?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+psychological+reality+of+rhythm+classes%3A+Perceptual+studies&rft.creator=Ramus%2C+Franck&rft.creator=Dupoux%2C+Emmanuel&rft.creator=Mehler%2C+Jacques&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.description=Linguists+have+traditionally+classified+languages+into+three%0Arhythm+classes%2C+namely+stress-timed%2C+syllable-timed+and+mora-timed+languages.+However%2C+this+classification+has+remained+controversial+for+various+reasons%3A+the+search+for+reliable+acoustic+cues+to+the+different+rhythm+types+has+long+remained+elusive%3B+some+languages+are+claimed+to+belong+to+none+of+the+three+classes%3B+and+few+perceptual+studies+has+bolstered+the+notion.+We+have+previously+proposed+an+acoustic%2Fphonetic+model+of+the+different+types+of+linguistic+rhythm%2C+and+of+their+categorisation+as+such+by%0Alisteners.+Here%2C+we+present+perceptual+experiments+that+directly+test+the+notion+of+rhythm+classes%2C+our+model's+predictions%2C+and+the+question+of+intermediate+languages.+Language+discrimination+experiments+were+run+using+a+speech+resynthesis+technique+to+ensure+that+only+rhythmic+cues+were+available+to+the+subjects.+Languages+investigated+were+English%2C+Dutch%2C+Spanish%2C+Catalan+and+Polish.+Our+results+are+consistent+with+the+idea+that+English+and+Dutch+are+stress-timed%2C+Spanish+and+Catalan+are+syllable-timed%2C%0Abut+Polish+seems+to+be+different+from+any+other+language+studied+and+thus+may+constitute+a+new+rhythm+class.+We+propose+that+perceptual+studies+tapping+the+ability+to+discriminate+languages'+rhythm+are+the+proper+way+to+generate+more+empirical+data+relevant+to+rhythm+typology.&rft.publisher=Universitat+Aut%C3%B2noma+de+Barcelona&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3079%2F1%2FICPhS03.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ramus%2C+Franck+and+Dupoux%2C+Emmanuel+and+Mehler%2C+Jacques++(2003)+The+psychological+reality+of+rhythm+classes%3A+Perceptual+studies.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3079%2F