Ron Smyth
Biographic Data
| ID | 3839421 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ron Smyth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ron |
| FAMILY NAME | Smyth |
| SIGNATURE | SMYTH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Cross-cultural Mixed Methods Investigation of Language Socialization Practices
This embedded mixed methods study explores how cultural differences in language socialization practices influence parent-child verbal interactions. The Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) System audio recorded families of children who are and are not deaf and hard of hearing in Canada and Vietnam. Software automatically calculated an average conversational turn count. Canadian families participated in more turns than Vietnamese families regardle…
Male voices and perceived sexual orientation
This article describes the development of a data bank of 25 male voices spanning the range from very gay-sounding to very straight-sounding, according to listener ratings. These ratings allowed the researchers to examine the effects of different discourse types (scientific, dramatic, and spontaneous) and listener groups (gay males vs. a mix of males and females of unknown sexual orientation) on how listeners perceived the voices. The effects of l…
Conceptual perspective-taking and children's interpretation of pronouns in reported speech
This study examines the role of cognitive development in children's use of pragmatic cues for anaphora resolution. Reported speech sentences like Minnie told Dorothy that she knew Superman are biased toward the matrix subject. This bias is claimed to depend on two conceptual shifts, first to the speaker's and then to the listener's perspective. 141 children aged 5;0–8;0 performed two tasks with biased and neutral sentences. In the Verbal task, th…
Grammatical determinants of ambiguous pronoun resolution
Bridges between Psychology and Linguistics
Male voices and perceived sexual orientation
This article describes the development of a data bank of 25 male voices spanning the range from very gay-sounding to very straight-sounding, according to listener ratings. These ratings allowed the researchers to examine the effects of different discourse types (scientific, dramatic, and spontaneous) and listener groups (gay males vs. a mix of males and females of unknown sexual orientation) on how listeners perceived the voices. The effects of l…
Grammatical determinants of ambiguous pronoun resolution
Bridges between Psychology and Linguistics
Grammatical determinants of ambiguous pronoun resolution
Conceptual perspective-taking and children's interpretation of pronouns in reported speech
This study examines the role of cognitive development in children's use of pragmatic cues for anaphora resolution. Reported speech sentences like Minnie told Dorothy that she knew Superman are biased toward the matrix subject. This bias is claimed to depend on two conceptual shifts, first to the speaker's and then to the listener's perspective. 141 children aged 5;0–8;0 performed two tasks with biased and neutral sentences. In the Verbal task, th…
Male voices and perceived sexual orientation
This article describes the development of a data bank of 25 male voices spanning the range from very gay-sounding to very straight-sounding, according to listener ratings. These ratings allowed the researchers to examine the effects of different discourse types (scientific, dramatic, and spontaneous) and listener groups (gay males vs. a mix of males and females of unknown sexual orientation) on how listeners perceived the voices. The effects of l…
A Cross-cultural Mixed Methods Investigation of Language Socialization Practices
This embedded mixed methods study explores how cultural differences in language socialization practices influence parent-child verbal interactions. The Language ENvironment Analysis (LENA) System audio recorded families of children who are and are not deaf and hard of hearing in Canada and Vietnam. Software automatically calculated an average conversational turn count. Canadian families participated in more turns than Vietnamese families regardle…
Psychology (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Language Development and Disorders (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Reading and Literacy Development (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Adaptation (eye) (1 work) · Antecedent (behavioral psychology) (1 work) · Appeal (1 work) · Applied linguistics (1 work)