Holger Mitterer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 790859 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Holger Mitterer |
| NOMBRES | Holger |
| APELLIDO | Mitterer |
| FIRMA | MITTERER H |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4318-0032 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 199 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Perceptual Tuning to Structure
This study explores prosodically driven perceptual adjustment of a non-contrastive coarticulatory feature. Specifically, it examines how prosodic prominence and information structure influence the perception of anticipatory vowel nasalization in CVN in American English as a cue to an upcoming nasal consonant. Using a two-alternative forced-choice task, we tested whether the same acoustic degree of nasalization is interpreted differently depending…
Perceiving and identifying vowels in regional accents of English
Segmental contributions to prosodic weight in processing English auxiliary contractions
Linguistic and cognitive functions of fine phonetic detail underlying sound systems and sound change
Fourteen studies show that fine phonetic detail is systematically regulated in shaping sound systems. • Fine phonetic detail links production, perception, and learning, sustaining contrasts and enabling sound change. • Sound systems emerge from controlled allocation of continuous phonetic parameters within prosodic structure. • Prosodic structure guides segmental and suprasegmental realization across languages and domains. • Phonetic grammar is a…
Phonetic reduction in native and non-native English speech
This study examines to what extent phonetic reduction in different accents affects intelligibility for non-native (L2) listeners, and whether similar reduction processes in listeners’ first language (L1) facilitate the recognition and processing of reduced word forms in the target language. In two experiments, 80 Dutch-speaking and 80 Spanish-speaking learners of English were presented with unreduced and reduced pronunciation variants in native a…
Do hand gestures increase perceived prominence in naturally produced utterances
This study investigates the effect of visually perceived gestures on the overall (multimodal) prominence of naturally occurring stimuli extracted from a multimodal corpus of Maltese conversations. Experiment participants were required to rate the prominence of target words in sentences presented to them as audiovisual and audio-only stimuli. In half of the stimuli, the target word was accompanied by a co-speech hand gesture. The results of the ex…
Flexibility and Stability in Lexical Tone Recalibration
Listeners adjust their perception of sound categories when confronted with variations in speech. Previous research on speech recalibration has primarily focused on segmental variation, demonstrating that recalibration tends to be specific to individual speakers and situations and often persists over time. In this study, we present findings on the perceptual learning of lexical tone in Standard Chinese, a suprasegmental feature signaled primarily …
Use of segmental detail as a cue to prosodic structure in reference to information structure in German
Spatial location does not consistently constrain perceptual learning in speech
Spatial selectivity in perceptual learning for speech perception is investigated. • Results show that spatial selectivity is not inherent to learning in speech perception. • This shows that perceptual learning in other paradigms can reveal perceptual units. Recent research showed selectivity of perceptual learning in speech to linguistic variables and non-linguistic variables. With regard to the latter Keetels et al. (2016) reported that perceptu…
The Role of Segmental Information in Syntactic Processing Through the Syntax–Prosody Interface
In two experiments, it was investigated whether potentially contrastive segmental information in the form of an epenthetic glottal stop in Maltese can influence syntactic parsing decisions. The glottal stop in Maltese serves a dual function as a phoneme used for lexical contrast and a non-contrastive phone that may mark a prosodic juncture. In both experiments, participants perceived a larger prosodic boundary before the word u (Engl. “and”) if t…
Knowledge of Maltese singular-plural mappings
Which factors determine the choice of a plural allomorph for a new singular form? Are regular mappings stored differently from irregular mappings? Do native speakers only rely on analogical mappings to inflect novel word forms or do they use rules? To answer these questions we used data from Maltese, a language with a split morphology, which has a rich and variable set of concatenative and non-concatenative plural patterns.We conducted a producti…
Learning a new sound pair in a second language
Not all geminates are created equal
What sound symbolism can and cannot do
Exposure modality, input variability and the categories of perceptual recalibration
What are the letters of speech? Testing the role of phonological specification and phonetic similarity in perceptual learning
Recent studies on perceptual learning have indicated that listeners use some form of pre-lexical abstraction (an intermediate unit) between the acoustic input and lexical representations of words. Patterns of generalization of learning that can be observed with the perceptual learning paradigm have also been effectively examined for exploring the nature of these intermediate pre-lexical units. We here test whether perceptual learning generalizes …
How does prosody influence speech categorization
A recent study ( Kim & Cho, 2013 , The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ) reported that the perception of a prosodic boundary leads to a shift in a stop-identification function in English, so that stops with a relatively long VOT are accepted as voiced if occurring after a major prosodic boundary. Even Korean learners of English showed such a shift. This shift would seem to result from compensation for post-boundary lengthening effect…
