Subject: What are the "Eigensyllables" of speech? From: Jan Schnupp <jan@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:31:48 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>------=_Part_191560_22495668.1227565908633 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dear Colleagues, I feel acutely that I should know a lot more about speech sounds, and am looking for reading recommendations. In particular I am interested in what studies are out there that would have charted the statistical distribution of speech sounds in various languages, or even just in English. Given the well known importance of experience in shaping phonetic boundaries, e.g. no r/l difference in Japanese, multiple /ae/ type sounds in Swedish..., surely there must be some good studies in this area. Are there any key studies or good review papers that you could recommend? Many thanks in advance, Jan -- Dr Jan Schnupp University of Oxford Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics Sherrington Building - Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PT - UK +44-1865-272513 www.oxfordhearing.com ------=_Part_191560_22495668.1227565908633 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dear Colleagues,<br><br>I feel acutely that I should know a lot more about speech sounds, and am looking for reading recommendations. In particular I am interested in what studies are out there that would have charted the statistical distribution of speech sounds in various languages, or even just in English. Given the well known importance of experience in shaping phonetic boundaries, e.g. no r/l difference in Japanese, multiple /ae/ type sounds in Swedish..., surely there must be some good studies in this area. Are there any key studies or good review papers that you could recommend? <br><br>Many thanks in advance,<br><br>Jan<br clear="all"><br>-- <br> Dr Jan Schnupp<br>University of Oxford<br>Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics<br>Sherrington Building - Parks Road<br>Oxford OX1 3PT - UK<br>+44-1865-272513<br><a href="http://www.oxfordhearing.com">www.oxfordhearing.com</a><br> ------=_Part_191560_22495668.1227565908633--