Degeneracy is a word with two meanings. The popular usage of the word denotes deviance
and decay. In scientific discourse, degeneracy refers to the idea that different pathways can …

Degeneracy is ubiquitous across biological systems where structurally different elements
can yield a similar outcome. Degeneracy is of particular interest in neuroscience too. On the …

One important feature of linguistic communication is that some parts of utterances are more
prominent than others. Prominence as a perceptual feature of spoken language is …

Recent empirical studies have highlighted the large degree of analytic flexibility in data
analysis that can lead to substantially different conclusions based on the same data set …

The results of published research critically depend on methodological decisions that have
been made during data analysis. These so-called 'researcher degrees of …

Focus is known to be expressed by a wide range of phonetic cues but only a few studies
have explicitly compared different phonetic variables within the same experiment. Therefore …

This study investigates the nonverbal behaviors used in two interconnected relational
practices in Korean:“doing deference” towards status superiors and “performing intimacy” …

A book that uses domain-general learning theory to explain recurrent trajectories of
language change. In this book, Vsevolod Kapatsinski argues that language acquisition …

Speech and music are highly redundant communication systems, with multiple acoustic
cues signaling the existence of perceptual categories. This redundancy makes these …

Prosody is a central part of human speech, with prosodic modulations of the signal
expressing important communicative functions. Yet, the exact mechanisms of how listeners …