DOCUMENT RESUME ED 266 508 CS 505 201 AUTHOR Studdert-Kennedy, Michael, Ed.; O'Brien, Nancy, Ed. TITLE Status Report on Speech Research: A Report on the Status and Progress of StudieE on the Nature of Speech, Instrumentation for Its Investigation, and Practical Applications, April 1-September 30, 1985. INSTITUTION Haskins Labs., New Haven, Conn. SPONS AGENCY National Institutes of Health (DBMS), Bethesda, Md.; National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Office of Naval Research, Washington, D.0 REPORT NO SR-82/83(1985) PUB DATE 85 CONTRACT NICHHD-N01-HD-5-2910; ONR-N00014-83-K-0083 GRANT NICHHD-HD-01994; NICHHD-HD-16591; NIHBRS-RR-05596; NIMCDS-NS-13617; NINCDS-NS-13870; NINCDS-NS-18010; NSF-BNS-8111470 NOTE 289p. AVAILA3LE FROMU.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22151. PUB TYPE Reports - Research/Technical (143) -- Information Analyses (070) -- Collected Works - General (020) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PC12 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Articulation (Speech); Cognitive Processes; *Communication Research; Language Acquisition; *Language Research; Linguistic Theory; *Morphology (Languages); Orthographic Symbols; Perceptual Development; Perceptual Motor Coordination; Phonemes; *Speech Communication; Spelling ABSTRACT One of a regular series on the statu. and progress of research into the nature of speech, instrumentation for its investigation, and practical applications, this report consists of 17 papers dealing with the following topics: (1) vagueness and fictions as cornerstones of a theory of perceiving and acting - -a commentary on D.O. Walter; (2) the informational support for upright stance; (3) determining the extent of coarticulation-- effects of experimental design; (4) the roles of phoneme frequency, siLaarity, and availability in the experimental elicitation of speecherrors; (5) on learning to speak; (6) the motor theory of speech perception revised; (7) linguistic and acoustic correlates of the perceptualstructure found in an individual differences scaling study of vowels; (8) perceptual coherence of speech -- stability of silence-cued stop consonants; (9) development of the speech perceptumotor system; (10) dependence of reading on orthography -- investigations in Serbo-Croatian; (11) the relationship between knowledge of derivational morphology and spelling ability in fourth, sixth,and eighth graders; (12) relations among regular and irregular, morphologically related words in the lexiconas revealed by repetition priming: (.3) grammatical priming of inflectednouns by the gender of post Nave adjectives; (14) grammatical priming of inflected nouns bt inflected adjectives; (15) deaf signers and serial recall in the visual modality--memory for signs, fingerspelling, and print; (16) did orthographies evolve? and (17) the developmentof children's sensitivity tofactors influencing vowel reading.(HOD) SR-82/83 (1985) Status Report on SPEECH RESEARCH A Report on the Status and Rix:ogress of Studies on the Nature of Speech, Instrumentation for Its Investigation, and Practical Applications 1 April 30 September 1985 Haskins Laboratories 270 Crown Street New Haven, Conn. 06511 DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS UNLIMITED (The information in this document is available to the general public. 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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ....)UCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) ThisT document has been reproduced as received from the parson or organization originating it ' i Minor changes have been made to 'nprove roproduchnn qua'try Points e ew or opintons stated o Mit docu 2 merit do not moor manly represem official NIE position or Po.- y Michael Studdert-Kennedy, Editor-in-Chief Nancy O'Brien, Editor Gail Reynolds, Technical Coordinator SR-82/83 (1985) April-September ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The research reported here was made possible in part by support from the followir.g sources: National Institute of Child and Health and Human Development Grant HD-01994 Grant HD -1659 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Contract NO1 -HD-) -2910 National Institutes of Health Biomedical Research Support Grant RR-05596 National Science Foundation Grant BNS-8111470 National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke Grant NS 13870 Grant NS 13617 Grant NS 18010 Office of Naval Research Contract N00014-83-K-008.1 '1 iii S12-82/83 (1985) (April-September) HASKINS LABORATORIES PERSONNEL IN SPEECH RESEARCH Investigators Arthur S. Abramson* Louis Goldstein* Richard McGowan Peter J. Alfonso* Vicki L. Hanson Kevin G. Munhall+++ Thomas Baer Katherine S. Harris* Susan Nittrouer++ Patrice S. Beddor+ Sarah Hav kins++ Patrick W. Nye Fredericka Bell-Berti* Satoshi Horiguchil