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Human speech: A tinkerer's delight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1998

Harvey M. Sussman ,
David Fruchter ,
Jon Hilbert  and
Joseph Sirosh
Harvey M. Sussman
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics and Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 [email protected]
David Fruchter
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712 [email protected]
Jon Hilbert
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712
Joseph Sirosh
Affiliation:
HNC Software, Inc., San Diego, CA 92121 [email protected]
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Abstract

The most frequent criticism of the target article is the lack of clear separability of human speech data relative to neuroethological data. A rationalization for this difference was sought in the tinkered nature of such new adaptations as human speech. Basic theoretical premises were defended, and new data were presented to support a claim that speakers maintain a low-noise relationship between F2 transition onset and offset frequencies for stops in pre-vocalic positions through articulatory choices. It remains a viable and testable hypothesis that the phenomenon described by the locus equation is a functional adaptation of production mechanisms to processing preferences of the auditory system.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 287 - 295
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© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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