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Consonant Distinctiveness

Consonant Distinctiveness is a phonetic construct that quantifies the perceptual dissimilarity among consonants in speech, distinguishing them by their acoustic-phonetic features to predict their contribution to overall speech intelligibility.

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Variants

Consonant Discriminability

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Speech waveform envelope cues for consonant recognition

Dianne J. Van Tasell, Sigfrid D. Soli, Virginia M. Kirby et al. · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1987 · 293 citations

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The limited use of distinctive features and markedness in speech production: evidence from speech error data

Stefanie Shattuck‐Hufnagel, Dennis H. Klatt · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1979 · 257 citations

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ON ALTERNATING SOUNDS

Franz Boas · American Anthropologist · 1889 · 236 citations · Full text

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Distinctive Features and Errors in Short-Term Memory for English Consonants

Wayne A. Wickelgren · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1966 · 182 citations

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The relative perceptual distinctiveness of initial and final consonants in CVC syllables

Melissa A. Redford, Randy L. Diehl · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1999 · 165 citations

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Authors

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  1. SS
    Sadanand Singh

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    4 publications · 88 citations

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  2. RL
    Randy L. Diehl

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    3 publications · 298 citations

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  3. ME
    Mary Ellen Hayden

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States

    2 publications · 24 citations

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  4. MB
    Molly Babel

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    2 publications · 88 citations

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  5. TN
    Tsuneo Nitta

    Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

    1 publications · 38 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    449 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    701 citations

  3. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    491 citations

  4. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  5. University of Rochester

    Rochester, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    76 citations

  6. Howard University

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  7. The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    72 citations

  8. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    42 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 10 publications · 864 citations

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  2. Phonology

    3 publications · 120 citations

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  3. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

    JSLHR · 3 publications · 151 citations

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  4. Brain and Language

    2 publications · 39 citations

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