Douglas H. sWhalen
List of John Benjamins publications in which Douglas H. sWhalen is involved.
2025 Production of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 11:2, pp. 174–212 | Article
Previous research revealed that Hindi speakers identify American English (AE) phonemes /v/ and /w/ with only chance accuracy. Building on these findings, this study explored the production of AE /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers, utilizing both acoustic analysis of second formant (F2) onset and AE… read more
2021 Perception of American English consonants /v/ and /w/ by Hindi speakers of English Journal of Second Language Pronunciation 7:3, pp. 370–407 | Article
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
2016 Validating judgments of perspective embedding: Further explorations of a new tool for literary analysis Scientific Study of Literature 6:2, pp. 278–297 | Article
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
2012 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
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
2004 How the study of endangered languages will revolutionize linguistics Linguistics Today – Facing a Greater Challenge, Sterkenburg, Piet van (ed.), pp. 321–367 | Article