Bryan Gick
Biographic Data
| ID | 123308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bryan Gick |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Gick |
| SIGNATURE | GICK B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Haskins Laboratories |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8489-4405 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Revisiting the nasal continuum hypothesis: A study of French nasals in continuous speech
Lateral tongue bracing as a universal postural basis for speech
Lateral bracing refers to an intentional tongue posture whereby the sides of the tongue make contact with the sides of the palate and the upper molars. While previous research on this topic has focused mostly on English, the present study tests the hypothesis that lateral bracing provides a fundamental postural basis for speech and is present across languages. We predicted that, across multiple languages, the sides of the tongue should be more st…
Repetition Preferences in Two-Handed Balanced Signs: Vestigial Locomotor Central Pattern Generators Shape Sign Language Phonetics and Phonology
Language is produced by bodies that evolved to fulfill a variety of functions, most of them non-communicative. Vestigial influences of adaptation for quadrupedal locomotion are still affecting bimanual actions, and have consequences on manual communication systems such as sign languages of the deaf. We discuss how central pattern generators (CPGs), networks of nerve cells in the spinal cord that drive locomotion, influence bimanual actions with a…
Cross-Modal Effects in Speech Perception
Speech research during recent years has moved progressively away from its traditional focus on audition toward a more multisensory approach. In addition to audition and vision, many somatosenses including proprioception, pressure, vibration, and aerotactile sensation are all highly relevant modalities for experiencing and/or conveying speech. In this article, we review both long-standing cross-modal effects stemming from decades of audiovisual sp…
Ecologizing Dimensionality: Prospects for a Modular Theory of Speech Production
The human body is endowed with practically boundless degrees of freedom (DoF)—far more than our central nervous systems can possibly control. Bernstein (1967 Bernstein, N. (1967). The coordination and regulation of movements. New York, NY: Pergamon Press. [Google Scholar]) identified both this “DoF problem” and its solution: reducing motor dimensionality by modularizing the body into manageable units. This article considers several of the various…
Czech trills revisited: An ultrasound EGG and acoustic study
The Czech language has two trills produced with the anterior tongue, represented in the Czech orthography as /r/ and /ř/. The phonetic characterization of the latter trill, currently transcribed in the IPA as [], has been especially controversial. The present study uses ultrasound, electroglottography (EGG) and acoustic evidence to examine these trills, with the particular aim of achieving a more phonetically grounded representation of /ř/. In th…
Articulation without acoustics: "Soundless" vowels in Oneida and Blackfoot
Abstracts/Résumés
This article questions the view that phonetics governs exclusively gradient phenomena. Experimental data from an ultrasound study of English flap allophones show unconditioned categorical variation in the production of everyday words. Individual variation is discussed as an essential area of empirical investigation in uncovering emergent categorical properties of language
Individual variation in English flaps and taps: A case of categorical phonetics
Abstarct This article questions the view that phonetics governs exclusively gradient phenomena. Experimental data from an ultrasound study of English flap allophones show unconditioned categorical variation in the production of everyday words. Individual variation is discussed as an essential area of empirical investigation in uncovering emergent categorical properties of language
Disambiguating Yorùbá tones: At the interface between syntax, morphology, phonology and phonetics
Spatial and Temporal Properties of Gestures in North American English /r
Systematic syllable-based variation has been observed in the relative spatial and temporal properties of supralaryngeal gestures in a number of complex segments. Generally, more anterior gestures tend to appear at syllable peripheries while less anterior gestures occur closer to syllable peaks. Because previous studies compared only two gestures, it is not clear how to characterize the gestures, nor whether timing offsets are categorical or gradi…
Oral-laryngeal timing in glottalised resonants
Withdrawn: Erratum to "Oral-laryngeal timing in glottalized resonants" J. Phonetics 36 (2008) 492-507
Low vowels and transparency in Kinande vowel harmony
This paper addresses theoretical issues confronting cross-height harmony systems through an experimental study of Kinande, a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Using a combination of acoustic analysis and lingual ultrasound imaging, we evaluate previous proposals concerning the phonetic correlates of the harmonic vowel feature and the transparency of low vowels. Results indicate that (i) although a multivalued scalar acoustic fea…
Toward universals in the gestural organization of syllables: A cross-linguistic study of liquids
Frequency and Category Factors in the Reduction and Assimilation of Function Words: EPG and Acoustic Measures
The American Intrusivel
Research Article| May 01 2002 THE AMERICAN INTRUSIVE L BRYAN GICK BRYAN GICK Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2002) 77 (2): 167–183. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-77-2-167 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation BRYAN GICK; THE AMERICAN INTRUSIVE L. American Speech 1 May 2002; 77 (2): 167–183. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-77-2-167 Down…