What sound symbolism can and cannot do
Sound symbolism is a phenomenon with broad relevance to the study of language and mind, but there has been a disconnect between its investigations in linguistics and psychology. This study tests the sound-symbolic potential of ideophones-words described as iconic-in an experimental task that improves over prior work in terms of ecological validity and experimental control. We presented 203 ideophones from five languages to eighty-two Dutch listen…
Use of Syntax in Perceptual Compensation for Phonological Reduction
Listeners resolve ambiguity in speech by consulting context. Extensive research on this issue has largely relied on continua of sounds constructed to vary incrementally between two phonemic endpoints. In this study we presented listeners instead with phonetic ambiguity of a kind with which they have natural experience: varying degrees of word-final /t/-reduction. In two experiments, Dutch listeners decided whether or not the verb in a sentence su…
Phonetic category recalibration
Perceptual adaptation to segmental and syllabic reductions in continuous spoken Dutch
The perception of English front vowels by North Holland and Flemish listeners
Recognizing reduced forms
Novel second-language words and asymmetric lexical access
Listeners recover /t/s that speakers reduce
Projecting the End of a Speaker's Turn
A key mechanism in the organization of turns at talk in conversation is the ability to anticipate or PROJECT the moment of completion of a current speaker's turn. Some authors suggest that this is achieved via lexicosyntactic cues, while others argue that projection is based on intonational contours. We tested these hypotheses in an on-line experiment, manipulating the presence of symbolic (lexicosyntactic) content and intonational contour of utt…
Novel second-language words and asymmetric lexical access
What sound symbolism can and cannot do
Sound symbolism is a phenomenon with broad relevance to the study of language and mind, but there has been a disconnect between its investigations in linguistics and psychology. This study tests the sound-symbolic potential of ideophones-words described as iconic-in an experimental task that improves over prior work in terms of ecological validity and experimental control. We presented 203 ideophones from five languages to eighty-two Dutch listen…
Listeners recover /t/s that speakers reduce
Phonetic category recalibration
How does prosody influence speech categorization
A recent study ( Kim & Cho, 2013 , The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ) reported that the perception of a prosodic boundary leads to a shift in a stop-identification function in English, so that stops with a relatively long VOT are accepted as voiced if occurring after a major prosodic boundary. Even Korean learners of English showed such a shift. This shift would seem to result from compensation for post-boundary lengthening effect…
Exposure modality, input variability and the categories of perceptual recalibration
The perception of English front vowels by North Holland and Flemish listeners
What are the letters of speech? Testing the role of phonological specification and phonetic similarity in perceptual learning
Recent studies on perceptual learning have indicated that listeners use some form of pre-lexical abstraction (an intermediate unit) between the acoustic input and lexical representations of words. Patterns of generalization of learning that can be observed with the perceptual learning paradigm have also been effectively examined for exploring the nature of these intermediate pre-lexical units. We here test whether perceptual learning generalizes …
Perceptual adaptation to segmental and syllabic reductions in continuous spoken Dutch
Not all geminates are created equal
The Role of Segmental Information in Syntactic Processing Through the Syntax–Prosody Interface
In two experiments, it was investigated whether potentially contrastive segmental information in the form of an epenthetic glottal stop in Maltese can influence syntactic parsing decisions. The glottal stop in Maltese serves a dual function as a phoneme used for lexical contrast and a non-contrastive phone that may mark a prosodic juncture. In both experiments, participants perceived a larger prosodic boundary before the word u (Engl. “and”) if t…
Recognizing reduced forms
Learning a new sound pair in a second language
What sound symbolism can and cannot do
Use of Syntax in Perceptual Compensation for Phonological Reduction
Listeners resolve ambiguity in speech by consulting context. Extensive research on this issue has largely relied on continua of sounds constructed to vary incrementally between two phonemic endpoints. In this study we presented listeners instead with phonetic ambiguity of a kind with which they have natural experience: varying degrees of word-final /t/-reduction. In two experiments, Dutch listeners decided whether or not the verb in a sentence su…
Listeners recover /t/s that speakers reduce
Projecting the End of a Speaker's Turn
A key mechanism in the organization of turns at talk in conversation is the ability to anticipate or PROJECT the moment of completion of a current speaker's turn. Some authors suggest that this is achieved via lexicosyntactic cues, while others argue that projection is based on intonational contours. We tested these hypotheses in an on-line experiment, manipulating the presence of symbolic (lexicosyntactic) content and intonational contour of utt…
Novel second-language words and asymmetric lexical access
Recognizing reduced forms
The perception of English front vowels by North Holland and Flemish listeners
Use of Syntax in Perceptual Compensation for Phonological Reduction
Listeners resolve ambiguity in speech by consulting context. Extensive research on this issue has largely relied on continua of sounds constructed to vary incrementally between two phonemic endpoints. In this study we presented listeners instead with phonetic ambiguity of a kind with which they have natural experience: varying degrees of word-final /t/-reduction. In two experiments, Dutch listeners decided whether or not the verb in a sentence su…
