Dean H Obrecht

Biographic Data

ID753415
NAMEDean H Obrecht
GIVEN NAMESDean H
FAMILY NAMEObrecht
SIGNATUREOBRECHT D H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Rochester
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1956
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1972
H-INDEX1

  • Arabic Phonology

    Dean H Obrecht, Salman H Al-AniARTICLELanguage1972

  • Factors in the Perception of Some Unvoiced Stops in Arabic

    Dean H ObrechtARTICLEWORD1970References: 3

  • An Experimental Analysis of the Relative Importance of Pitch, Quantity, and Intensity as Cues to Phonemic Distinctions in Southern Swedish

    Open AccessKjell Westin, R G Buddenhagen et al.ARTICLELanguage and Speech1966Cited by: 1References: 7

    This paper, following introductory comments on previous experiments involving prosodic features of speech, reports an experiment designed to indicate the relative importance of pitch, quantity, and intensity as cues for syllabic prominence in Southern Swedish. Spectrographic analysis of the particular minimal pair used in this experiment revealed that one, or any combination, of three possible prosodic features, pitch, quantity, and intensity, co…

  • Toward Automated Phonological Mapping

    Open AccessDean H ObrechtARTICLELinguistics1965

  • Three Experiments in the Perception of Geminate Consonants in Arabic

    Open AccessDean H ObrechtARTICLELanguage and Speech1965Cited by: 3References: 2

    Synthetic stimuli were employed to investigate duration as a cue factor in the discrimination of single versus geminate consonants in Arabic. Contrasts in three phonetic classes were explored, stops, nasals, and spirants. Clear identification boundaries were found, though not uniformly clear, giving an indication of the degree of exclusivity of duration as the determining cue factor. If this interpretation is correct, then it is surprising that d…

  • A Spectrographic Investigation of the Structural Status of Ueberlaenge in German Vowels

    Open AccessArthur M Hanhardt, Dean H Obrecht et al.ARTICLELanguage and Speech1965

    An investigation was carried out concerning an alleged contrast in spoken German, between long and overlong vowels. Minimally biasing frames were created and exposed to a number of native speakers, eliciting members of various pairs in context. Detailed acoustical measurements were made and analysed. Comparison of results indicates that the presence of a long/overlong contrast as a valid signal element is extremely doubtful. Numerous reversals oc…

  • Some Further Experiments in The Perception of Resonant Consonants

    Open AccessDean H Obrecht, William R BabcockARTICLELanguage and Speech1964References: 3

    A series of forty-eight stimulus patterns were painted and converted to sound by the pattern playback. Variations were made in F2 transition frequencies, in the frequency of F1 resonances, and in the presence or absence of resonances in the F2 and F3 regions. The test was administered for identification as /m, n, ñ, ŋ, or 1/. Subjects were only partially naive in some cases. Results indicate that the principal discrimination cues are definitely t…

  • A Visual Aid to Pronunciation

    Open AccessDean H ObrechtARTICLELanguage Learning1956