Asymmetric dependencies in processing phonetic features

Processing dependencies between segmental and suprasegmental features in Mandarin Chinese

Language and Cognitive Processes Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713683153 Processing dependencies between segmental and suprasegmental features in Mandarin Chinese Yunxia Tong ab; Alexander L. Francis a; Jackson T. Gandour a a Department of Speech Language Hearing Sciences, Purdue University, ...

Extracting Unique Phonetic Features for Speech and Language Processing Applications

Feature extraction is a crucial step in developing any speech and language processing applications. Extracting features from speech can be viewed in two major perspectives, in the initial perspective a feature to represent speech signal is extracted by treating speech signal as any non-stationary signal. The later perspective is by considering speech as a special signal that has its own product...

Perceptual relevance of long-domain phonetic dependencies

This study is concerned with the perceptual relevance of regressive vowel harmony in French. Two experiments were conducted. The first experiment showed that acoustic variations in a non-final vowel depending on the final vowel can be detected by listeners. The second experiment revealed that vowel harmony can facilitate the identification of the final vowel. Implications for current models of ...

Online Processing of English Wh-Dependencies by Iranian EFL Learners

To be able to reach the level of ultimate attainment in the second language, learners need to acquire not only the grammar of the L2 but also the language processing mechanisms involved in the comprehension of sentences in real time. Contrary to its importance, very little is known yet about online L2 processing. This study examines whether advanced Iranian learners of English reactivate disloc...

Distinctive features and phonetic dimensions