Lawrence J. Raphael* Ca :herine Best* Leonard Katz* Bruno H. Repp Geoffrey Bingham+ J. A. Scott Kelso Philip E. Rubin Gloria J. Borden* Gary Kidd+ Elliot Saltzman Susan Brady* Ascher Laufer2 Donald Shankweilerk Catherine P. Browman Andrea G. Levitt* Mary Smith Franklin S. Cooper* Alvin M. Liberman* Michael Studdert-Kennedy* Stephen Crain* Labelle Y. Liberman*Betty Tuller* Robert Crowder* Leigh Lisker* Michael T. Turvey* Laurie B. Feldman* Virginia Mann* Ben C. Watson++ Anne Fow:er+ Ignatius G. Mattingly*Douglas H. Whaler. Carol A. Fowler* Nancy S. McGarr* Technical/Support Michael An ste ti Raymond C. Huey* Nancy O'Brien Philip Chagnon Sabina D. Koroluk Gail K. Reynolds Alice Dadourian Bruce Martin William P. Scully Vincent Gulisano Frank Merewether Richard S. Sharkany Donald Hailey Betty J. Myers Edward R. Wiley Students* Joy Armson Carole E. Gelfer Lawrence D. Rosenblum Dragana Barac Bruce Kay Arlyne Russo Sara Basson Noriko Kobayashi Richard C. Schmidt Eric Bateson Rena A. Krakow John Scholz Suzanne Boyce Deborah Kuglitsch Robin Seider Teresa Clifford Hwei-Bing Lin Suzanne Smith Andre Cooper Katrina Lukatela Katyanee Svastikula Margaret Dunn Harriet Magen David Williams Jan Edwards Sharon Manuel Jo Estill Jerry McRoberts *Part-time 1Visiting from University of Tokyo, Japan 2The Hebrew University of Jerusalem +NIH Research Fellow ++NRSA Training Fellow +++Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Fellow Status Report on Speech Research Haskins Laboratories 6 SR-82/83 (1985) (April-September) CONTENTS ON VAGUFNESS AND FICTIONS AS CORNERSTONES OF A THEORY OF PERCEIVING AND ACTING: A COMMENT ON WALTER (1983) Claudia Care llo and M. T. Turvey 1-14 THE INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT FOR UPRIGHT STANCE Claudia Carello, M. T. Turvey, and Peter N. Kugler 15-18 DETERMINING ME EXTENT OF COARTICULATION: EFFECTS OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Carole E. Gelfer, Frederid(a Bell-Berti, and Katherine S. Harris 19-31 THE ROLES OF PHONEME FREQUENCY, SIMILARITY, AND AVAILABILITY IN THE EXPERIMENTAL ELICITATION OF SPEECH ERRORS Andrea G. Levitt and Alice F. Healy 33-52 ON LEARNING TO SPEAK Michael Studdert-Kennedy 53-61 THE MOTOR THEORY OF SPEECH PERCEPTION REVISED Alvin M. Liberman and Ignatius G. Mattingly 63-93 LINGUISTIC AND ACOUSTIC CORRELATES OF THE PERCEPTUAL STRUCTURE FOUND IN AN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES SCALING STUDY OF VOWELS Brad Rakerd and Robert R. Verbrugge 95-107 PERCEPTUAL COHERENCE OF SPEECH: STABILITY OF SILENCE-CUED STOP CONSONANTS Bruno H. Repp 109-130 DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPEECH PERCEPTUOMOTOR SYSTEM Michael Studdert-Kennedy 131-140 DEPENDENCE OF READING ON ORTHOGRAPHY: INVESTIGATIONS IN SERBO-CROATIAN Claudia Care llo and M. T. Turvey 141-150 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE OF DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY AND SPELLING ABILITY IN FOURTH, SIXTH, AND EIGHTH GRADERS Joanne F. Carlisle 151-174 RELATIONS AMONG REGULAR AND IRREGULAR, MORPHOLOGICALLY-RELATED WORDS IN THE LEXICON AS REVEALED BY REPETITION PRIMING Carol A. Fowler, Shirley E. Napps, and Laurie B. Feldman 175-203 vii i SR-82/83 (1985) (April- Sep tember) GRAMMATICAL PRIMING OF INFLECTED NOUNS BY THE GENDER OF POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES M. Gurjanov, G. Lukatela, Katerina Lukatela, M. Savi, and M. T. Turvey 205-219 GRAMMATICAL PRIMING OF INFLECTED NOUNS BY INFLECTED ADJECTIVES M. Gurjanov, G. Lukatela, Jasmina Moskovljevie, M. Savi6, and M. T. Turvey 221-234 DEAF SIGNERS AND SERIAL RECALL IN THE VISUAL MODALITY: MEMORY FOR SIGNS, FINGERSPELLING, AND PRINT Rena Arens Krakow and Vick; L. Hanson 235-249 DID ORTHOGRAPHIES EVOLVE? Ignatius G. Mattingly 251-260 THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN'S SENSITIVITY TO FACTORS INFLUENCING VOWEL READING Danielle R. Zinna, Isabelle Y. Liberman, and Donald Shankweiler 261-280 PUBLICATIONS 283-285 APPENDIX: DTIC and ERIC numbers 287-288 (SR-21/22 - SR-82/83) S viii ON VAGUENESS AND FICTIONS AS CORNERSTONES OF A THEORY OF PERCEIVING AND ACT- ING:A COMMENT ON WALTER (1983)* Claudia Carellot and M. T. Turveytt "I don't want realiLm. I want magic!" Blanche DuBois, Scene 9, A Streetcar Named Desire Vagueness or unclarity of thought isconsidered by Walter (1983) as a worthy and necessary state of (human) mind for modeling. He appeals to quan- tum mechanics (and, in particular,non-pure states) as, perhaps,the only fruitful model by which to understand such phenomena. The analogy takes the following form: The clarity that indeterminant ideas derive from rumination anddiscussion parallelsthe reduction of uncertainty ina parameter ofa submicroscopic system that accompanies its quantum measurement. Walter sug- geststhat with an allowance for quantum-like brain states,brains