?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Correlates+of+linguistic+rhythm+in+the+speech+signal&rft.creator=Ramus%2C+Franck&rft.creator=Nespor%2C+Marina&rft.creator=Mehler%2C+Jacques&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Learnability&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Spoken+languages+have+been+classified+by+linguists+according+to+their+rhythmic+properties%2C+and+psycholinguists+have+relied+on+this+classification+to+account+for+infants%C2%92+capacity+to+discriminate+languages.+Although+researchers+have+measured+many+speech+signal+properties%2C+they+have+failed+to+identify+reliable+acoustic+characteristics+for+language+classes.+This+paper+presents+instrumental+measurements+based+on+a+consonant%2Fvowel+segmentation+for+eight+languages.+The+measurements+suggest+that+intuitive+rhythm+types+reflect+specific+phonological+properties%2C+which+in+turn+are+signaled+by+the+acoustic%2Fphonetic+properties+of+speech.+The+data+support+the+notion+of+rhythm+classes+and+also+allow+the+simulation+of+infant+language+discrimination%2C+consistent+with+the+hypothesis+that+newborns+rely+on+a+coarse+segmentation+of+speech.+A+hypothesis+is+proposed+regarding+the+role+of+rhythm+perception+in+language+acquisition.&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F218%2F3%2Frhythm98.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ramus%2C+Franck+and+Nespor%2C+Marina+and+Mehler%2C+Jacques++(1999)+Correlates+of+linguistic+rhythm+in+the+speech+signal.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F218%2F