Phonetics

Selective signal strengthening: speakers only enhance cues most likely to improve listener perception

Suffixes are more clearly articulated when they are made of a vowel, but not when they are maded of a consonant.

Dec 31, 2025

Vocalic signals are worth strengthening, but consonants may not be
Vocalic signals are worth strengthening, but consonants may not be

To be presented at a satellite workshop of the 6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE 2025).

Jun 25, 2025

How meaning affects the duration of Japanese homophonous words
How meaning affects the duration of Japanese homophonous words

To be presented at the 6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE 2025).

Jun 25, 2025

Durational differences among Japanese homophones as a function of their meanings
Durational differences among Japanese homophones as a function of their meanings

To be presented at the workshop "Morphological variation" at the 47th Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS 47).

Mar 7, 2025

How meaning and predictability affect the duration of Japanese homophonous words
How meaning and predictability affect the duration of Japanese homophonous words

Japanese homophones differ in duration according to semantics.

Nov 3, 2024

Contrasting phonetic effects of morphological boundaries for vowel and consonant suffixes
Contrasting phonetic effects of morphological boundaries for vowel and consonant suffixes

Suffixes are more clearly articulated than pseudo-suffixes, only when they are made of a vowel, not a stop consonant.

May 16, 2024

Interaction of frequency and inflectional status: An approach from discriminative learning

Frequency effects may be modulated by the morphological status of the words being investigated, and such modulation by morphology can be explained in terms of semantics.

Apr 1, 2024

Articulatory effects of frequency modulated by semantics
Articulatory effects of frequency modulated by semantics

Morphological status may module frequnecy effects and can be explained by semantics.

Mar 18, 2024