Perception and Production of Syllable-Initial English [r] and [1] by English and Japanese Speakers by Elzbieta B. Slawinski The Psychology Department, The University of Calgary Introduction. V arious studies have investigated a contribution of multiple acoustic cues to the perceptual distinction of [r-1] phonetic contrast in English (e.g., Dalston, 1975; Underbakke and Polka, 1988). The results...

INTRODUCTION Understanding speech production requires a synthesis of perspectives found in physiology, motor control, cognitive science, and linguistics. Here we focus on presenting work in the areas of motor control, dynamical systems and neural networks, and linguistics which we feel is critical in understanding functional architecture and characteristics of the speech production system. Cent...

In this investigation, the effects of enclosure, restal delayed grazing andcontinued grazing treatments on the production rate and vegetation cover were studied.Study area was SadrAbad pasture. After selecting three bands (1+1+1=3 hectare area) asthree treatments in the restricted and non restricted area, they were transected to threetransects. Then plots (1×2m2 ) were selected to measure the p...

The temporal alignment of speech and gesture is widely acknowledged as primary evidence of the integration of spoken language and gesture systems. Yet there is a disconnect between the lack of experimental research on the variables that affect the temporal relationship of speech and gesture and the overwhelming acceptance that speech and gesture are temporally coordinated. Furthermore, the mech...