel production, including word frequency, neighborhood density, close predictability, and mention. In this study, we…”
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Contextual predictability and the prosodic realisation of focus: a cross-linguistic comparison by Turnbull, Rory, Burdin, Rachel Steindel, Clopper, Cynthia G., Tonhauser, Judith

“…This study explored the effect of contextual predictability on the prosodic realisation of focussed expressions in American English and Paraguayan Guaraní…”
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