Phonetic category recalibration
Perceptual adaptation to segmental and syllabic reductions in continuous spoken Dutch
What sound symbolism can and cannot do
Exposure modality, input variability and the categories of perceptual recalibration
What are the letters of speech? Testing the role of phonological specification and phonetic similarity in perceptual learning
Recent studies on perceptual learning have indicated that listeners use some form of pre-lexical abstraction (an intermediate unit) between the acoustic input and lexical representations of words. Patterns of generalization of learning that can be observed with the perceptual learning paradigm have also been effectively examined for exploring the nature of these intermediate pre-lexical units. We here test whether perceptual learning generalizes …
How does prosody influence speech categorization
A recent study ( Kim & Cho, 2013 , The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ) reported that the perception of a prosodic boundary leads to a shift in a stop-identification function in English, so that stops with a relatively long VOT are accepted as voiced if occurring after a major prosodic boundary. Even Korean learners of English showed such a shift. This shift would seem to result from compensation for post-boundary lengthening effect…
What sound symbolism can and cannot do
Sound symbolism is a phenomenon with broad relevance to the study of language and mind, but there has been a disconnect between its investigations in linguistics and psychology. This study tests the sound-symbolic potential of ideophones-words described as iconic-in an experimental task that improves over prior work in terms of ecological validity and experimental control. We presented 203 ideophones from five languages to eighty-two Dutch listen…
Not all geminates are created equal
Learning a new sound pair in a second language
The Role of Segmental Information in Syntactic Processing Through the Syntax–Prosody Interface
In two experiments, it was investigated whether potentially contrastive segmental information in the form of an epenthetic glottal stop in Maltese can influence syntactic parsing decisions. The glottal stop in Maltese serves a dual function as a phoneme used for lexical contrast and a non-contrastive phone that may mark a prosodic juncture. In both experiments, participants perceived a larger prosodic boundary before the word u (Engl. “and”) if t…
Knowledge of Maltese singular-plural mappings
Which factors determine the choice of a plural allomorph for a new singular form? Are regular mappings stored differently from irregular mappings? Do native speakers only rely on analogical mappings to inflect novel word forms or do they use rules? To answer these questions we used data from Maltese, a language with a split morphology, which has a rich and variable set of concatenative and non-concatenative plural patterns.We conducted a producti…
Flexibility and Stability in Lexical Tone Recalibration
Listeners adjust their perception of sound categories when confronted with variations in speech. Previous research on speech recalibration has primarily focused on segmental variation, demonstrating that recalibration tends to be specific to individual speakers and situations and often persists over time. In this study, we present findings on the perceptual learning of lexical tone in Standard Chinese, a suprasegmental feature signaled primarily …
Use of segmental detail as a cue to prosodic structure in reference to information structure in German
Spatial location does not consistently constrain perceptual learning in speech
Spatial selectivity in perceptual learning for speech perception is investigated. • Results show that spatial selectivity is not inherent to learning in speech perception. • This shows that perceptual learning in other paradigms can reveal perceptual units. Recent research showed selectivity of perceptual learning in speech to linguistic variables and non-linguistic variables. With regard to the latter Keetels et al. (2016) reported that perceptu…
Phonetic reduction in native and non-native English speech
This study examines to what extent phonetic reduction in different accents affects intelligibility for non-native (L2) listeners, and whether similar reduction processes in listeners’ first language (L1) facilitate the recognition and processing of reduced word forms in the target language. In two experiments, 80 Dutch-speaking and 80 Spanish-speaking learners of English were presented with unreduced and reduced pronunciation variants in native a…
Do hand gestures increase perceived prominence in naturally produced utterances
This study investigates the effect of visually perceived gestures on the overall (multimodal) prominence of naturally occurring stimuli extracted from a multimodal corpus of Maltese conversations. Experiment participants were required to rate the prominence of target words in sentences presented to them as audiovisual and audio-only stimuli. In half of the stimuli, the target word was accompanied by a co-speech hand gesture. The results of the ex…
Perceptual Tuning to Structure
This study explores prosodically driven perceptual adjustment of a non-contrastive coarticulatory feature. Specifically, it examines how prosodic prominence and information structure influence the perception of anticipatory vowel nasalization in CVN in American English as a cue to an upcoming nasal consonant. Using a two-alternative forced-choice task, we tested whether the same acoustic degree of nasalization is interpreted differently depending…
Perceiving and identifying vowels in regional accents of English
Segmental contributions to prosodic weight in processing English auxiliary contractions
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