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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 352 694 CS 508 026 AUTHOR Studdert-Kennedy, Michael, Ed. TITLE Speech Research Status Report, January-June 1992. INSTITUTION Haskins Labs., New Haven, Conn. REPORT NO SR-109/110 PUB DATE 92 NOTE 303p.; For previous report, see ED 344 259. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) Reports Research /Technical (143) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC13 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Articulation (Speech); Communication Research; Hebrew; Language Research; Metalinguistics; *Phonology; Primary Education; Psychomotor Skills; *Reading; *Second Languages; *Speech Communication; Written Language IDENTIFIERS Nonnative Speakers; Phonological Processing; Speaking Writing Relationship; *Speech Research ABSTRACT One of a series of semi-annual reports, this publication contains 23 articles which report the status andprogress of studies on the nature of speech, instruments for its investigation, and practical applications. Articles are as follows: "Phonological and Articulatory Characteristics of Spoken Language" (Carol A. Fowler); "Characteristics of Speechas a Motor Control System" (Vincent L. Gracco); "Sensorimotor Mechanisms in Speech Motor Control" (Vincent L. Gracco); "Analysis of Speech Movements: Frqctical Considerations and Clinical Application" (Vincent L. Gracco); "Reiterant Speech as a Test of Nonnative Speakers' Mastery of the Timing of French" (Andrea G. Levitt); "Syllable-Internal Structure and the Sonority Hierarchy: Differential Evidence from Lexical Decision, Naming, and Reading" (Andrea Levitt and others); "Effects of Phonological and Phonetic Factors on Cross-Language Perception" (Catherine T. Best and Winifred Strange); "Plausibility, Parsimony, and Theories of Speech" (Alvin M. Liberman); "The Relation of Speech to Reading and Writing" (Alvin M. Liberman); "Linguistic Awareness and Orthographic Form" (Ignatius G. Mattingly); "The Effects of Aging and First Grade School on the Development of Phonological Awareness" (Shlomo Bentin and others); "Bi-Alphabetism and the Design of a Reading Mechanism" (Laurie Beth Feldman); "Morphological Analysis of Disrupted Morphemes: Evidence from Hebrew" (Laurie Beth Feldman and Shlomo Bentin); "Phonetic Recoding of Print and Its Effect on the Detection of Concurrent Speech in Amplitude Modulated Noise" (Ram Frost); "Processing Phonological and Semantic Ambiguity: Evidence from Semantic Priming at Different SOAs" (Ram Frost and Shlomo Bentin); "Attention Mechanisms Mediate the Syntactic Priming Effect in Auditory Identification" (Avital Deutsch and Shlomo Bentin); "Starting on the Right Foot: A Review of Marilyn Jager Adams' 'Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print'" (Donald Shankweiler); "Null Subject vs. Null Object: Some Evidence from the Acquisition of Chinese and English" (Qi Wang and others); "Amplitude as a Cue to Word-Initial Consonant Length: Pattani Malay" (Arthur S. Abramson); "Tone Splits and Voicing Shifts in Thai: Phonetic Plausibility" (Arthur S. Abramson and Donna M. Erickson); "A Constraint on the Expressive Timing of a Melodic Gesture: Evidence from Performance and Aesthetic Judgment" (Bruno H. Repp); "A Review of Carol L. Krumhansl.'s 'Cognitive Foundations of Musical Pitch'" (Bruno H. Repp); and "Toward an Emancipation of the 'Weaker Sense" (Bruno U. Repp). (RS) Haskins Laboratories Status Report on Speech Research U.S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION Office ot Educahonal Research and improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERICI g/This document tiesbeen reproduced es received Irom the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions stated in this Oo Ci meat do not necessarilyrepresent official OERI position or policy SR-109/110 JANUARY-JUNE 1992 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Haskins Laboratories Status Report on Speech Research SR-109/110 JANUARY-JUNE 1992 NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Distribution Statement Editor Michael Studdert-Kennedy Production Yvonne Manning Fawn Zefang Wang This publication reports the status and progress of studies on the nature of speech, instrumentation for its investigation, and practical applications. Distribution of this document is unlimited. The information in this document is available to the general public. 