An Outline of English Phonetics

Jones, Lawrence G.; Jones, Daniel

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“…Syllabic structure has robust acoustic consequences on the realization of the segments of the sequence. In the seal/ceiling case, for example, the /l/ will change from the dark, coda allophone in seal to the light onset allophone in ceiling (Abercrombie, 1967;Jones, 1972).…”

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The role of prosodic boundaries in the resolution of lexical embedding in speech comprehension

2003

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Participants' eye movements were monitored as they heard sentences and saw four pictured objects on a computer screen. Participants were instructed to click on the object mentioned in the sentence. There were more transitory fixations to pictures representing monosyllabic words (e.g. ham) when the first syllable of the target word (e.g. hamster) had been replaced by a recording of the monosyllabic word than when it came from a different recording of the target word. This demonstrates that a phonemically identical sequence can contain cues that modulate its lexical interpretation. This effect was governed by the duration of the sequence, rather than by its origin (i.e. which type of word it came from). The longer the sequence, the more monosyllabic-word interpretations it generated. We argue that cues to lexical-embedding disambiguation, such as segmental lengthening, result from the realization of a prosodic boundary that often but not always follows monosyllabic words, and that lexical candidates whose word boundaries are aligned with prosodic boundaries are favored in the word-recognition process. q

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The role of prosodic boundaries in the resolution of lexical embedding in speech comprehension

2003

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“…In English , phonetic observation has revealed that the closure for the first consonant in a cluster generally is not released until after the closure for the second is formed (e . g ., Kenyon , 1951 ;Jones , 1956 ;Abercrombie , 1967 ;Catford , 1977 ;MacKay , 1978 ;Hardcastle & Roach , 1979 ;see Henderson & Repp , 1982 on acoustic consequences) . Barry (1985) , Nolan (1992) , Browman & Goldstein (1990b) , and others have shown that an initial consonant in a cluster that may sound as if it has been assimilated in place of articulation , or deleted altogether , is often in fact still articulated at its original point of articulation .…”

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Influences on articulatory timing in consonant sequences

Byrd

1996

Journal of Phonetics

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“…Interrogations also comprise communicative signals that accompany speech such as facial expressions and gestures as well as communicative signals transported via the prosodic features of spoken language and, specifically, its intonation. Jones (1969) defines intonation as "the variations which take place in the pitch of the voice in connected speech" (p. 275). More recent definitions go beyond pitch variation and include further parameters such as perceived duration and intensity (e.g., Ladd, 1996;Selting, 1987).…”

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The role of intonation for interrogative suggestibility

Gubi‐Kelm

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2018

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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SummaryThe detrimental consequences of suggestive witness manipulation have been frequently discussed in the literature. Notably, these discussions have been limited to the consequences of suggestive question types and interrogator conduct. This study is the first to investigate the influence of interrogator's intonation on interrogative suggestibility. Specifically, utilizing a modified German version of the forensic Gudjonsson suggestibility scale as dependent variable, we experimentally manipulated phrase-final contours (low vs. high) and accentuation of details (neutral vs. emphatic) in the questions of the interrogator in a student sample (N = 88). Phrasefinal falling intonation contours increased suggestibility both through suggestive questions and through negative feedback. In contrast, accentuation of selected details increased only the latter.The combination of both tonal patterns only partially influenced suggestive response behavior after the exposure to interrogative pressure. However, particularly the combination of phrasefinal rising and neutral intonation consistently led to lowest interrogative suggestibility. Results are discussed in terms of their theoretical and applied implications for forensic contexts. KEYWORDSGudjonsson suggestibility scale, interrogative suggestibility, intonation

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An Outline of English Phonetics

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The role of prosodic boundaries in the resolution of lexical embedding in speech comprehension

The role of prosodic boundaries in the resolution of lexical embedding in speech comprehension

Influences on articulatory timing in consonant sequences

The role of intonation for interrogative suggestibility

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