?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Language+identification+with+suprasegmental+cues%3A+A+study+based+on+speech+resynthesis&rft.creator=Ramus%2C+Franck&rft.creator=Mehler%2C+Jacques&rft.subject=Speech&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=This+paper+proposes+a+new+experimental+paradigm+to+explore+the+discriminability+of+languages%2C+a+question+which+is+crucial+to+the+child+born+in+a+bilingual+environment.+This+paradigm+employs+the+speech+resynthesis+technique%2C+enabling+the+experimenter+to+preserve+or+degrade+acoustic+cues+such+as+phonotactics%2C+syllabic+rhythm+or+intonation+from+natural+utterances.+English+and+Japanese+sentences+were+resynthesized%2C+preserving+broad+phonotactics%2C+rhythm+and+intonation+(Condition+1)%2C+rhythm+and+intonation+(Condition+2)%2C+intonation+only+(Condition+3)%2C+or+rhythm+only+(Condition+4).+The+findings+support+the+notion+that+syllabic+rhythm+is+a+necessary+and+sufficient+cue+for+French+adult+subjects+to+discriminate+English+from+Japanese+sentences.+The+results+are+consistent+with+previous+research+using+low-pass+filtered+speech%2C+as+well+as+with+phonological+theories+predicting+rhythmic+differences+between+languages.+Thus%2C+the+new+methodology+proposed+appears+to+be+well-suited+to+study+language+discrimination.+Applications+for+other+domains+of+psycholinguistic+research+and+for+automatic+language+identification+are+considered.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F801%2F3%2Fsasasa98.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ramus%2C+Franck+and+Mehler%2C+Jacques++(1999)+Language+identification+with+suprasegmental+cues%3A+A+study+based+on+speech+resynthesis.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F801%2F