Re: sentence data base ("R. Zatorre, Dr." )

Subject: Re: sentence data base From: "R. Zatorre, Dr." <robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:57:15 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_600405A255A16A43938621CCBC1F2A27010CF857B3EXMBX20107cam_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Excellent sleuthing! Thank you so much for taking the trouble. And thanks t= o the others who responded as well. Mystery solved. Best wishes Robert Robert Zatorre Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 514-398-8903 fax: 514-398-1338 www.zlab.mcgill.ca ________________________________ From: Yolanda Vazquez-Alvarez [Yolanda.Vazquez-Alvarez@xxxxxxxx Sent: April 12, 2016 6:36 AM To: R. Zatorre, Dr.; AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: RE: sentence data base Hi Robert, Initially, I thought these sentences were part of the phonetically balanced= Harvard sentences set. However, after a bit of searching I found that they= were actually part of a paper from the Journal of Memory and Language (Dah= ee Kim, Joseph D.W. Stephens, Mark A. Pitt . How does context play a part i= n splitting words apart? Production and perception of word boundaries in ca= sual speech. Journal of Memory and Language 66 (2012) 509=96529). See the f= ile attached. In the Appendix A you will find the Stimuli used in this stud= y and the sentences you are looking for are the 2-word Biasing ambiguous se= quences you will see that match the ones you are looking for. Although some= of them are slightly modified but still follow the patterns. I hope this helps. Best wishes, Yolanda. -- Yolanda Vazquez-Alvarez MSc PhD SICSA Research Fellow in Multimodal Interaction School of Computing Science University of Glasgow Glasgow, G12 8RZ Email: Yolanda.Vazquez-Alvarez@xxxxxxxx Personal webpage: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~yolanda ________________________________ From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx= on behalf of Robert Zatorre [robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 8:44 PM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: sentence data base Dear colleagues A few years ago a student in my lab used some sentences that he got from a = paper somewhere (psych or psycholinguistics journal I think). The student i= s long gone and I'd like to figure out where he got them from. Google did n= ot help but I wondered if any of you by chance might recognize them. They a= re a bit odd, but well-structured gramatically etc. Does anyone know where = they might have come from? Here are a few of the more distinctive ones (the= re were several dozen in the original study). Any clues would be welcome! o On the church tower there was a cross that looked golden o The little girl had a cute collection of dolls o The hallway leads to a door at the end o The lawyer should know what a fair deal would be o That=92s more teeth than I thought a mouth could have o These black squares belong to a line that runs vertically o The tired gladiators were entitled to a rest that day o The minister told us that the tax low had changed Thanks in advance Robert -- Robert Zatorre, PhD Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University 3801 University St Montreal, QC Canada H3A2B4 www.zlab.mcgill.ca<UrlBlockedError.aspx> --_000_600405A255A16A43938621CCBC1F2A27010CF857B3EXMBX20107cam_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html dir=3D"ltr"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3DWindows-1= 252"> <style type=3D"text/css" id=3D"owaParaStyle"></style> </head> <body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF" fpstyle=3D"1" ocsi=3D"0"> <div style=3D"direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: = 10pt;">Excellent sleuthing! Thank you so much for taking the trouble. And t= hanks to the others who responded as well. Mystery solved. <div><br> </div> <div>Best wishes</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Robert<br> <div><br> <div class=3D"BodyFragment"><font size=3D"2"> <div class=3D"PlainText">Robert Zatorre<br> Montreal Neurological Institute<br> McGill University<br> 514-398-8903<br> fax: 514-398-1338<br> www.zlab.mcgill.ca</div> </font></div> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; font-size: 16px= "> <hr tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRpF17308" style=3D"direction: ltr;"><font face=3D"Tahoma" siz= e=3D"2" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> Yolanda Vazquez-Alvarez [Yolanda.Vaz= quez-Alvarez@xxxxxxxx<br> <b>Sent:</b> April 12, 2016 6:36 AM<br> <b>To:</b> R. Zatorre, Dr.; AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br> <b>Subject:</b> RE: sentence data base<br> </font><br> </div> <div></div> <div> <div style=3D"direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:1= 0pt"> <div><br> </div> <div>Hi