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Gibson, Todd A.; Summers, Connie – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
Cross-linguistic influence has been observed across all domains of language. However, nothing is known about the role of cross-linguistic influence in bilingual speakers' use of vocal fry. Several recent studies have identified an upsurge in the use of vocal fry among female speakers of American English. We sought to identify cross-linguistic…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Females, Linguistics, Speech
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Maslowski, Merel; Meyer, Antje S.; Bosker, Hans Rutger – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2019
Listeners are known to track statistical regularities in speech. Yet, which temporal cues are encoded is unclear. This study tested effects of talker-specific habitual speech rate and talker-independent average speech rate (heard over a longer period of time) on the perception of the temporal Dutch vowel contrast /?/-/a:/. First, Experiment 1…
Descriptors: Speech, Speech Habits, Auditory Perception, Indo European Languages