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This Report was reproduced on recycled paper ii SR-109/110 January June 1992 Acknowledgment The research reported here was made possible in part by support from the folk-wing sources: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant HD-01994 Grant HD-21888 National Institute of Health Biomedical Research Support Grant RR-055% National Science Foundation Grant BNS-8820099 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Grant DC 00121 Grant DC 00865 Grant DC 00183 Grant DC 01147 Grant DC 00403 Grant DC 00044 Grant DC 00016 Grant DC 00825 Grant DC 00594 Grant DC 01247 SR-109/110 January-June 1992 iii Investigators Technical/Administrative Staff Arthur Abramson' Philip Chagnon Eric Batman* Alice Dadourian Fredericka Be II-Berl'' Michael D'Angelo Catherine T. Best' Betty J. DeLise Susan Brady* Lisa Few Catherine P. Brinvman Vincent Gulisano Claudia Carello* Donald Halley Franklin S. Cooper' Maura Herlihy Stephen Crain Raymond C. Huey* Lois G. Dreyer' Marion MacEacluort Alice Faber Yvorute Manning Laurie B. Feldman Joan Martinez Janet Fodor* William P. Scully Carol A. Fowler* Fawn Mang Wang Louis Goldstein' Edward R. Wiley Carol Gracoo Vincent Cracco Students* Berit Halvorsen Katherine S. Harris* Melanie Campbell John Hogden Sandra Chiang Leonard Katz* Margaret Hall Dunn Rena Arena Krakow* Terri Erwin Andrea G. Levitt' Joseph Kalinowski Rya Leykin' Laura Koenig Alvin M. Liberman* Betty ICollia Diane LilloManin* Simon Levy Leigh Liao° Salvatore Miranda Anders Ifiqvist Maria Mody Ignatius G. Mattingly' Weijia Ni Nancy S. McGarr' Mira Peter Richard S. McGowan Christine Romano Patrick W. Nye Joaquin Romero Kiyoshi Oshuna * Maria Rosetti Kenneth Pugh' Dorothy Ross Lawrence J. Raphael' Arlyne Russo Bruno H. Repp Michelle Sander Hyla Rubin Jeffrey Shaw Philip E. Rubin Sonya Sheffert Elliot Saltzman Caroline Smith Donald ShanIcweiler* Brenda Stone Rudolph Sock' Mark Tiede Michael Studdert-Kennedy' Qi Wang Michael T. Turvey* Yi Xu Douglas Whalen Elizabeth Zsiga 'Part -time tVisiting from University of Bergen, Norway *Visiting from University of Tokyo, Japan 'Visiting from University of Grenoble, France iv SR-109/110 January -June 1992 , 0 Contents Phonological ana Articulatory Characteristics of Spoken Language Carol A. Fowler 1 Characteristics of Speech as a Motor Control System Vincent L. Gracco 13 Sensorimotor Mechanisms in Speech Motor Control Vincent L. Gracco 27 Analysis of Speech Movements. Practical Considerations and Clinical Application Vincent L. Gracco 45 Reiterant Speech as a Test of Nonnative Speakers' Mastery of the Timing of French Andrea C. Levitt 59 Syllable-internal Structure and the Sonority Hierarchy: Differential Evidence from Lexical Decision, Naming, and Reading Andrea Levitt, Alice F. Healy, and David W. Fencirich 73 Effects of Phonological and Phonetic Factors on Cross-Language Perception Catherine T. Best and Winifred Strange 89 Plausibility, Parsimony, and Theories of Speech Alvin M. Liberman 109 The Relation of Speech to Reading and Writing Alvin M. Liberman 119 linguistic Awareness and Orthographic Form Ignatius C. Mattingly 129 The Effects of Aging and First Grade School on the Development of Phonological Awareness Shlomo Bentin, Ronen Hammer, and Sorel Cahan 141 Bi-alphabetism and the Design of a Reading Mechanism Laurie Beth Feldman 147 Morphological Analysis of Disrupted Morphemes: Evidence from Hebrew Laurie Beth Feldman and Shlomo Bentin 163 Phonetic Recoding of Print and Its Effect on the Detection of Concurrent Speech in Amplitude Modulated Noise Ram Frost 179 SR-109/110 January-June 1992 I- I Processing Phonological and Semantic Ambiguity: Evidence From Semantic Priming at DifferentSOAs Ram Frost and Shlomo Ilintin 191 Attention Mechanisms Mediate the SyntacticPriming Effect in Auditory Word Identification Avital Deutsch and Shlomo Bentin 205 Starting on the Right Foot. A review of MarilynJager Adams' Beginning to Rand: Thinking and Learning about Print Donald Shaninveiler 221 Null Subject vs. Null Object: Some Evidence fromthe Acquisition of Chinese and English Qi Wang, Diane Lilt- Martin, Catherine T. Best, andAndrea Levitt. 225 Amplitude as a Cue to Word-initial Ccnionant Length:Pattani Malay Arthur S. Noramson 251 Tone Splits and Voicing Shifts in Thai: PhoneticPlausibility Arthur S. Abramson and Donna M. Erickson 255 A Constraint on the Expressive Timing of aMelodic Gesture: Evidence from Performance and Aesthetic Judgment Bruno FL Rapp 263 A Review of Carol L. Krumhansl's CognitiveFoundations of Musical Pitch Bruno lit Repp 277 Toward an Emancipation of the "Weaker Sense" Bruno H. Repp 283 Appendfx 289 SR-109/110 January June 1992 8 Haskins Laboratories Status Report on Speech Research Haskins Laboratories Status Report oft Speech Research 1992, SR-IM 110, 1-12 Phonological