Speech sound contrasts differ along multiple phonetic dimensions. During speech
perception, listeners must decide which cues are relevant, and determine the relative …

It has long been understood that speakers produce and listeners perceive non-random,
systematic phonetic variants that serve as the raw material for sound change. This …

Abstract Chrau, a South Bahnaric language of the Austroasiatic family spoken in South
Vietnam, has been described as having a voicing contrast in onset stops. However, a …

Sound changes in progress can be examined in apparent time through differences in
production across speaker age groups. Additionally, perceptions of sound changes in …

When language users accommodate a novel phonetic variant, they adjust their perceptual
and articulatory spaces in listener-and speaker-specific ways. Motivated by the centrality of …

Most theories of phonetics assume a tight relation between production and perception, and
recent years have also seen increasing evidence for such a relation at the level of the …

The misalignment model of phonological change (eg, Harrington 2012; Kleber et al. 2012)
postulates that a possible catalyst for new production norms–that is, for sound change–is a …

Abstract Suzhou Wu Chinese has undergone a transphonologization of a voicing contrast in
initial consonants to a tone contrast. In consequence, the tone system has split into two …

This study investigated the acoustic cue weighting of the Korean stop contrast in the
perception and production of speakers who moved from a nonstandard dialect region to the …

The transition from checked to unchecked syllables is a crucial phenomenon of sound
change in Wu Chinese. This study aims to discover the underlying mechanisms of this …