Language is more than words: it includes the prosodic features and patterns that we use,
subconsciously, to frame meanings and achieve our goals in our interaction with others …

This article reviews research on when acoustic‐phonetic variability facilitates, inhibits, or
does not impact perceptual development for spoken language, to illuminate mechanisms by …

As speech technology is increasingly integrated into modern American society, voice
assistants are a more significant part of our everyday lives. According to Apple, Siri fulfills 25 …

Linguists interested in intonation have long struggled to establish a maximally broad set of
annotation conventions that function equally well across varieties of American English. The …

This article revisits classic questions about how pitch varies between groups by examining
global and intonational pitch differences between black and white speakers from Memphis …

Although the US South was usually avoided for phonetic studies in earlier years, phonetic
analyses of Southern US English have expanded in numerous directions in recent years …

A central issue in the study of speech perception is how listeners resolve the vast amount of
variability present in speech signals. Gender diversity presents an opportunity to examine …

Indisputably, high vowels have higher intrinsic fundamental frequency (If0) than low vowels.
An unresolved question is whether this If0 is a purely automatic by-product of vowel …

While sociologists have dedicated much attention to the processes by which individuals
construct their participation in (or rejection of) group membership, the role of language as a …

Every day we are exposed to advertisements on the radio, Internet, and in urban open
spaces. To present their products, businesses select suitable voices from voicebanks of …