MRI evidence for commonality in the post-oral articulations of English vowels and liquids
The use of ultrasound for linguistic phonetic fieldwork
An increasingly wide variety of imaging and tracking technologies have been applied to measuring speech articulation in recent years. However, virtually all of these techniques have been restricted to laboratory or clinical settings. Portable ultrasound technology offers a way to conduct easy, non-invasive dynamic imaging of the whole tongue for less commonly studied languages, both in the field and in the laboratory
Voiceless Tone Depressors in Nambya and Botswana Kalang'a
No abstract available
A gesture-based account of intrusive consonants in English
A number of recent papers have demonstrated the advantages of using a phonological model incorporating the timing and magnitude of articulatory gestures to account for alternations involving segments such as the English nasals, liquids and glides (e.g. Krakow 1989, Browman & Goldstein 1992, 1995, Sproat & Fujimura 1993, Gick, in press). Some of these works (McMahon et al. 1994, McMahon & Foulkes 1995) have made specific reference to the well-know…
Cricothyroid activity in high and low vowels: Exploring the automaticity of intrinsic F0
Toward universals in the gestural organization of syllables: A cross-linguistic study of liquids
Cricothyroid activity in high and low vowels: Exploring the automaticity of intrinsic F0
The American Intrusivel
Research Article| May 01 2002 THE AMERICAN INTRUSIVE L BRYAN GICK BRYAN GICK Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2002) 77 (2): 167–183. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-77-2-167 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation BRYAN GICK; THE AMERICAN INTRUSIVE L. American Speech 1 May 2002; 77 (2): 167–183. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-77-2-167 Down…
MRI evidence for commonality in the post-oral articulations of English vowels and liquids
Spatial and Temporal Properties of Gestures in North American English /r
Systematic syllable-based variation has been observed in the relative spatial and temporal properties of supralaryngeal gestures in a number of complex segments. Generally, more anterior gestures tend to appear at syllable peripheries while less anterior gestures occur closer to syllable peaks. Because previous studies compared only two gestures, it is not clear how to characterize the gestures, nor whether timing offsets are categorical or gradi…
The use of ultrasound for linguistic phonetic fieldwork
An increasingly wide variety of imaging and tracking technologies have been applied to measuring speech articulation in recent years. However, virtually all of these techniques have been restricted to laboratory or clinical settings. Portable ultrasound technology offers a way to conduct easy, non-invasive dynamic imaging of the whole tongue for less commonly studied languages, both in the field and in the laboratory
Oral-laryngeal timing in glottalised resonants
Czech trills revisited: An ultrasound EGG and acoustic study
The Czech language has two trills produced with the anterior tongue, represented in the Czech orthography as /r/ and /ř/. The phonetic characterization of the latter trill, currently transcribed in the IPA as [], has been especially controversial. The present study uses ultrasound, electroglottography (EGG) and acoustic evidence to examine these trills, with the particular aim of achieving a more phonetically grounded representation of /ř/. In th…
Articulation without acoustics: "Soundless" vowels in Oneida and Blackfoot
Frequency and Category Factors in the Reduction and Assimilation of Function Words: EPG and Acoustic Measures
Lateral tongue bracing as a universal postural basis for speech
Lateral bracing refers to an intentional tongue posture whereby the sides of the tongue make contact with the sides of the palate and the upper molars. While previous research on this topic has focused mostly on English, the present study tests the hypothesis that lateral bracing provides a fundamental postural basis for speech and is present across languages. We predicted that, across multiple languages, the sides of the tongue should be more st…
Cross-Modal Effects in Speech Perception
Speech research during recent years has moved progressively away from its traditional focus on audition toward a more multisensory approach. In addition to audition and vision, many somatosenses including proprioception, pressure, vibration, and aerotactile sensation are all highly relevant modalities for experiencing and/or conveying speech. In this article, we review both long-standing cross-modal effects stemming from decades of audiovisual sp…
A gesture-based account of intrusive consonants in English
A number of recent papers have demonstrated the advantages of using a phonological model incorporating the timing and magnitude of articulatory gestures to account for alternations involving segments such as the English nasals, liquids and glides (e.g. Krakow 1989, Browman & Goldstein 1992, 1995, Sproat & Fujimura 1993, Gick, in press). Some of these works (McMahon et al. 1994, McMahon & Foulkes 1995) have made specific reference to the well-know…
Cricothyroid activity in high and low vowels: Exploring the automaticity of intrinsic F0
Voiceless Tone Depressors in Nambya and Botswana Kalang'a
No abstract available
The American Intrusivel
Research Article| May 01 2002 THE AMERICAN INTRUSIVE L BRYAN GICK BRYAN GICK Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2002) 77 (2): 167–183. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-77-2-167 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation BRYAN GICK; THE AMERICAN INTRUSIVE L. American Speech 1 May 2002; 77 (2): 167–183. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-77-2-167 Down…
MRI evidence for commonality in the post-oral articulations of English vowels and liquids
