Research
My research is primarily concerned with the basic mechanisms of speech production and perception in connected discourse, especially in terms of how multiple layers of communicative meanings can be encoded through a common process of articulation. In particular, I am interested in the production, perception, typology, and modelling and synthesis of speech prosody, as well as the basic mechanisms of coarticulation. I am also concerned with computational modeling of the neural process of speech acquisition. More recently, I have developed an interest in the understanding of emotional expressions in speech from an evolutionary perspective. For more information, please see my Research page.
New: Xu, Y., Chen, S.-w., Wang, B. (2012) Prosodic focus with and without post-focus compression (PFC): A typological divide within the same language family? The Linguistic Review 29: 131-147.
Continued: Call for international collaborations: Cross-linguistic distribution of Post-Focus Compression (PFC) and its hisotircal origin.
Publications
New:
- Prom-on, S., Liu, F. & Xu (in press) Post-low bouncing in Mandarin Chinese: Acoustic analysis and computational modeling. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
- Wang, B., Qadir, T. and Xu, Y. (in press). 维吾尔语焦点的韵律实现及感知 [Prosodic encoding and perception of focus in Uygur]. Acta Acoutica Sinica.
- Liu, F., Xu, Y., Patel, A. D., Francart, T. and Jiang, C. (2012). Differential recognition of pitch patterns in discrete and gliding stimuli in congenital amusia: Evidence from Mandarin speakers. Brain and Cognition 79: 209-215.
- Liu, F., Jiang, C., Thompson, W. F., Xu, Y., Yang, Y., & Stewart, L. (2012). The mechanism of speech processing in congenital amusia: Evidence from Mandarin speakers. PLoS ONE, 7(2): e30374. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030374. Free online access
- Xu, Y. (2011). Speech prosody: A methodological review. Journal of Speech Sciences 1: 85-115.
Research tools
yi.xu@ucl.ac.uk
Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, University College London, London WC1N IPF, UK
