DOCumENT RESI.TME ED 278 066 CS 505 474 AUTHOR O'Brien, Nancy, Ed. TITLE Status Report on Speech Research: AReport on the Status and Progress of Studieson the Nature of Speech, Instrumentation for Its Investigation,and Practical Applications, April 1-September30, 1986. INSTITUTION Haskins Labs., New Haven, Conn. SPONS AGENCY National Institutes of Health (DHHS),Bethesda, Md.; National Science Foundation, Washington,D.C.; Office of Naval_Research, Washington,D.C. REPORT NO SR-86/87(1986) PUB DATE 86 CONTRACT NICHHD-N01-HD-5-2910; ONR-N00014-83-K-0083 GRANT NICHHD-HD-01994; NIH-BRS-RR-05596;NINCDS-NS-13617; NINCDS-N5-13870; NINCDS-NS-18010;NSF-DNS-8111470; NSF-BNS-8520709 NOTE 319p.; For the previous report,see ED 274 022. AVAILABLE FROMU.S. Department of Commerce, NationalTechnical Information Service, 5285 Port RoyalRd., Springfield, VA 22151. PUB TYPE Reports - ReseimrtM/Technical (143) information Analyses (070)-- Collected Works - General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC13 Plus Postage_. DESCRIPTORS *Communication Research*Morphology (Languages); *Research Methodology; Research Utilization; *Speech Communication ABSTRACT Focusing on the status,progress, instrumentation, and applications of_studieson the nature of speech, this report contains the following research_studies:"The Role of Psychophysics in Understanding Speech Perception" (B.H. Repp); "Specialized Perceiving Systems for Speech and OtherBiologically Significant Sounds" (I. G. Mattingly; A. M. Liberman);"'Voicing' in EnglishA Catalog of Acoustic Features Signaling /b/_versus/p/ in Trochees (L. Lisker); "Categorical Tendenciesin Imitating Self-Produced Isolated Vowels" (B. H. Repp; D. R. Williams);"An Acoustic Analysis of V-to-C and V-to-V: Coarticulatory Effectsin Catalan and Spanish VCV Sequences" (D. Recasens); "The Soundof Two Hands Clapping: An Exploratory Study" (B. H. Repp); "AnAeroacoustics Approach to Phonation; Some Experimental andThcoretical_Observations" (R. S. UcGowan); "Pattern Formation in Speechand Limb Movements Involving Many Degrees of Freedom" (J. A. S. Kelso); "TheSpace-Time Behavior of Single and Bimanual RhythmicalMovements: Data and Model" (B. A. Kay and others); "Language Mechanisms and ReadingDisorder: A Modular Approach" (D. Shankweiler; S. Crain); "SyntacticComplexity and Reading Acquisition" (S. Crain; D. Shankweiler);"Phonological Coding in Word Reading: Evidence from Hearingand Deaf Readers" (V. L. Hanson; C. A. Fowler); "Strategies. for VisualWord Recognition and Orthographic Depth: A Multi-LingualComparison (R. Frost and others); "The Inflected Noun System in Serbo-Croatian:Lexical Representation of Morphological Structure" (L. B. Feldman;C. A. Fowler); and "Repetition Priming Is Not Purely Episodicin Origin" (L. B. Feldman; J. Moskovijevic). Also included isa list of publications and an appendix listing these Status Reports byreport number and providing DTIC and ERIC numbers. (JD) SR-86/87 (1986) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Eduostional Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION Status Reporton CENTER (ERICI _ his document has been reproduced as received from the Peffion or organilation originating d. SPEECH RESEARCH MreipnrooroCuhcangne cisuhaalivfye been made to improve Points of view or opinions slated in this docu- ment do not necessarily teoresent official OEM pogition ot A Report on the Status and Progressof Studies on the Nature of Speech, Instrumentation for its Investigation, andPractical Applications 1 April30 September 1986 Haskins Laboratories 270 Crown Street New Haven, Conn. 06511 DISTRIBUTION OF THISDOCUMENT IS UNLIMITED (The information in this documentis available to the gen- eral public. Haskins Laboratoriesdistributes it primarily for library use. Copiesare available from the National Itchnical Information Serviceor the ERIC Document Re- production Service. See theAppendix for order numberof previous Status Reports.) BEST COPYAVAILABLE Ignatius G. Mattingly, Acting Editor-in-Chief Nancy O'Brien, Editor SR-86/87 (1986) (April-September) ACJQOWLEDGMENTS The research reported herewas made possible in part by support from the followingsources: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH ANDHUMAN DEVELOPMENT Grant HD-01994 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH ANDHUMAN DEVELOPMENT Contract Nal-HD-5-2910 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Biomedical Research Support Grant RR-05596 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Grant BNS-8111470 Grant BNS-8520709 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL ANDCOMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS AND STROME Grant NS 13870 Grant NS 13617 Grant NS 18010 OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH Contract N00014-83-K-0083 iii R-86/87 (1986) (April-September) HASKINS LABORATORIES PERSONNEL IN SPEECHRESEARCH Investigators Arthur S. Abramson* Anne Fowlert Nancy