dr. Mirjam Ernestus

Associate professor

 

Room: MPI 311
Tel.: +31 (0)24-3612970
E-mail: mirjam.ernestus@mpi.nl

 

Publications:

Morphological and predictability effects on schwa reduction: The case of Dutch word-initial syllables
I. A. M. Hanique, B. Schuppler & M.E. Ernestus (2010)
Proceedings of Interspeech, Tokyo, Japan, pp.933-936
Paper (pdf; 176878 bytes) ; Abstract (html)
Predicting human perception and ASR classification of word-final [t] by its acoustic sub-segmental properties
B. Schuppler, M.E. Ernestus, W. van Dommelen & J. Koreman (2010)
Proceedings of Interspeech, Tokyo, Japan, pp.2466-2469
Paper (pdf; 309212 bytes) ; Abstract (html)
Unsupervised speech segmentation: an analysis of the hypothesised phone boundaries.
O. Scharenborg, V. Wan & M.E. Ernestus (2010)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127 (2), 1084-1095.
Paper (pdf; 323572 bytes) ; Abstract (html)
Word-final [t]-deletion: An analysis on the segmental and sub-segmental level
B. Schuppler, W. van Dommelen , J. Koreman & M.E. Ernestus (2009)
Proceedings of Interspeech, Brighton, England, pp.2275-2278
Paper (pdf; 417881 bytes) ; Abstract (html)
Paradigmatic structure in speech production
R. H. Baayen, W.M.J. Levelt, R. Schreuder, M. Ernestus (2008)
In: M. Elliott, J. Kirby, O. Sawada, E. Staraki, & S. Yoon (eds), Proceedings Chicago Linguistics Society 43, Volume 1: The Main Session, pages 1—29. Chicago
Identification of phonemes: Differences between phoneme classes and the effect of class size
A. Wagner, M. Ernestus (2008)
Phonetica 65, 106-127
How we hear what is hardly there: Mechanisms underlying compensation for /t/-reduction in speech comprehension
H. Mitterer, K. Yoneyama, M. Ernestus (2008)
Journal of Memory and Language 59, 133-152
The link between speech perception and production is phonological and abstract: Evidence from the shadowing task
H. Mitterer, M. Ernestus (2008)
Cognition 108, 168–173
Word length and the location of primary word stress in Dutch, German, and English
M. Ernestus, A. Neijt (2008)
Linguistics 46, 507-540.
Analogy, frequency and sound change, the case of Dutch devoicing
J. De Schryver, A. Neijt, P. Ghesquière, M. Ernestus (2008)
Journal of Germanic Linguistics 20:1, 59-195
Frequency Distributors of Uniphones, Diphones and Triphones in Spontaneous Speech
V. Kuperman, M. Ernestus, H. Baayen (2008)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 124, 3897-3908
Preparing a corpus of Dutch spontaneous dialogues for automatic phonetic analysis
B. Schuppler, M.E. Ernestus, O. Scharenborg & L. Boves (2008)
Proceedings of Interspeech, Brisbane, Australia, pp.1638-1641
Paper (pdf; 172139 bytes) ; Abstract (html)
Prosodic conditioning of phonetic detail of German plosives
C. Kuzla, M. Ernestus (2007)
Proceedings of 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken, 461-464
The comprehension of acoustically reduced morphologically complex words: The roles of deletion, duration, and frequency of occurrence
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2007)
Proceedings of the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken, 773-776
Intraparadigmatic effects on the perception of voice
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2007)
In: E.J. van der Torre & J. van de Weijer (2007), Voicing in Dutch: (De)voicing - phonology, phonetics, and psycholinguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
Prosodic strengthening of German fricatives in duration and assimilatory devoicing
C. Kuzla, T. Cho, M. Ernestus (2007)
Journal of Phonetics 35, 301-320
Morphological predictability and acoustic duration of interfixes in Dutch compounds
V. Kuperman, M. Pluymaekers, M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2007)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 121, 2261-2271
Paradigmatic effects in auditory word recognition: The case of alternating voice in Dutch
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2007)
Language and Cognitive Processes 22, 1-24
Segmentation of speech: Child's play?
O. Scharenborg, M.E. Ernestus & V. Wan (2007)
Proceedings of Interspeech, Antwerp, Belgium.
Paper (pdf; 134203 bytes) ; Abstract (html)
Ridders en heiligen in tijd en ruimte: moderne stylometrische technieken toegepast op Oud-Franse teksten
M. Ernestus, M. van Mulken, R.H. Baayen (2006)
Taal en Tongval 58, 70-83
Meervouden in Nederlandse dialecten: Stamalternantie onderhoudt suffixvariatie
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2006)
Taal en Tongval Themanummer 18, 106-115
Effects of word frequency on the acoustic durations of affixes
M. Pluymaekers, M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2006)
Proceedings of Interspeech 2006 - ICSLP, p. 953-956
Prosodic structure affects the production and perception of voice-assimilated German fricatives
C. Kuzla, M. Ernestus, H. Mitterer (2006)
In R. Hoffmann & H. Mixdorff (eds.), Speech Prosody 2006. Studientexte zur Sprachkommunikation 40. Dresden: TUD press
Perceptual compensation for voice assimilation of German fricatives
C. Kuzla, H. Mitterer, M. Ernestus, A. Cutler (2006)
Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Auckland, December; pp. 394-399
The functionality of incomplete neutralization in Dutch: The case of past-tense formation
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2006)
In L.M. Goldstein, D.H. Whalen, & C.T. Best (eds.), Laboratory Phonology 8, pages 27-49. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter
Dynamics of the auditory comprehension of prefixed words: cohort entropies and conditional root uniqueness points
L. Wurm, M. Ernestus, R. Schreuder, R.H. Baayen (2006)
The Mental Lexicon 1, 125-146
Formants transitions in fricative identification: The role of native fricative inventory
A. Wagner, M. Ernestus, A. Cutler (2006)
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120, 2267 – 2277
Listeners recover /t/s that speakers reduce: Evidence from /t/-lenition in Dutch
H. Mitterer, M. Ernestus (2006)
Journal of Phonetics 34, 73-103
Lexical frequency and voice assimilation
M. Ernestus, M. Lahey, F. Verhees, R.H. Baayen (2006)
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120, 1040-1051
Statistically gradient generalizations in phonology
M. Ernestus (2006)
The Linguistic Review 23, 217- 234
On speech variation and word type differentiation by articulatory feature representations
L. ten Bosch, H.Baayen & M.E. Ernestus (2006)
Proceedings Interspeech 2006, Pittsburgh, USA
Paper (pdf; 86127 bytes) ; Abstract (html)
Waar 't kofschip strandt
M. Ernestus, W.M. Mak, R.H. Baayen (2005)
Levende Talen Magazine 92, 9-11
Lexical frequency and acoustic reduction in spoken Dutch
M. Pluymaekers, M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2005)
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 18, 2561–2569
Articulatory planning is continuous and sensitive to informational redundancy
M. Pluymaekers, M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2005)
Phonetica 62, 146-159
Social, geographical, and register variation in Dutch: From written “mogelijk” to spoken “mok”
K. Keune, M. Ernestus, R. van Hout, R.H. Baayen (2005)
Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 1, 183-223
Prosodic cues for morphological complexity: Comparatives and agent nouns in Dutch and English
R. Kemps, L. Wurm, M. Ernestus, R. Schreuder, R.H. Baayen (2005)
Language and Cognitive Processes 20, 43-73
Prosodic cues for morphological complexity: The case of Dutch plural nouns
R. Kemps, M. Ernestus, R. Schreuder, R.H. Baayen (2005)
Memory and Cognition 33, 430-446
Analogical effects in reading Dutch verb forms
M. Ernestus, W.M. Mak (2005)
Memory and Cognition 33, 1160-1173
Kuchde, tobte en turfte: Lekkage in 't kofschip
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2004)
Onze Taal 2004, 360-361
Language-specific relevance of formant transitions for fricative identification
A. Wagner, M. Ernestus (2004)
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 115, 2392
Lexical frequency and voice assimilation in complex words in Dutch
M. Ernestus, M. Lahey, F. Verhees, R.H. Baayen (2004)
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 115, 2610
Do type and token effects reflect different mechanisms? Connectionist modeling of Dutch past-tense formation and final devoicing
F. Moscoso del Prado Martín, M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2004)
Brain and Language 90, 287-298
Processing reduced word forms: The suffix restoration effect
R. Kemps, M. Ernestus, R. Schreuder, R.H. Baayen (2004)
Brain and Language 90, 117-127
Distinctive phonological features differ in relevance for both spoken and written word recognition
M. Ernestus, W.M. Mak (2004)
Brain and Language 90, 378-392
Analogical effects in regular past tense production in Dutch
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2004)
Linguistics 42, 873-903
Pitfalls in Corpus Research.
A.C.M. Rietveld, van Hout, R. & M.E. Ernestus (2004)
Computers and the Humanities, 38, 343-362.
The role of phonology and phonetics in Dutch voice assimilation
M. Ernestus (2003)
In J. van de Weijer, V.J. van Heuven, & H. van der Hulst (eds.), The phonological spectrum Volume I: Segmental structure, pages 119-144. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
Predicting the unpredictable: Interpreting neutralized segments in Dutch
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2003)
Language 79, 5-38
The recognition of reduced word forms
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen, R. Schreuder (2002)
Brain and Language 81, 162-173
Choosing between the Dutch past-tense suffixes te and de
M. Ernestus, R.H. Baayen (2001)
In T. van der Wouden & H. de Hoop (eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands 2001, pages 81-93. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
Voice assimilation and segment reduction in casual Dutch, a corpus-based study of the phonology-phonetics interface.
M. Ernestus (2000)
Utrecht: LOT
The voicedness of intervocalic word-final stops in Dutch
M. Ernestus (1997)
In J. Coerts & H. de Hoop (eds.), Linguistics in the Netherlands 1997, pages 73-84. Amsterdam: John Benjamins