Previous studies have suggested that the perception of vowels and consonants changes
from language-universal to language-specific between 6 and 12months of age. This report …

The term “geminate” in phonology normally refers to a long or “doubled” consonant that
contrasts phonemically with its shorter or “singleton” counterpart. Such contrasts are found in …

Although the high-variability training method can enhance learning of non-native speech
categories, this can depend on individuals' aptitude. The current study asked how general …

Speech categories are defined by multiple acoustic dimensions, and listeners give
differential weighting to dimensions in phonetic categorization. The informativeness …

This study reports effects of a high-variability training procedure on nonnative learning of a
Japanese geminate-singleton fricative contrast. Thirty native speakers of Dutch took part in a …

Japanese has a phonemic contrast between short and long nasal and obstruent consonant
series, as exemplified by minimal pairs like [kata]'frame'vs.[katta]'bought'and …

The current study focused on the production of non-contrastive geminates across different
boundary types in English to investigate the hypothesis that word-internal heteromorphemic …

Labrune (2012b) proposes a syllable-less theory of Japanese, suggesting that Japanese
has no syllables, with only moras below the foot. She argues that there is no phonetic or …

This study explores which acoustic correlates best distinguish the voicing contrast in
Lebanese Arabic, a language with a two-way voicing contrast that occurs with both singleton …

Syllable and Segment in Latin offers new and detailed analyses of five long-standing
problems in Latin historical phonology. In so doing, it clarifies the relative roles of synchronic …