S. McGarr* Peter J. Alfonso* Carol A. Fowler* Richard S. McGowan Cinzia Avesanil Ram Frostttt Kevin G.Munhall Thomas Baer David Garretttttt Hiroshi Muta3 Fredericka Bell-Berti Louis Goldstein* Susan Nittrouertlit Catherine Best* Vicki L. Hanson Patrick W. Nye Geoffrey Binghamt Katherine S. Harris* Lawrence J. Raphael* Gloria J. Borden* Amelia I. Hudson2 Bruno H.Repp Susan Brady* Leonard Katz* Philip E. Rubin Catherine P. Browman J. A. Scott Kelso* Elliot Saltzman Etienne Colombtt Andrea G. Levitt* Donald Shankweiler* Franklin S. Cooper* Alvin M. Liberman* Michael Studdert-Kennedy* Stephen Crain* Isabelle Y. Liberman* Betty Tuller* Robert Crowder* Leigh Lisker* Michael T. Turvey* Laurie B. Feldman* Virginia Mann* Mario Vayral Janet Fodor* Ignatius G. Mattingly* Douglas H. Whalen Technical/Support Philip J. Chagnon Donald Halley Nancy 0' E3rien Alice Dadourlan Raymond C. Huey* William P . Scully Michael D'Angelo Sabina D. KDroluk Richard S. Sharkany Betty J. DeLise Yvonne Manning Edward R . Wiley Vincent Gulisano Bruce Martin Students* Joy Armson Noriko Kobayashi Lawrence D. Rosenb u Dragana Barac Rena A. Krakow A rlyne Russo Eric Bateson Deborah Kuglitsch Richard C. Schmidt Suzanne Boyce Hwei-Bing Lin John Scholz Andre Cooper Katrina Lukatela Suzanne Smith Margaret Dunn Harriet Magen Robin Story Carole E. Gelfer Sharon Manuel Katyanee Svasti ku la Bruce Kay Jerry McRoberts David Williams *Part-time 11.1is1ting from Scuola Normale Superiore,Pisa, Italy 2Visiting from Louisiana State University,Baton Rouge, LA 2Visiting from University of Tokyo,Japan tNIH Research Fellow itFogarty International Fellow, Lausanne,Switzerland tttPostdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University,Israel ttttNRSA Training Fellow Stetti=s Report on Spec& ch Resarch Haskins Laboratories 6 SR-86/87 1986) (Aril-September) =ONTENTS THE ROLE OF PSYCHOPHYSICS IN DWERSTL__ NDINGSPEECH PERCEPTION B.runo H. Repp 1-24 SPEC TALIZED PERCEIVING SYSTEMS FOR SP EECHAND OTHER RIOT- CIGICALLysIGNIFICANT SOUNDS gnati us G. Mattingly and Alvin M Liberman 25-143 "VOI CING" IN ENGLISH:A CATALOG OF ACREOUSTIC FEATURES SIGN.ALING /b/ VERSUS /p IN TROCHEES L.eigh Lisker ...... 45-53 CATE GORICALTENDENCIES IN IMITATING SLF-PRODUCED ISOLA.TED VOWELS Bruno H. Repp and DavidR, Willi ars 55-70 AN AOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF V-TO-C AND V,- COARTICULATORY EFFETS INCATALAN AND SPANISH VCVSEZDUENCES D aniel Reeasens ...... 7 -86 THE .OUND OF TWO HANDS CLAPPING: AN ENPLORATORYSTUDY Bruno H. Rapp 87-106 AN AROACOUSTICS APPROACH TO PHONATIO SOME EXPERIMENTAL AND TU-IEORETICAL OBSERVATIONS Ft lohard S. McGowan 107- 6 PATTRN FORMATION IN SPEECH AND LIMB MOVEMENTS INVOL-VINGMANY DEGREES OF FREEDOM J A. S. Kelso 117-1141 THESPACE-TIMEBEHAVIOR OF SINGLE AND 1nRIMANUAL RHYTHMICAL MOVEMENTS: DATA ANDMODEL A. Kay, J.A. S. Kelso, E.L. S-ltzman, arid G. SchOner 143-171 LANGUAGE MECHANISMS AND READING DISORDR: A MODULARAPPROACH ID <maid Shankweiler and Stephen Cr.azi,n 173-197 SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY AND READING ACQUIITION S-tephen Crain and Donald Shankweilt=-=r 199-221 PHONOI-OGICALCODING IN WORDREADING: EWIDENCE FROM HEARING AND DAF READERS eki L. Hanson and Carol A. Fowler-- 223:242 STRATGIES FOR VISUAL WORD RECOGNITION AND ORTHOGRAPHIC DEPTH= AMULTI-LINGUAL COMPARISON Rrn Frost, Leonard Katz,and Shlocrk Bentin 2143-265 -86/87 (1986) (Ai=?ril-SPptember) THE INFLECTED NOUN sysTEri IN SERB=i-CROATIAN: LEXICAL REPRESENTATION OF MORPHOr-OGICAL, SC-RUCTURE Laurie B. Feldman anC Carol A.. Fowler 267-289 REPETITION PRIMING IS NO-1- PURELY PISODIC IN ORIGIN Laurie B. Feldman ancl JasminaMoskovljevió 291-309 PUBLICATIONS 313-315 APPENDIX: DTIC and ERICnumbers 317-318 (SR-21/22 - SR-85) viii THE ROLE OF PSYCHOPHYSICS IN UNDERSTANDINGSPEECH PERCEPTION* Bruno H. Repp Introduction The purpose of this workshop is te discuss the psychophysics of speech perception. The program includes a variety of topics that presumably fall under this heading and thatdemonstrate that the psychophysics of speech perception is alive and well. Yet it is not really obvious what the pSychophysics of speech perception is, what itsgoals and limitations are, and whether it is indeed a circumscribed area ofinvestigation. It seems useful, therefore, to pose these basic questions explicitlyand to include them in our discUSSions along with the many specific issues addressed by our research. The purpose of my paper is to stimulate suchdiscussion by presenting a particular, possibly controversial, view of speechperception, psychophysieS, and the relation between the two. My presentation has five parts. First, Iwill a_tempt to define the pSychophysies of speech pereeption and to discuSssome of its aSsumptions and limitations. Then, turning to the second half ofmy title, I will consider brieflywhat it might mean to "understand" speech perception. Next, I will Sketch a general view of phonetic perceptionand