Topics in Linguistic Theory: Laboratory Phonology

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Textbook

Johnson, Keith. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. ISBN: 9781405101233.

Readings by Session

SES #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Introduction Laboratory phonology	Johnson, Keith. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. Chapter 1. Optional Ladefoged, Peter. A Course in Phonetics. 4th ed. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle, 2000. ISBN: 9780155073197.
2	Basic audition Digital signal processing	Johnson, Keith. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. Chapter 1, 2 (pp. 19-33), and 3.
3	Source-filter theory Acoustics of vowels	Johnson, Keith. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. Chapters 5 and 6.
4	Adaptive dispersion	Liljencrants, Johan, and Björn Lindblom. “Numerical Simulation of Vowel Quality Systems: The Role of Perceptual Contrast.” Language 48 (1972): 839-62.
5	Spectral analysis Licensing by cue	Ladefoged, Peter. Elements of Acoustic Phonetics. 2nd ed. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Illinois, 1995, chapters 10 and 11, pp. 160-183. ISBN: 9780226467641. Wright, R. “A Review of Perceptual Cues and Cue Robustness.” In Phonetically-Based Phonology. Edited by Bruce Hayes, Robert Kirchner, and Donca Steriade. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN: 9780521825788. Steriade, Donca. “Alternatives to Syllable-Based Accounts of Consonantal Phonotactics.” Proceedings of LP ‘98: Item Order in Language and Speech. Edited by Fujimura, Osamu, Brian D. Joseph, and Bohumil Palek. Prague, Czech Republic: Karolinum Press, 1999, pp. 205-245. ISBN: 9788024600161. [(PDF): Read pp. 1-21] McMurray, B., M. K. Tanenhaus, and R. N. Aslin. “Gradient Effects of Within-Category Phonetic Variation on Lexical Access.” Cognition 86, no. 2 (2002): B33-B42.
6	Licensing by cue (cont.)	Johnson, Keith. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. Chapters 7 and 8. Fujimura, Osamu, M. Macchi, and L. A. Streeter. “Perception of Stop Consonants with Conflicting Transitional Cues: A Cross-Linguistic Study.” Language and Speech 21 (1978): 337-346.
7	Intonation	Johnson, Keith. Acoustic and Auditory Phonetics. pp. 28-31 (on pitch tracking). Ladd, D. Robert. Intonational Phonology. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1997, chapter 3. ISBN: 9780521475754.
8	The meaning of intonation	Beckman Mary E., and Gayle Ayers Elam. Guidelines for ToBI labeling. Manuscript, Ohio State University, 1997. Welby, Pauline. “Effects of Pitch Accent Position, Type, and Status on Focus Projection.” Language and Speech 46 (2003): 53-81. Selkirk, Elisabeth. “Sentence Prosody: Intonation, Stress, and Phrasing.” In The Handbook of Phonological Theory. Edited by J. Goldsmith. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1995. ISBN: 9780631180623. Hobbs, J. R. “The Pierrhumbert-Hirschberg Theory of Intonational Meaning Made Simple: Comments on Pierrehumbert and Hirschberg.” In Intentions in Communication. Edited by Philip R. Cohen, Jerry Morgan, and Martha E. Pollack. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990, chapter 15. ISBN: 9780262031509. Pierrehumbert, J., and J. Hirshberg. “The Meaning of Intonational Contours in the Interpretation of Discourse. “In Intentions in Communication. Edited by Philip R. Cohen, Jerry Morgan, and Martha E. Pollack. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1990. ISBN: 9780262031509. Jackendoff, R. Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1974, chapter 6. ISBN: 9780262600071.
9	Basic statistics	(no readings)
10	Effects of the lexicon and context on speech perception	Fowler, C. A., and J. Housum. “Talkers’ Signaling of ‘New’ and ‘Old’ Words in Speech and Listeners’ Perception and Use of the Distinction.” Journal of Memory and Language 26 (1987): 489-504.
11	Phonetics and phonology of accent variation	Labov, Wiliam, Sharon Ash, and Charles Boberg. The Atlas of North American English. New York, NY: Mouton de Gruyter, 2006. ISBN: 9783110167467. TELSUR Project at the Linguistics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania Norris, Dennis, James McQueen, and Anne Cutler. “Perceptual Learning in Speech.” Cognitive Psychology 47, no. 2 (2003): 204-238.
12	Student presentations	(no readings)