Pauses act as important acoustic cues to prosodic phrase boundaries. However, the
distribution and phonetic characteristics of pauses have not yet been fully described either …

The redundancy hypothesis proposes that older listeners need a larger array of acoustic
cues than younger listeners for effective speech perception. This research investigated this …

A prerequisite for spoken language learning is segmenting continuous speech into words.
Amongst many possible cues to identify word boundaries, listeners can use both transitional …

This study examines the role of pitch and final lengthening in German intonation phrase
boundary (IPB) perception. Since a prosody-related event-related potential (ERP) …

Objectives Individuals with dyslexia often suffer from deficient segmental phonology, but the
status of suprasegmental phonology (prosody) is still discussed. Methods In three passive …

Infants as young as six months are sensitive to prosodic phrase boundaries marked by three
acoustic cues: pitch change, final lengthening, and pause. Behavioral studies suggest that a …

Phrasing facilitates the organization of auditory information and is central to speech and
music. Not surprisingly, aspects of changing intensity, rhythm, and pitch are key …

Social interactions are vital for healthy brain development. Burgeoning behavioural
evidence indicates that a caregiver who provides contingently timed vocal responses to …

Previous research has shown that differences in the marking of prosodic boundaries exist
not only between varieties of the same language, but also between speaking styles of the …

With speech annotation being one of the most timeconsuming and costly aspects of speech
corpora development, there is a significant interest in the development of automatic …