Douglas H. Whalen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Douglas H. Whalen plays a role.
Articles
Perception of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 7:3, pp. 370–407 | Article
2021 This study examined perception of the American English (AE) /v/-/w/ consonant contrast by Hindi speakers of English as a second language (L2). A second aim was to determine whether residence in the US modulated perception of this difficult contrast for proficient bilingual Hindi-English… read more
Validating judgments of perspective embedding: Further explorations of a new tool for literary analysis Scientific Study of Literature 6:2, pp. 278–297 | Article
2016 Previous work (Whalen, Zunshine, & Holquist, 2012) has shown that perspective embedding ("she thought I left" embedding her perspective on "I left") affects reading times for short vignettes. With increasing levels of embedment 1–5, reading times rose almost linearly. Level 0 was as slow as 3–4.… read more
Theory of Mind and embedding of perspective: A psychological test of a literary “sweet spot” Scientific Study of Literature 2:2, pp. 301–315 | Article
2012 Theory of Mind (ToM) has been proposed to explain social interactions, with real people but also with fictional characters, by interpreting their mind as well as our own. “Perspective embedding” exploits ToM by placing events in characters’ minds (e.g., “he remembered she was home”). Three levels… read more
How the study of endangered languages will revolutionize linguistics Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge, Sterkenburg, Piet van (ed.), pp. 321 ff. | Article
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