Currently, production and comprehension are regarded as quite distinct in accounts of
language processing. In rejecting this dichotomy, we instead assert that producing and …

Speech output technology is finding widespread application, including in scenarios where
intelligibility might be compromised–at least for some listeners–by adverse conditions …

A new software paradigmSoftware as a Service'based on web services is proposed for
multilingual linguistic tools and exemplified with the BAS CLARIN web services. Instead of …

In a chapter discussing the recent major shift in the way language and language
development have been viewed, child language researcher Evans (2007) wrote: Since the …

This study consolidates findings on phonetic convergence in a large-scale examination of
the impacts of talker sex, word frequency, and model talkers on multiple measures of …

Socio-indexical cues and paralinguistic information are often beneficial to speech
processing as this information assists listeners in parsing the speech stream. Associations …

Numerous studies have documented the phenomenon of phonetic imitation: the process by
which the production patterns of an individual become more similar on some phonetic or …

This introductory article for the Special Issue on Vocal Accommodation in Speech
Communication provides an overview of prevailing theories of vocal accommodation and …

During conversation, speakers modulate characteristics of their production to match their
interlocutors' characteristics. This behavior is known as alignment. Speakers align at many …

Phonetic convergence is defined as an increase in the similarity of acoustic-phonetic form
between talkers. Previous research has demonstrated phonetic convergence both when a …