Nonnative speech has different pausing patterns compared to native speech. There are two types of pauses: filled and unfilled. Unfilled pauses are silent. Speakers make sounds during filled pauses. Different languages use ...

Humans constantly use their senses to categorize stimuli in their environment. They develop categories for stimuli when they are young and constantly add to existing categories and learn novel categories throughout their ...

This thesis examines the intelligibility of American Sign Language (ASL) dialogue in contemporary movies and TV shows. ASL and Deaf people have historically been represented inaccurately onscreen by hearing actors with ...

This research investigates the connection between perception and production when learning to discriminate between unfamiliar sounds. It is commonly assumed that humans use the same neural mechanisms for recognizing a spoken ...

Implicit attitudes about social groups are often associated with the language varieties used by those groups. As a result, listeners not only make social evaluations based on a person’s language and accent, but may also ...