Robert,</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Initially, I thought these sentences were part of the phonetically bal= anced Harvard sentences set. However, after a bit of searching I found that= they were actually part of a paper from the Journal of Memory and Language= (Dahee Kim, Joseph D.W. Stephens, Mark A. Pitt . How does context play a part in splitting words apart? Prod= uction and perception of word boundaries in casual speech. Journal of Memor= y and Language 66 (2012) 509=96529). See the file attached. In the Appendix= A you will find the Stimuli used in this study and the sentences you are looking for are the 2-word Biasing= ambiguous sequences you will see that match the ones you are looking for. = Although some of them are slightly modified but still follow the patterns.<= /div> <div><br> </div> <div>I hope this helps.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Best wishes, Yolanda.</div> <div><br> <div> <div> <div><font face=3D"Arial">--</font></div> <div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">Yolanda Vazquez-Alvare= z MSc PhD<br> SICSA Research Fellow in Multimodal Interaction<br> School of Computing Science<br> University of Glasgow<br> Glasgow, G12 8RZ<br> <br> Email: Yolanda.Vazquez-Alvarez@xxxxxxxx</font> <div> <div></div> </div> <div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial">Personal webpage:&nbsp= ;<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"line-height:22px">http://www.dcs= .gla.ac.uk/~yolanda</span></font></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <br> <div style=3D"font-family:Times New Roman; color:#000000; font-size:16px"> <hr tabindex=3D"-1"> <div id=3D"divRpF179927" style=3D"direction:ltr"><font face=3D"Tahoma" size= =3D"2" color=3D"#000000"><b>From:</b> AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perce= ption [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx on behalf of Robert Zatorre [robert.zatorr= e@xxxxxxxx<br> <b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 11, 2016 8:44 PM<br> <b>To:</b> AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx<br> <b>Subject:</b> sentence data base<br> </font><br> </div> <div></div> <div>Dear colleagues<br> <br> A few years ago a student in my lab used some sentences that he got from a = paper somewhere (psych or psycholinguistics journal I think). The student i= s long gone and I'd like to figure out where he got them from. Google did n= ot help but I wondered if any of you by chance might recognize them. They are a bit odd, but well-structure= d gramatically etc. Does anyone know where they might have come from? Here = are a few of the more distinctive ones (there were several dozen in the ori= ginal study). Any clues would be welcome!<br> <br> <span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></s= pan></span>On the church tower there was a cross that looked golden<br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style><span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></span></span>The little girl had a cute collection of dolls<br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style><span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></span></span>The hallway leads to a door at the end<br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style><span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></span></span>The lawyer should know what a fair deal would be <br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style><span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></span></span>That=92s more teeth than I thought a mouth could have = <br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style><span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></span></span>These black squares belong to a line that runs vertica= lly<br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style><span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></span></span>The tired gladiators were entitled to a rest that day = <br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style><span style=3D""><span style=3D"">o<span style=3D"">   </span></span></span>The minister told us that the tax low had changed<br> <p class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:1.0in; text-indent:-.25i= n; line-height:150%"> <br> </p> Thanks in advance<br> <br> Robert<br> <br> <style>=0A= =0A= </style> <pre class=3D"moz-signature" cols=3D"72">-- =0A= Robert Zatorre, PhD=0A= Montreal Neurological Institute=0A= McGill University=0A= 3801 University St=0A= Montreal, QC Canada H3A2B4=0A= <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"UrlBlockedError.aspx" target= =3D"_blank">www.zlab.mcgill.ca</a></pre> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_600405A255A16A43938621CCBC1F2A27010CF857B3EXMBX20107cam_--

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