Studies on Rhythm in Speech Production and Perception as an Interface Between Phonetics and Cognitive Science(<Feature Articles>Interfaces between Phonetics and Other Areas of Linguistic Research)

Abstract

This paper gives a brief introduction to the dynamical systems theory applied to the rhythmic aspects of human behavior, which provides a good example of interface between cognitive science and phonetic studies. Examples of rhythmic behavior range over various phenomena, such as finger wagging, syllable-timed vs. stress-timed languages, and dynamic attending to complex rhythm.