Segmental speech units such as phonemes are cued by multiple acoustic dimensions (eg
F0 and duration), but dimensions do not carry equal perceptual weight. The relative …

Many English verbs expressing transfer can be used in two different constructions, one with
no preposition (Rick gave Kate a coffee) and one with the preposition to (Rick gave a coffee …

Real-time speech comprehension is challenging because communicatively relevant
information is distributed throughout the entire utterance. In five mouse tracking experiments …

Research on post-repair representations of garden path sentences has found that readers
systematically arrive at misinterpretations even after displaying evidence of reanalysis …

Individuals may have significant experience with more than one variety of their native
language. If the non-native varieties are saliently linked to specific social identities, then an …

Listeners rapidly process tonal composition and pitch accent placement within an utterance
to create expectations about its pragmatic meaning and information structure. It is still …

Using evidential expressions to indicate one's source of information for an utterance tends to
convey uncertainty on the speaker's part. Previous accounts of this uncertainty inference …

Using evidential expressions to indicate one's source of information for an utterance tends to
convey uncertainty on the speaker's part. Previous accounts of this uncertainty inference …

In speech perception, timing and content are interdependent. For example, in distal rate
effects, context speech rate determines the number of words, syllables, and phonemes …

Variability is ubiquitous in language, including in the use of intonation. Even in cases where
the mapping between intonation and meaning appears to be relatively straightforward …