Here we review the role of brain oscillations in sensory processing. We examine the idea
that neural entrainment of intrinsic oscillations underlies the processing of rhythmic stimuli in …

This article reviews the evidence for rhythmic categorization that has emerged on the basis
of rhythm metrics, and argues that the metrics are unreliable predictors of rhythm which …

The performance of the rhythm metrics ΔC,% V, PVIs and Varcos, said to quantify rhythm
class distinctions, was tested using English, German, Greek, Italian, Korean and Spanish …

Interest in the phonetics of sound change is as old as scientific linguistics (Osthoff and
Brugman 1878). The prevalent view is that a key component of sound change is what …

This study presents a method for analyzing speech rhythm using empirical mode
decomposition of the speech amplitude envelope, which allows for extraction and …

The way that bilinguals produce phones in each of their languages provides a window into
the nature of the bilingual phonological space. For stop consonants, if early sequential …

The intonation of Greek wh-questions consists of a rise-fall followed by a low plateau and a
final rise. Using acoustic data, we show (i) that the exact contour shape depends on the …

The perception and production of nonnative phones in second language (L2) learners can
be improved via auditory training, but L2 learning is often characterized by large differences …

Phonological development was assessed in six alphabetic orthographies (English, French,
Greek, Icelandic, Portuguese and Spanish) at the beginning and end of the first year of …

Previous evidence suggests that nonnative speech perception is modulated by the
speakers' first language (L1) dialect. This study aims (a) to examine the discrimination of …