The use of ultrasound for linguistic phonetic fieldwork
An increasingly wide variety of imaging and tracking technologies have been applied to measuring speech articulation in recent years. However, virtually all of these techniques have been restricted to laboratory or clinical settings. Portable ultrasound technology offers a way to conduct easy, non-invasive dynamic imaging of the whole tongue for less commonly studied languages, both in the field and in the laboratory
Frequency and Category Factors in the Reduction and Assimilation of Function Words: EPG and Acoustic Measures
Low vowels and transparency in Kinande vowel harmony
This paper addresses theoretical issues confronting cross-height harmony systems through an experimental study of Kinande, a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Using a combination of acoustic analysis and lingual ultrasound imaging, we evaluate previous proposals concerning the phonetic correlates of the harmonic vowel feature and the transparency of low vowels. Results indicate that (i) although a multivalued scalar acoustic fea…
Toward universals in the gestural organization of syllables: A cross-linguistic study of liquids
Oral-laryngeal timing in glottalised resonants
Withdrawn: Erratum to "Oral-laryngeal timing in glottalized resonants" J. Phonetics 36 (2008) 492-507
Spatial and Temporal Properties of Gestures in North American English /r
Systematic syllable-based variation has been observed in the relative spatial and temporal properties of supralaryngeal gestures in a number of complex segments. Generally, more anterior gestures tend to appear at syllable peripheries while less anterior gestures occur closer to syllable peaks. Because previous studies compared only two gestures, it is not clear how to characterize the gestures, nor whether timing offsets are categorical or gradi…
Abstracts/Résumés
This article questions the view that phonetics governs exclusively gradient phenomena. Experimental data from an ultrasound study of English flap allophones show unconditioned categorical variation in the production of everyday words. Individual variation is discussed as an essential area of empirical investigation in uncovering emergent categorical properties of language
Individual variation in English flaps and taps: A case of categorical phonetics
Abstarct This article questions the view that phonetics governs exclusively gradient phenomena. Experimental data from an ultrasound study of English flap allophones show unconditioned categorical variation in the production of everyday words. Individual variation is discussed as an essential area of empirical investigation in uncovering emergent categorical properties of language
Disambiguating Yorùbá tones: At the interface between syntax, morphology, phonology and phonetics
Articulation without acoustics: "Soundless" vowels in Oneida and Blackfoot
Czech trills revisited: An ultrasound EGG and acoustic study
The Czech language has two trills produced with the anterior tongue, represented in the Czech orthography as /r/ and /ř/. The phonetic characterization of the latter trill, currently transcribed in the IPA as [], has been especially controversial. The present study uses ultrasound, electroglottography (EGG) and acoustic evidence to examine these trills, with the particular aim of achieving a more phonetically grounded representation of /ř/. In th…
Ecologizing Dimensionality: Prospects for a Modular Theory of Speech Production
The human body is endowed with practically boundless degrees of freedom (DoF)—far more than our central nervous systems can possibly control. Bernstein (1967 Bernstein, N. (1967). The coordination and regulation of movements. New York, NY: Pergamon Press. [Google Scholar]) identified both this “DoF problem” and its solution: reducing motor dimensionality by modularizing the body into manageable units. This article considers several of the various…
Cross-Modal Effects in Speech Perception
Speech research during recent years has moved progressively away from its traditional focus on audition toward a more multisensory approach. In addition to audition and vision, many somatosenses including proprioception, pressure, vibration, and aerotactile sensation are all highly relevant modalities for experiencing and/or conveying speech. In this article, we review both long-standing cross-modal effects stemming from decades of audiovisual sp…
Repetition Preferences in Two-Handed Balanced Signs: Vestigial Locomotor Central Pattern Generators Shape Sign Language Phonetics and Phonology
Language is produced by bodies that evolved to fulfill a variety of functions, most of them non-communicative. Vestigial influences of adaptation for quadrupedal locomotion are still affecting bimanual actions, and have consequences on manual communication systems such as sign languages of the deaf. We discuss how central pattern generators (CPGs), networks of nerve cells in the spinal cord that drive locomotion, influence bimanual actions with a…
Lateral tongue bracing as a universal postural basis for speech
Lateral bracing refers to an intentional tongue posture whereby the sides of the tongue make contact with the sides of the palate and the upper molars. While previous research on this topic has focused mostly on English, the present study tests the hypothesis that lateral bracing provides a fundamental postural basis for speech and is present across languages. We predicted that, across multiple languages, the sides of the tongue should be more st…
Revisiting the nasal continuum hypothesis: A study of French nasals in continuous speech
Computer Science (17 works) · Linguistics (17 works) · Phonetics and Phonology Research (17 works) · Psychology (16 works) · Speech recognition (13 works) · Mathematics (12 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (11 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Acoustics (6 works) · Artificial Intelligence (5 works)