Topic
Syllabification
About: Syllabification is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 623 publications have been published within this topic receiving 18816 citations. The topic is also known as: hyphenation.
Papers published on a yearly basis
Papers
TL;DR: The model can handle some of the main observations in the domain of speech errors (the major empirical domain for most other theories of lexical access), and the theory opens new ways of approaching the cerebral organization of speech production by way of high-temporal-resolution imaging.
Abstract: Preparing words in speech production is normally a fast and accurate process. We generate them two or three per second in fluent conversation; and overtly naming a clear picture of an object can easily be initiated within 600 msec after picture onset. The underlying process, however, is exceedingly complex. The theory reviewed in this target article analyzes this process as staged and feed-forward. After a first stage of conceptual preparation, word generation proceeds through lexical selection, morphological and phonological encoding, phonetic encoding, and articulation itself. In addition, the speaker exerts some degree of output control, by monitoring of self-produced internal and overt speech. The core of the theory, ranging from lexical selection to the initiation of phonetic encoding, is captured in a computational model, called WEAVER++. Both the theory and the computational model have been developed in interaction with reaction time experiments, particularly in picture naming or related word production paradigms, with the aim of accounting for the real-time processing in normal word production. A comprehensive review of theory, model, and experiments is presented. The model can handle some of the main observations in the domain of speech errors (the major empirical domain for most other theories of lexical access), and the theory opens new ways of approaching the cerebral organization of speech production by way of high-temporal-resolution imaging.
4,564 citations
TL;DR: A comparison of the word production results with studies on auditory word/non-word perception and reading showed that the time course of activations in word production is compatible with the temporal constraints that perception processes impose on the production processes they affect in picture/word interference paradigms.
1,916 citations
1 Nov 1990
TL;DR: In this article, a synthesis of the methodology of phonology and phonetics, integrating results from the physical, biological and cognitive sciences, is required if we are to make significant progress in this area.
Abstract: Introduction One of the major concerns of laboratory phonology is that of determining the nature of the transition between discrete phonological structure (conventionally, “phonology”) and its expression in terms of nondiscrete physical or psychoacoustic parameters (conventionally, “phonetics”). A considerable amount of research has been devoted to determining where this transition lies, and to what extent the rule types and representational systems needed to characterize the two levels may differ (see Keating 1985 for an overview). For instance, it is an empirical question to what extent the assignment of phonetic parameters to strings of segments (phonemes, tones, etc.) depends upon increasingly rich representational structures of the sort provided by autosegmental and metrical phonology, or upon real-time realization rules – or indeed upon some combination of the two, as many are coming to believe. We are only beginning to assess the types of evidence that can decide questions of this sort, and a complete and fully adequate theory of the phonetics/phonology interface remains to be worked out. A new synthesis of the methodology of phonology and phonetics, integrating results from the physical, biological and cognitive sciences, is required if we are to make significant progress in this area. The present study examines one question of traditional interest to both phoneticians and phonologists, with roots that go deep into modern linguistic theory. Many linguists have noted the existence of cross-linguistic preferences for certain types of syllable structures and syllable contacts. These have been the subject of descriptive studies and surveys such as that of Greenberg (1978), which have brought to light a number of generalizations suggesting that certain syllable types are less complex or less marked than others across languages.
1,407 citations
Book•
5 Dec 1994
TL;DR: Phonology in Generative Grammar: Onsets, Rhymes, Nuclei, and Phonological Phenomena, and a Coda Analysis.
Abstract: Preface. 1. Sounds and Words. 1.1. Phonology in Generative Grammar. 1.2. Phonological Phenomena. 1.3. Representation and Derivation. 1.4. Words and Roots. Exercises. 2. Constituency. 2.1. Non--Linear Phonological Representations. 2.2. Timing. 2.3. Phonological Constituent Structure. 2.4. Onsets, Rhymes, Nuclei. 2.5. Syllabification. Summary. Exercises. 3. Melody. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. The Primes of Melodic Representation. 3.3. Elements for Vowels. 3.4. Elements for Consonants. 3.5. Melodic Geometry. 3.6. Laryngeal Elements. 3.7. Conclusion. 3.8. Appendix: Specification of Elements. 4. Licensing. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. The Phonological Hierarchy. 4.3. Phonological Licensing. 4.4. Licensing and Melodic Complexity. 4.5. Principles and Parameters of Phonological Structure. 4.6. Empty Positions. 4.7. Lenition. 4.8. Summary. Exercises. 5. Floating Sounds. 5.1.Introduction. 5.2. English r--systems. 5.3. A Linear Analysis of Smooth r. 5.4. A Coda Analysis. 5.5. Floating r. 5.6. Historical Interlude. 5.7. Vowels before r. 5.8. Conclusion. Exercises. Epilogue. Notes. References. Subject Index. Index of Vowel Word--Classes.
748 citations
TL;DR: Research on spoken word production has been approached from two angles: the analysis of spontaneous or induced speech errors led to models that can account for speech error distributions and the measurement of picture naming latencies led to chronometric models accounting for distributions of reaction times.
616 citations
Related Topics (5)
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2023 | 19 |
| 2022 | 35 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2020 | 18 |