Voices of Excellence from Arts and Sciences

Never the same word twice: Cynthia Clopper on the uniqueness of pronunciation


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Cynthia Clopper, professor and chair of the department of linguistics, researches speech sounds: how we produce them, their acoustic characteristics, and their perception by listeners. She says that every time we say a word, like "cat," it's subtly different. For more of her discussion with David Staley, listen to this week's Voices of Excellence
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